Wychavon District Council overruled the choice, saying it was more important to honour servicemen than fruit.

BBC: Servicemen's names chosen for Pershore streets

Wychavon District Council chose 10 of the 74 servicemen buried in a cemetery next to the estate in Pershore.

BBC: Servicemen's names chosen for Pershore streets

Alastair Adams, Wychavon district councillor for Honeybourne and Pebworth, said Tuesday's fire went "from a bonfire to a huge raging inferno".

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Wychavon Council has a shortlist of 12 names and will make a final choice which ones will be used within a week.

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The 20 canoeists from a Wychavon club, who spotted it just outside Worcester on Saturday, described the encounter as "a bit strange".

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Mr Hall, of the Wychavon Kayak and Canoe Club, said the seal probably spent so much time with them because it was "a bit lonely".

BBC: River Severn canoeists followed by seal near Worcester

The only places outside the south and east of England in the top 50 were Wychavon in Worcestershire, Rushcliffe in Nottingham, Rutland, and North Kesteven in Lincolnshire.

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The independent assessment published on Tuesday was commissioned by Cotswold District Council, Stratford-on-Avon District Council, Wychavon District Council, Gloucestershire County Council, Warwickshire County Council and Worcestershire County Council.

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