Both of the most recent conclaves, in 2005 to elect Pope Benedict and 2013 to elect Pope Francis lasted just two days. This ...

THE Elgar Festival is set to return in just three weeks. Running from Thursday, May 22 until Sunday, June 1, highlights include a gala concert on Saturday, May 31 at Worcester Cathedral with the ...

NIGEL Clark of Dodgy is set to headline a special acoustic night at The Swan in Stourport. The event will take place on Thursday (May 8), and will feature performances from Chloe Mogg and local duo ...

TRAINS are running again between Gloucester and Bristol after engineering work was completed. The railway was temporarily closed over the bank holiday weekend for a series of upgrades. Network Rail ...

WWII led to the development and mass production of the world’s first antibiotic called penicillin which revolutionised the treatment of bacterial infections. While penicillin was discovered in 1928 at ...

A KIDDERMINSTER care home is hosting a 1940s-themed street party to mark 80 years since the end of World War II ...

Combs, 55, has pleaded not guilty to a five-count indictment charging him with leading a racketeering conspiracy from 2004 to ...

A private lunar lander from Japan is circling the moon with another month to go before it attempts a touchdown. Tokyo-based ispace said on Wednesday morning its Resilience lander had entered lunar ...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said they were in the US after a ‘precise’ operation at the Argentine diplomatic compound in Caracas.

IF Nazi spies had been a bit more on the ball as the Allies pushed into Italy during the Second World War, things might have been rather different. The Axis high command knew a landing was coming but, ...

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The cardinals held their last day of pre-conclave meetings on Tuesday, during which Francis’ fisherman’s ring and his ...