THE Chase School is celebrating after Ofsted inspectors said the school was good. Inspectors said the school’s overall effectiveness was good and its sixth form was rated as outstanding. Their report said attainment rose substantially in most key indicators
A COMMUNITY hospital has more beds and more bathrooms following a makeover to improve the wards which has proved popular with patients. State-of-the-art facilities at Tenbury Community Hospital were opened this month thanks to the support of NHS Worcestershire
PEOPLE in Worcester have been warned not to take the risk of committing benefit fraud after two people found themselves in court for not declaring changes in their circumstances. Nick Jefferies, head of South Worcestershire Revenues and Benefits Shared
TERRY Jenkins reached the Ladbrokes World Championship last 16 by defeating Co Stompe 4-1 at London’s Alexandra Palace. The Ledbury ace, seeded 10th, meets Somerset’s emerging Justin Pipe tomorrow night in the third round of the £1million event following
POWER-packed Leicester Tigers proved too strong for Worcester Warriors in all aspects of the game as they claimed a bonus-point Aviva Premiership win at a sell-out Sixways. Despite being roared on by a 12,024 crowd, Warriors struggled to match the set-piece
THE sound of hooves clattering along high streets was welcomed back to Worcestershire’s rural towns at the annual Boxing Day meets. Hundreds of people of all ages turned out to show their support for their local hunt at traditional gatherings. Horses
THREE Worcester mums had an extra special reason to celebrate Christmas this year with a present like no other – the arrival of their newborn babies. For one mum the arrival of her bundle of joy on Christmas Day was doubly special as she shares her birthday
TODAY West Midlands League Premier Division: Wolverhampton Casuals v Bromyard Town (7.45pm). THURSDAY Smedley Crooke Cup first round: Malvern Town v Continental Star (7.45pm). FRIDAY Npower League Two: Hereford United v Accrington Stanley (7.45pm
A TEENAGER with a brain tumour will turn DJ to raise money for a specialist unit at the hospital where he was treated. Sam Morris spent five weeks undergoing intensive radiotherapy at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital’s Teenage Cancer Trust unit in Birmingham
MANAGER Carl Heeley was quick to praise the infectious nature of Michael Taylor following the Boxing Day victory over Gloucester City. Second-half sub Taylor stunned the Tigers by scoring the equaliser and then winning the penalty which Simon Brown dispatched
A HEARTBROKEN family put aside their grief at losing their beloved 21-year-old son to cancer to celebrate Christmas in his honour. Parents Jean and Andrew Dobbins were devastated when their son Anthony lost his long battle against bowel cancer
TODAY is a big day for this club. Leicester Tigers stand in our way of a second consecutive Aviva Premiership win at Sixways and the chance to leapfrog Bath, our previous victims at home. We had our final training session yesterday before we face off
FULL-back Chris Pennell has been given the nod to start today’s Aviva Premiership clash with Leicester Tigers at Sixways (2pm) ahead of the dropped Errie Claassens. Former London Welsh flier Claassens, one of Worcester’s best players this term, has been
