A PATCH of pavement used by village schoolchidlren is “a right mess” and needs re-paving, says a parish councillor.

Councillor Ann Hart asked county councillor Bob Bullock to request a repair of the path from outside Nos 1 to 3 Ellsden in Kempsey.

Coun Hart said: “There are about 260 schoolchildren at the school and most will use that path to walk there and so I think it needs doing.”

Coun Bullock said he would “chase it up” with Worcestershire County Council’s highways department.