Worcester is a cathedral city on the Severn, with the cricket ground on the far bank that floods most winters and the racecourse beside it. The city council’s boundary is drawn tightly around the built-up area, taking in St John’s, Warndon, Dines Green and Ronkswood, and stopping well before Malvern or Droitwich, which are in other districts entirely.

The Worcester Times reports what the record shows. Worcester City Council decides planning, bins, car parks and licensing inside that boundary; Worcestershire County Council runs the roads and the schools. We name which of them a decision belongs to and link to its own record, on every fact we publish.

Everything in three

• Local Info: bin collection days, parking and council tax bands.
• News: the public record, including planning applications across the city.
• What’s On: what is happening in Worcester this week.

Every fact carries a link to the document behind it.