VETERANS and their relatives are being offered the opportunity to visit the beaches and fields where the decisive campaign that ended the Second World War ...»
STAFF at a Worcester business have been doodling their bit for charity.
Workers at the Mitsubishi Pencil Company on Berkeley Business Park were among hundreds ...»
WORCESTER'S taxi drivers face losing their licences if they run up too many penalty points over the course of a year. As The Standard exclusively ...»
A CONTROVERSIAL new mapping system has brought the city and surrounding area to life.
From yesterday (Thursday) Worcester and surrounding villages were included in Google’s ...»
A GROUP fighting for fairer funding for county schoolchildren has written to the man in charge of education over delays on publishing a review of ...»
A CRACKDOWN on drink and drug taking louts in Lowesmoor has been hailed a success by an action group spearheading the campaign. But residents and ...»
SNAPSHOTS of everyday life are captured in the latest exhibition of paintings at a city art gallery.
A Moment in Worcester features a collection of ...»
COUNTY transport bosses spent nearly £50,000 on a report investigating two ‘hypothetical’ routes for completing Worcester’s north-west link road - despite revealing neither may go ...»
TRANSPORT bosses have defended plans to speed up bus travel in the city despite residents fearing it could cause more problems than it solves. The ...»
A WORCESTER mum’s brave campaign to raise £100,000 to help find a cure for Parkinson’s Disease is set to appear on television.
Becky Hurd’s battle ...»
BANKNOTES featuring Worcester’s most famous son and the city’s landmark building will be withdrawn from circulation at the end of June.
The Bank of England ...»
THE COUNTY’S police force has been rated as one of the best performing in the country according to a new assessment. Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of ...»
AN INCREASE in the diarrhoea and vomiting bug norovirus has prompted health chiefs to issue a hygiene warning. People are being reminded to wash their ...»
DOCTORS will get more say in scrutinising Worcestershire’s new out of hours healthcare provider health chiefs have pledged. It has been announced Harmoni, which currently ...»
A MAN who has breached the terms of his release from prison is being hunted by police. James ‘Jimmy’ Stevens was jailed for attempted armed ...»
A NEW train named in honour of the University of Worcester has been unveiled by HRH the Duke of Gloucester.
The First Great Western train ...»
A MAN wanted by police for breaching a restraining order has been arrested.
Leaflets featuring the photo of 37-year-old Richard Fern were recently distributed to ...»
DIGLIS Basin is set to become a more attractive place for visitors and wildlife following a cleanup operation.
British Waterways staff and local volunteers were ...»
A WOMAN has been rescued from her car and taken to hospital after being involved in a two vehicle crash in Warndon. The female driver ...»
PEOPLE with mental health problems are to be given a voice through a new action group which aims to improve their care and support.
Mental ...»
CAMPAIGNERS fighting for fairer funding for Worcestershire’s schoolchildren have called on the Government to stop delaying a long-awaited review into how money is allocated. It ...»
WORCESTER’S heroic oarsman Richard Wood is taking to the radio waves for a new fund-raising challenge.
Just over three years since suffering a devastating stroke ...»
A KEMPSEY vicar has called for the creation of national tax to help prevent churches in many rural communities closing within the next ten years.
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MP Mike Foster has blasted the decision of city councillors to award themselves an increase in their allowance. The Standard reported last week how councillors ...»
BUSINESSES in a Worcester village could face serious financial difficulty because long running gas works have been extended even further - a shop owner has ...»
A SPORTS author and broadcaster from Warndon Villages is in the running for a prestigious national book award. Chris Green’s hard-hitting book Every Boy’s Dream ...»
A RENOWNED creative arts theatre company has been helping pupils at a city school explore sensitive issues.
Pure, from Liverpool, used multi-media performances including music ...»
A MAJOR blitz is planned on parents parking illegally around four Worcester schools. Extra police patrols will clamp down on inconsiderate and illegal parking at ...»
TRAINS could be derailed and lives put at risk if a dangerous unmanned rail crossing is not closed, politicians have warned.
Since 2006 train drivers ...»
ROWERS involved in a charity world record attempt were set to break their first major milestone today (Friday).
Two teams from the University of Worcester ...»
THE WAY road chiefs responded to the big freeze at the start of the year is set to come under the spotlight. Members of the ...»
A WORCESTER man who photographed himself having sex with a young schoolgirl has been given an indefinite jail sentence for public protection. Police seized Paul ...»
PARENTS and carers in Worcester are to be given access to information about paedophiles in contact with their children under an extension of 'Sarah's Law'. ...»
PEOPLE have returned to their homes and offices after a bomb scare in the city centre this afternoon.
Hundreds of people were evacuated from buildings ...»
SHOCK revelations the county council could shed nearly 500 jobs is causing a climate of fear among staff, a union has warned. About ten per ...»
AN AUDACIOUS attempt to break one of the world’s most gruelling non-stop records is set to take place in the centre of Worcester. Two teams ...»
A SEMI-PROFESSIONAL footballer who got involved in an attack at a Worcester railway station has been banned from attending all matches for three years. Wolves ...»
ROTARIANS have been busy urging shoppers to help with their global fight to bring an end to the crippling disease of polio.
Members of the ...»
TEENAGE pregnancy and abortion have fallen in Worcester, but are still well short of Government targets. There were 229 under 18 pregnancies in the city ...»
CITY councillors have voted to increase their allowances. The Independent Renumeration Panel (IRP) recommended an average 11.2 per cent increase, but while councillors rejected that ...»
RESIDENTS have blasted the county council’s decision to spend £1,760 on strimming a row of trees in Northwick which were felled just weeks later.
About ...»
AN AMBITIOUS fund-raising target set by Worcester Royal Grammar School in aid of the victims of the Haiti earthquake has been smashed.
Staff and pupils ...»
A GROUP of hockey players from the University of Worcester had a lucky escape after their coach was ravaged by fire on the M5.
The ...»