Illegal goods with an estimated retail value of £50,000 have been seized following coordinated enforcement activity in Walsall. On 9 October 2025 Walsall Trading Standards working in partnership with West Midlands Police uncovered illegal cigarettes, hand-rolling tobacco, and nitrous oxide cannisters, also known as laughing gas, across five separate locations […]

Walsall Council is geared up for the winter season, with salt stocks in place and gritting crews on standby to keep the borough’s roads safe in the months ahead. Walsall Council’s Winter Service team infront of the Gritters Around 2,800 tonnes of salt has been stocked – enough to cover […]

A prolific street drinker has been banned from entering Walsall town centre for three years. Paul Hinds, of High Street, Brownhills was not present at Dudley Magistrates’ Court on 8 October 2025 where four separate breaches of the town centre’s Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) were heard. All four offences […]

Walsall Council is setting out its council budget proposals for 2026/27 at a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday 15 October 2025. “ Like other local authorities, we are preparing our budget in particularly challenging and unpredictable circumstances. Although we appreciate the Government’s stated intention to introduce a multi-year funding settlement, the […]

Issues ranging from illegal tobacco to potentially unsafe food items were found during routine inspections carried out by Walsall Council’s Trading Standards team. On Tuesday 7 October 2025, Trading Standards officers, supported by West Midlands Police and the West Midlands Fire Service, visited nine shops in Willenhall town centre. During […]

Walsall Council is proud to announce the release of ‘The Run’, the seventh fostering awareness film produced by award-winning producers ReelTwentyFive. The film is available to watch here:   What started as a small local project in the Midlands is now a major, nationwide campaign involving over 90 local authority […]

In 2023 it was announced that Darlaston would be one of 55 overlooked towns in the country to receive a £20million government investment to spend over 10 years. Following a pause due to the general election, the funding was confirmed in early 2025 and on Thursday 9 October the Darlaston […]

A series of targeted fly-tipping interventions have been carried out across Walsall. A large fly-tip was recently reported on Brockhurst Crescent, obstructing the pavement. The illegally dumped waste, including wooden doors and planks, was cordoned off and treated as an ‘EnviroCrime’ scene on 3 October 2025, and subsequently removed on […]

Walsall’s dedicated litter-picking volunteers have collected 5,403 bags of litter in the past 3 months. This incredible number was achieved across 2,550 hours of community action from July to September. Litter picking events are organised through the Walsall Community Litter Watch (WCLW), established in August 2019 to help address littering […]