The partial opening of a new bridge in Pelsall is scheduled to take place on Tuesday 16 December. This milestone for the York’s Bridge project will allow the existing road closure to be lifted from Tuesday 16 December, 6pm, and will see traffic movement across the newly constructed bridge. The […]

The Walsall Society of Artists returns to The New Art Gallery Walsall for their Annual Exhibition, which runs from 12 December 2025 to 15 February 2026 between 10am and 4pm. Walsall Society of Artists: 74th Annual Exhibition, The New Art Gallery Walsall, 2024-5. Photo: Annabel Clarke. This year marks the […]

Work to develop a new £50 million-pound secondary school in Walsall – funded by central government – will now proceed. The Department has proposed the school is developed on the former Reedswood golf course site. Following announcements from the Department for Education, Walsall has been selected as one of 16 new […]

Illegal cigarettes, tobacco and drugs have been seized from retailers across Walsall as part of a major enforcement operation carried out on Thursday 4 December 2025. The joint operation involving Walsall Trading Standards, West Midlands Police, and specialist search dog teams, formed part of Operation CeCe, a National Trading Standards […]

Walsall Council has released its waste collection and recycling information ahead of this year’s Christmas and New Year period. Approximately 35,000 households in the borough will see their bins emptied on a different day to their normal scheduled day over the festive period. There will be no bin collections on […]

Significant improvements have been carried out at Barns Lane Fishing Pool in Rushall. The site has benefitted from a series of upgrades throughout the year, including the installation of new accessible fishing pegs in May, pathway improvements in June, and a recent restock of the pool. Twelve fully accessible pegs […]

An initiative that supports residents and communities across the Walsall borough during the colder months has relaunched. Warm Walsall supports residents throughout the winter period by providing a network of warm, welcoming venues for all Warm Walsall, funded by Walsall Council and the UK Shared Prosperity Fund and in partnership […]

Participating schools and colleges will be showcasing their creativity and entrepreneurial spirit as they take over Walsall Market on Wednesday 10 December from 9am to 12:30pm. Walsall Market St Thomas More Catholic School, Willenhall E-Act Academy, Shireland CBSO and Heart of Birmingham Vocational College will occupy the stalls for the […]

The Mayor of Walsall is delighted to invite residents of the borough to join her for a civic carol service on Sunday 14 December 2025 at 10.45am at St Matthew’s Church St Matthew’s Church Carol service, December 2024 “ The Mayor of Walsall, Councillor Louise Harrison for Walsall Council, said, […]

A much-loved piece of Walsall history made a celebrated return as the newly restored Three Men in a Boat automaton was formally launched this week by the Mayor of Walsall. Residents, schoolchildren and community partners gathered in the Bradford Mall atrium area in the Saddlers Shopping Centre to witness the […]