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SIX centuries later it might seem unlikely, but back in the 1500s the best New Year’s Eve party in town took place in Worcester Cathedral Priory.

Originally it was to be housed at the Science Museum to represent UK innovation but dumping it in landfill felt more symbolic of our post-Brexit future. Using his space capsule as futuristic coffin, Mr. Peake’s mummified remains will be entombed in the Blue Peter garden, with a petri dish of Petra and a lock of John Noakes’ hair. Bound and gagged, Mr. Peake was unavailable for comment, but the BBC assured the gathered press that this was not be the first time they had buried dissenters. ‘I...

At the end of the Second World War, there was a national housing shortage, as no new homes had been built for six years and tens of thousands of…

Some 350 years ago this month, Worcester folk were continuing to watch the river level carefully. They had just witnessed the Great Flood of…

A WEIGHTS and measures inspector was threatened with a 56lb weight in 1957 when he investigated whether a Darlington door-to-door coalman was…

SIX centuries later it might seem unlikely, but back in the 1500s the best New Year’s Eve party in town took place in Worcester Cathedral Priory.

WITH Christmas on the way and more people likely to go to church than at any other time of the year, the hope will be that someone has turned the…

A dedicated couple who have clocked up nearly 100 years of voluntary service are set to celebrate their significant milestone.

A dedicated couple who have clocked up nearly 100 years of voluntary service are set to celebrate their significant milestone.

A dedicated couple who have clocked up nearly 100 years of voluntary service are set to celebrate their significant milestone.