Bringing Communities Together
More than 5,000 people turned out to enjoy the Halesowen Christmas lights switch on, with the town’s home-grown talent Gregory Piper making a star appearance. Gregory, who plays troubled teen Ryan Pilkington in BBC drama Line of Duty and is from the town, pressed the button to switch on the […]
Sandwell Council environmental health staff have welcomed a £5,000-plus court bill for a local confectionery company and its owner after inspectors found poor standards of cleanliness. Officers visited the premises of Beacon West Bromwich Ltd in June 2018 and found filthy hand washing facilities, and the area around the sweet-packing […]
A Smethwick butcher has been prosecuted for failing to meet minimum food hygiene standards. Mohammed Rashid of M.A.Halal Meat in Shireland Road pleaded guilty to 14 offences in Wolverhampton Magistrates Court on Friday 25 October. Mr Rashid has received a £240 fine for each offence totalling £3,360. He was also […]
Tickets are now on sale for this year’s Civic Christmas Carol Concert hosted by Sandwell Mayor, Councillor Dr Ann Jaron. The 130th annual Carol Concert takes place at West Bromwich Town Hall on Saturday 7 December. The concert will feature plenty of local musical talent from the Sandwell Youth Orchestra […]
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 […]
People in Birmingham are the most worried about money in the whole country, according to a nationwide study revealing the UK’s most financially stressed cities. Birmingham came in first out of eleven major cities, ahead of London, Manchester and Glasgow. Forty-six per cent of Brummies say they have money worries, compared […]
Name: Ibrahim Dogus Born: July 1980 in Turkey Nationality: Kurdish Background: Dogus was born in Turkey to a father who was a political activist. When his job placed him in danger, the family fled to the UK where Douglas received much of his formal education and upbringing. Dogus began working as a waiter […]
Christmas lights switch-on events for all the family will light up City of Wolverhampton for the countdown to Christmas. The city centre switch-on will take place in Queen Square on Saturday, 23 November, from 2pm until 8pm. Get set for a host of entertainment that you will not want to […]
Sandwell Council is seeking to secure a £1.3 million grant from the West Midlands Combined Authority to enable it to demolish a West Bromwich car park to enable the future redevelopment of the site. The ageing multi-storey car park in Bull Street, which was opened as part of the Queen’s […]
Major construction will begin on the Sandwell Aquatics Centre in the New Year. Councillors are set to sign off funding and contract agreements at a meeting next week (20 November). Work to prepare the site is already well advanced with the main building work set to start in January as […]
