Bringing Communities Together
Two derelict Black Country industrial sites to be transformed into hundreds of new homes. Two more derelict industrial sites in the Black Country are to be transformed to provide vital new homes for local people following multi-million-pound investment deals by the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA). The investment paves the […]
Alan Williams and Stephen Whitehouse, who work for Sandwell Council’s environment partner Serco, delighted a Tividale school boy who dreams of becoming a ‘bin man’ when he’s older. Alan and Steve, part of the Commercial Waste team and provide schools and businesses across Sandwell with waste collections, have been visiting […]
A date can be nerve wracking enough but one of Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust’s employees went one step further by airing theirs on TV! Electrical and Biomedical Engineering (EBME) Apprentice Ryan Allsopp has featured on E4’s “Teen First Dates”. It is a teenage spin-off of the popular Channel 4 programme […]
Plans to build five new council homes on two sites in West Bromwich have been given the green light with the awarding of a building contract by Sandwell Council. The £1.09 million scheme will see the much-needed homes built on two council-owned sites by J Harper & Sons Ltd. Two […]
While rates of Covid-19 in Sandwell continue to fall, a few areas still have high levels of infection. This includes Tipton Green. The rate of infection in Tipton Green is twice as high as the average rate for Sandwell as a whole. Tipton Green ward includes Tipton town centre, areas […]
Bid now for a slice of a £2million council fund created to help people celebrate Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Residents and community groups now have the chance to apply for money from a £2million fund to help people in all 69 of the city’s wards feel involved with the Birmingham […]
West Midlands is in the top three regions in Britain investing in cryptocurrency and they would sooner buy Bitcoin than property, according to a new national survey. The survey of 2,000 Brits, commissioned by money app Ziglu and conducted by OnePoll, found that 14 percent of West Mids residents had […]
With one in three people now prioritising wellness on holiday and the rapid rise of solo female travel, there has never been a better way to celebrate International Women’s Day on 8th March than by booking a future wellness retreat. Health and Fitness Travel, the wellness holiday specialists have rounded-up […]
There are just 100 days to go before the UK’s first-ever National Ferrari Owners’ Day, to be held at the historic Sywell Aerodrome in Northamptonshire on Saturday 5th June 2021. Careful planning is well underway for this COVID-secure outdoor event, organised by the Ferrari Owners’ Club of Great Britain, but welcoming […]
Sikh, Muslim, Christian and Hindu leaders in Sandwell have urged everyone to have the Covid-19 vaccine when it’s their turn, to help protect people and save lives. Religious authorities nationally have approved the Covid-19 vaccine and locally faith leaders are supporting the NHS and council in the vaccination programme. Harmohinder […]
