A WOMAN has called for action to be taken after a group of semi-naked men, thought to be drunken students, started chanting loudly along her Worcester street.

About 10 louts woke residents in Hylton Road, St John's at 2am this morning, prompting one man to call police and complain.

Laura Doherty believed they were "definitely" students and said she feared the problems could escalate as University College Worcester grows.

"It was going on for about an hour and they were half dressed with shoes and tops off. They were walking along really slowly and singing really loud," said the 21-year-old Worcestershire Royal Hospital receptionist.

"I never usually hear them and I was in a deep sleep but they woke me up. I felt like shouting out the window but I thought if I started they would be abusive or trash the cars.

"I don't think it's fair. They don't have to get up in the morning and we all do and for the older people in the street it might make them nervous, thinking they are going to get burgled.

"It definitely needs to be clamped down on. It's going to get worse in the future if the college does expand. But what can they do? They will find somewhere else to go and make the same noise. They should have a bit more respect for people."

A spokesman for Worcester police said an officer went to the scene 10 minutes after the complaint was received but found no one.

He added that calling the police was the "right course of action" if students were behaving unreasonably and disturbing residents.

UCW registrar John Ryan said the college and students' union took incidents of student misbehaviour extremely seriously.

"We have not received any reports, as yet, of any student misbehaviour yesterday evening, but to help solve any community issues we do have a hotline in place to report problems," he added.

"The students' union has also negotiated a contract with Tramps Nightclub to ensure for the first time that buses are provided to and from this city centre venue.

"Thanks to these and other initiatives complaints have fallen and we continue to monitor the situation closely."