THE UK Independence Party caused a stir at Worcester's General Election hustings - by denying global warming exists.

Richard Delingpole, who is standing in the St Clement ward at Worcester City Council this May, was heckled inside the packed Cap 'N' Gown pub last night for casting severe doubts on the popular view of climate change.

During the debate, which was all around the environment, all the parliamentary candidates admitted they were worried about the implications of congestion and pollution of the planet.

Mr Delingpole was standing in for UKIP hopeful James Goad and used his session to hammer those who keen on promoting global warming.

"Global warming, as you probably know it, is not happening," he said to boos inside the pub.

He told the venue wind turbines "serve only to chop up birds and bats", labelled them "useless", and also pointed to the fact world temperatures have stayed virtually flat for 18 years.

During his speech he also called the £120 million Hartlebury incinerator, which is being constructed right now, "an utter disaster" for people living by the site, saying locally UKIP oppose it.

Mr Delingpole said there is a difference between climate change, which cannot be denied, and global warming, and insisted many scientists muddle the two up.

His views on global warming was opposed by the other parties, with city Green parliamentary candidate Louis Stephen saying: "Climate change is very much real - we need a 90 per cent reduction in CO2 levels by 2030."

"If everyone on the plant used the same amount of resources as we do in Europe, we'd need three planets to live on," he said.

During the night the Conservatives and Labour clashed, with Councillor Joy Squires attacking the Tory's 'green record' while in Coalition.

She said climate change would have "a devastating impact" unless Britain tackled it properly.

"Both of the recent floods in Worcester were supposed to be once-in-100-year events, but those events happened within seven years of each other," she said.

She claimed David Cameron has filled his Cabinet with too many "climate change deniers", telling the pub Labour's suggestions include one million interest free loans for clean energy like solar panels, and the setting up a new National Infrastructure Commission to ensure new developments are as planet-friendly as possible.

Tory Councillor Marc Bayliss, standing in for Worcester MP Robin Walker, called her criticism "nonsense".

He said landfill waste falling by a third, recycling up from 41 per cent to 44 per cent, the cleaning up 10,000 miles of river, reductions in plastic carrier bags and the creation of 27 marine conservation zones are just some of the Coalition's green achievements.

"What this Government wants to do is tackle climate change in a sensible way," he said.

Retired train driver Peter McNally, who is standing in Worcester for Trade Unionists and Socialists Against the Cuts (TUSAC), also made an appearance and called for the railways to be re-nationalised.

Baron Fullstop, from the Monster Raving Loony Party, turned up to say he'd seek to "frack Eric Pickles" if he could.

He reeled off other loony policies as "adding a bit of blue" into the rivers to make them look cleaner, putting air conditioning on the outside of all buildings and giving trees the vote to stop them being chopped down.

"All houses built on flood plains will have foundations built with sponge to soak up the water," he said.

* The next Cap 'N Gown hustings takes place this coming Monday from 7pm, with the topic immigration.