Nearly half of parents and carers of children who will start school for the first time in September 2020 have now applied for a place for them – and the rest are encouraged to do so as soon as possible. The deadline for applications for pupils due to start reception […]

The UK Prime Minister has come under attack for allowing a racist and prejudiced writer to work under his jurisdiction when he was the editor of the Spector. The Conservative Party candidate in question mentioned in his writing that immigrants were responsible for bringing various diseases and pathogens to the UK.   […]

This year’s Orange Wolverhampton pop up shop proved a huge success, with visitors finding out more about the annual safeguarding campaign to end inter personal violence and being signposted to help and support. Hundreds of people called into the shop, at the Wulfrun Centre on Monday and Tuesday (25 and […]

An innovative Wolverhampton school secured a coveted award at this year’s Schools and Academies Show in Birmingham. The Leadership Team at Oak Meadow Primary School received the award for ‘Income Innovator of the Year’ at the show, held at the NEC recently. Headteacher Simon Arnold, who collected the award on […]

The iconic statues of Prince Albert and Lady Wulfruna are once again backing the campaign to Orange Wolverhampton and end inter-personal violence. The statue of Queen Victoria’s husband Prince Albert, which stands in Queen Square, and the founder of Wolverhampton, Lady Wulfruna, outside St Peter’s Collegiate Church, are proudly sporting […]

Welsh wonder Cerys Matthews will be the star attraction at the fourth Wolverhampton Literature Festival in the New Year. Audiences can join the founding member of rock band Catatonia at the Slade Rooms where she will be talking about her new book ‘Where the Wild Cooks Go’. The event at […]

Asylum-seekers attacked and intimidated after Easter Sunday attacks  Refugees from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran targeted by violent mobs  There has still been no police investigations into the threats and violence faced by refugees and asylum-seekers in Sri Lanka in the aftermath of the Easter Sunday attacks, Amnesty International and Minority Rights Group International […]

It is important that you register to vote. If you are not registered you won’t be able to vote in the General Election on 12 December. It only takes five minutes to get registered – you can do it here. You need to register to vote every time you move home. […]

A Manchester crook who went on the run when his handwritten ledger books implicated him in a multi-million pound money laundering fraud has been sentenced in his absence.  Jamshed Bhatti, 60, formerly of Stockport Road, Longsight, was caught with £50,970 in cash when HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) investigators searched his home in August […]