Bringing Communities Together
Sandwell Council’s cabinet member for sustainable transport, Councillor Jackie Taylor, is issuing advice for road users this autumn to help traffic move more freely across the borough. The advice comes as mornings are getting darker and the nights are drawing in earlier. Councillor Taylor is advising residents to check for […]
There are more than 300 fun activities, sessions and events to keep families entertained in Sandwell this October half-term holiday. All of the fantastic, fun and often free entertainment – lots of it with a Halloween theme – can be found on the council’s Discover Sandwell website – www.DiscoverSandwell.co.uk Half-term runs […]
A group of volunteers and contractors worked together to decorate rooms and corridors at The Bridge Centre in St Marks Road, Tipton, with materials provided by suppliers. The volunteers from Sandwell Council’s repairs and maintenance team and workers from the Dodd Group and Graham also fitted new outside lighting and […]
A much-praised scheme to help dependent drinkers in Sandwell while easing the pressure on emergency services has won one of the country’s top public health awards. The Blue Light Project works with drinkers who have struggled with alcohol dependence treatment and place a demand on the emergency services. The highly-successful project, which […]
A further four more people have been arrested in connection with a series of break-ins across the Black Country. Two men aged 22 and a 19-year-old were arrested in the Wrexham area of Wales on (19 October) and a 30-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to burgle.All four […]
England National Cricket Selectors have named a 15-strong squad for the five-match IT20 series in New Zealand, staring 1st November, and a 15-man squad for the two-match Test series against the Black Caps, starting 21st November. England IT20 squad Eoin Morgan (Middlesex) captain Jonny Bairstow (Yorkshire) Tom Banton (Somerset) Sam Billings (Kent) […]
Water is crucial to the human body. 60% of our bodies are comprised of water, but did you know that most to every day you lose about 64 ounces of water from sweating? And, fun fact, 16 ounces of that sweat comes from your feet! Water benefits your body in […]
Travel is a vast topic to discuss and so is travel industry. Once you are linked to travel business/ travel industry so many things you need to take into the consideration. Travel service comes with serving the customer with best possible means to give them the best travelling experience, and […]
A huge swathe of former industrial land in Sandwell is to be turned into homes after lying derelict for decades. The equivalent of more than 32 football pitches at Friar Park in Wednesbury will be transformed into a 750-home community following the purchase of an old sewage works by the […]
A Great Barr school has scooped an award for improving road safety for pupils, parents and the community. St Margaret’s CE Primary school has been presented with the Roland Vernon award – presented by the Sandwell Road Safety Organisation in memory of their former chairman. The award recognises the work […]
