What's Happening in Worcester blog

It was a horse race with a difference at Worcester Racecourse when pantomime horses lined up to gallop around the track.

Students made their way into the national finals of a competition after devising a project to help their peers save money on food.

Romantic pensioners Peter and Peggy snuck off to get married and then made their surprise announcement at the bride’s 80th birthday party.

Thousands lined the streets of Worcester to see the Olympic Torch carried through the city, and many got up early the next day to wave it goodbye.

Hospice fundraiser Paul Roberts ran one marathon a day for a week in Morocco with an ironing board on his back.

A woman who beat bowel cancer after being told she had months to live is now joining the fight to help other sufferers of the disease.

Young people are being encouraged to have a go at the latest martial art craze from Brazil.

Staff and students from the University of Worcester have made it into the Great Britain Blind Football squad for the 2012 Paralympic Games.

A charity swimathon became a family affair when a grandma was joined by seven of her grandchildren in the water.

Two business students decided to put their studies into practice by opening a new takeaway.