STUDENTS at a Worcester sixth form college will soon have a new route to enter medical professions. Worcester Sixth Form College has launched a medicine diploma which offers opportunities for students to progress onto studying medicine, optometry, dentistry
ART and design students have created a life-sized sculpture made from tubular steel. The Heart of Worcestershire College students worked with engineering company Lister on the project. The students began the project with a visit to the company’s factory
A STUDENT who helps mentor other students has been presented with a volunteering award. Murren Harker was given the Tryangle award in the Citizenship and Environment category to acknowledge her work as a peer mentor at Worcester Sixth Form College.The
UNION officials have hit out at a housing association's plan to cut the amount of annual leave for maintenance staff. Sanctuary Housing, which is based in Chamber Court, Castle Street, Worcester, is cutting annual leave by six days for some employees
A SIXTH former from Malvern has organised a gruelling 12-hour non-stop running event to raise money for a local charity.Linnea Gannon, in year 12 at Malvern St James, organised the Tough Schools Race which 46 people, including girls, staff and families
DIRTY Freshmen won the Worcester Friendly Skittles League’s Doris Styles Cup final. The Barbourne Ex-Servicemen’s Club-based team, who have secured second place in Wednesday Division One, beat The Bulls 456-441. Top scorer on the night was
A BOOK of poems about kindness will be launched at a Pershore school event dedicated to the memory of a former pupil.Pershore High school has invited parents and students to the school library from 7pm on Wednesday to launch Ten Poems of Kindness, an
WORCESTER will host the start of the final stage of this year's Tour of Britain cycling extravaganza in a major coup for the city. The city will take centre stage on Sunday, September 10 with the journey through Worcestershire taking in Pershore
WORCESTERSHIRE businesses have been showing their support for the Crowle 10k road race being held this May.The annual fundraiser annually sees hundreds of participants taking part in the 10k race and family fun runs taking place from the village playing
PUPILS at a Worcester school have won an inclusive basketball tournament for the fifth year running. Two teams from Tudor Grange Academy Worcester reached the final of the Inclusive Zone Basketball regional championships. The mixed ability tournament
A FESTIVAL held every year to raise money for animal welfare charities is set to have its biggest year yet. More than 90 bands will take part in ARKfest from Friday, April 28, to Sunday, April 3. Concerts will take place at different venues
GANESH Pillai regained the Worcester Badminton League Division One crown in the seventh season of the competition. He last won the title in the fourth campaign and had since suffered relegation to Division Two which he won last season. Pillai
A NEW fitness facility has opened in Worcester hoping to take away the fear factor for a new gym member.Solv recently opened at the Perrywood Trading Estate in Wylds Lane, and has launched by offering a group bootcamp, women only sessions three times
A father and son duo have sealed a deal with Worcester Warriors to hold their third weekly car boot event. Bob and Evan Newby are becoming well known in the Car Boot community, which are stereotypically seen to be held in muddy fields. The
MALVERN Town Council has taken down a picture of a disgraced former mayor after his conviction for possessing child pornography. Former councillors Will Richards and Mike Charles had previously called on the council to remove Julian Roskams' image
A NEW service tasked with linking charitable organisations with potential volunteers has been launched in the city. Worcester Community Action is a new charity taking on the vital work the former Worcester Volunteer Centre did in matching up volunteers
GARY Gold has signed a new deal to become Worcester Warriors’ permanent director of rugby. The 49-year-old, who joined the club at the end of January, will remain at Sixways until at least the summer of 2018. Gold admitted he had been “blown
THE University of Worcester Arena hosts the National Youth Sport Direct Inclusive Zone Basketball finals tomorrow involving nine qualifying teams. Schools and colleges from across the United Kingdom will compete in the tournament, including returning
A FATHER has slammed the "miserable thief" who stole a handmade door decoration celebrating the birth of his daughter. Luca Sabia and his wife Marianna, from Worcester, recently celebrated the birth of their first daughter, Sofia, who was born
BLINK and you may have missed it - but our pictures show snow falling on Worcester today. The flurry lasted for a few minutes at around 2pm and, in true changeable April weather style, it was followed almost immediately by bright sunshine. The erratic
IT was standing room only at Fladbury Village Hall where a proposal to build a crematorium was discussed. The scheme by the Westerleigh Group to build the crematorium next to the A44 at Fladbury Cross was debated at the annual Parish meeting on
CHAIRMAN Anthony Hampson praised caretaker manager John Snape and his players for “putting the pride back” into Worcester City. Hampson admitted Snape stepped up to take temporary charge of the Vanarama National League North strugglers in a “very
EVESHAM United boss Paul Collicutt urged as many fans as possible to go to Salisbury tomorrow night to support them in the Southern League Division One South and West play-off semi-finals (7.45pm). A big crowd is expected at the Ray McEnhill Stadium
THERE are just a few weeks to go until the 2017 charity version of Strictly Worcestershire. The black tie fundraiser, taking place at the Chateau Impney in Droitwich on Thursday, May 25, is being organised by former contestants Julia Williams and Granville
A SCHOOL for children with special needs in Worcester is set to expand. Regency High School has won £874,000 worth of funding from the government to build four new classrooms. The classrooms will enable the secondary school in Carnforth Drive
ALMOST £1 million has been awarded to Worcestershire's hospitals to try and ease A&E problems this winter. The funding will see Worcestershire Royal Hospital and the Alex in Redditch benefit from a combined £920,000. It is part of a £100
SAVANNAH is a three-year-old black female with her bags packed ready for a new home.She is a nice, friendly cat, looking for a place without young children and other pets.Savannah needs a stress-free environment where there are few cats in the area.If
DROITWICH Aegon men’s C team kicked off their Division Four summer tennis campaign with a 5-1 home victory over Worcester C. There were singles wins for Bob Smith 3-6, 6-1, 1-0, Robin Jones 7-5, 2-6, 1-0, Ricky Hollander 6-3, 2-6, 1-0 and James
POLICE are investigating a robbery which happened outside a city supermarket in the early hours of the morning. A man was chased by an offender in the St Martin's Quarter, Worcester, during the morning of Sunday, March 12. The victim fell up
LABOUR'S last Worcester parliamentary candidate can today be revealed as the party's June 8 General Election hopeful - after she changed her mind. Councillor Joy Squires says she has been "completely taken back" by the volume of people asking her to
PLANS for a new Aldi store will be shown off to the public at an exhibition. The supermarket giant has unveiled plans for a new multi-million pound shop off Abbey View Road in Pinvin, to add to its two new stores in Worcester in the last year.
A MAN has admitted threatening a police officer with a knife in a Worcester street.A section of Sidbury was closed off for more than three hours on Saturday, March 25, this year and at one time 10 police vehicles were on the scene before Adam Merry was
Severn Stars 66 Surrey Storm 62 SEVERN Stars caused a major upset in the Vitality Netball Superleague by beating reigning champions Surrey Storm 66-62. Stars, who before the match sat four places below their opposition, produced their most
SCORES of runners from across Worcestershire were among the thousands who gathered at the starting line of the London Marathon. Athletes both young and old ran the 26.2 mile course on Sunday, April 23 – with countless runners also raising thousands
EVESHAM United completed their Evo-Stik Southern League Division One South and West fixtures on a positive note after a dominant 4-2 victory over AFC Totton at the Testwood Stadium. United were 3-0 ahead at the break and cruising to victory but
JOE Doyle’s hard work and determination finally paid dividends as the Droitwich boxer was crowned England’s number one by lifting the National Junior Championships title. The 14-year-old Blessed Edward Oldcorne College pupil and three-time Midlands
THE new season got off to a disappointing start for Droitwich Spa Cricket Club with a crushing eight-wicket defeat at the hands of Worcester. Visitors Spa were blasted out for a meagre 54 with only outgoing captain Martyn Davies and bowler Phil
MOEEN Ali has been named in England's 15-man squad for the ICC Champions Trophy in England and Wales during the first half of June. The Worcestershire all-rounder could face his County team-mate John Hastings with England taking on Australia at
WORCESTERSHIRE have given their backing to the England and Wales Cricket Board's proposed changes to their constitution in relation to the new city-based T20 competition scheduled to get under way in 2020. The County's board members voted at a meeting
TICKETS for this year's Malvern Munch food walk on the late spring bank holiday weekend are going fast, organisers have warned. The event, on Sunday, May 28, is a seven-mile walk over and around the Malvern Hills that offers participants the chance
A CRUCIAL independent report to Government ministers about Worcestershire's failing children's services will be ready on June 8 - the same day as the General Election. Trevor Doughty, the 'troubleshooter' appointed to give ministers a warts-and-all
Fracked!/Malvern Theatres NOT even the most self-righteous among us would find this comfortable viewing, even though the inherent heaviness of the subject is lightened by a gag-riddled script. Alistair Beaton’s incisive new work touches
AS the early May Bank Holiday approaches, the NHS is reminding residents they can access medical treatment over the break. Patients in Worcester can save time in the waiting room by visiting their pharmacist for advice on a range of common illnesses
1. Top story: Where will it end? 2,600 home Worcester 'super village' could expand, admits council 2. Weather: Cold and sunny to start, followed by rain later 3. Travel: Traffic is slow along the A4440 Hams Way and along the A449 in Warndon
IT could take up to two years to rebuild a Worcester warehouse gutted in a devastating blaze.ArrowXL has revealed the full extent of the huge re-building job it is facing following the fire, which took hold of its site at the Blackpole Trading Estate
DIRECTOR of rugby Gary Gold will be “unbelievably disappointed” if Worcester Warriors take their foot off the gas in the final two matches. The former South Africa assistant boss has warned his players not to let their good work go to waste now Worcester
