Residents are being asked to show their love for West Smethwick Park by taking part in a calendar photography competition. Successful entries will appear in the 2022 West Smethwick Park calendar which will be sold by the Friends of the park. Sandwell Council’s Deputy Leader Councillor Maria Crompton said: “I […]

Following meetings with Rebecca Pow MP, the under-secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs and Rachel Maclean MP the under-secretary of state for transport, it has been confirmed that the government-mandated Clean Air Zone for Birmingham is now scheduled to launch on 1 June 2021. Poor air quality […]

City of Wolverhampton Council has today (Thursday) issued a closure notice on a Blakenhall barbers which has repeatedly failed to follow guidelines to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Naz Barbers in Dudley Road has been issued with the notice for failing to provide staff with Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), presenting […]

Sandwell Council, Public Health England (Midlands) and Sandwell & West Birmingham Clinical Commissioning Group have been notified of a coronavirus outbreak at Bearwood Road Surgery, Smethwick. To date, three positive COVID-19 cases have emerged among the practice’s non-clinical staff. It was agreed at a meeting yesterday that there would be […]

There are 10 key things that we all must to do to stop the spread of coronavirus in Wolverhampton. The city was made an area of national intervention following a sustained rise in infection rates over the last few weeks. Latest data shows there were 69.44 cases of Covid-19 per […]

Stourbridge is celebrating ten years as a Fairtrade Town thanks to ongoing work by Stourbridge Fairtrade. The campaign group has worked tirelessly with local shops, schools, community organisations and Dudley Council to gain and retain the status it was first awarded on 27 September 2010. It recently had its status […]

A fifth Covid-19 test centre has opened in Wolverhampton. The walk through test centre at Blakenhall Community Resource Centre, on Haggar Street, joins 3 other walk through centres, at Showell Road, the car park of Whitmore Reans Health Centre and at the Mountford Lane car park in Bilston, and a drive […]

Nearly 90% of pupils in Wolverhampton have returned to full time education after the city’s schools reopened to children and young people at the start of the autumn term. As of Thursday (10 September), local schools reported that some 85% of primary pupils and 90% of secondary students were in […]

Sandwell Council has teamed up with West Midlands Police and Public Health England to challenge local businesses to be COVID responsible. Coronavirus infection rates are currently high in Sandwell and the council, along with public health and police continue to do all they can to make people take safety seriously. […]