Bringing Communities Together
As latest figures show nearly 2,600 people in Wolverhampton tested positive for Covid-19 last week, health and police chiefs are calling on residents to stay home during the national lockdown – and to take extreme care if they must go out. Latest figures show there were 980 cases of Covid-19 […]
Work will start next week (w/c 11 January 2021) to create a new permanent cycle lane alongside a major route in Smethwick. The work will create a two-way lane for cyclists connecting Tollhouse Way with Galton Bridge and Rolfe Street railway stations, as well as linking Holly Lane and St […]
Two Walsall Healthcare senior nurses have been recognised for their contributions in a region-wide commemorative e-book that marks the Year of the Nurse and the Midwife. The e-book has been produced by the NHS England and NHS Improvement Midlands’ regional nursing team as a virtual celebration of 2020 as the […]
Sandwell Council’s Haleema Yousaf has been awarded an MBE in the New Year’s Honours List 2021 for services to children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Haleema, who is team leader of the council’s Fair Access, Exclusion and Reintegration Team, said she was “humbled” to receive […]
Walsall couple Katie Lymn and Daniel Paddock welcomed a very special delivery on Christmas Day – their beautiful baby son Freddie Jay Luke Paddock. Freddie is their first baby and was due on 19 January but clearly wanted to give them a Christmas to remember, arriving at 12.16am today, weighing […]
Well over 3 million items of vital personal protective equipment (PPE) have now been distributed to frontline staff by the City of Wolverhampton Council since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Latest figures show 3,380,642 items of PPE have been allocated to local care providers, health workers and funeral directors […]
There’s a lively programme of virtual Christmas fun from Sandwell’s Library Service, starting this Saturday,19 December and continuing until Christmas Eve, 24 December. Saturday 19 December, 12noon: Santa is coming to town – with a very special Christmas message for everyone. Monday 21 December,11am: Christmas story time with Sproutzilla, the […]
On Thursday 6 May 2021 residents in Sandwell will go to the polls to have their say on who represents them. Sandwell Council is already making plans to help people stay safe while casting their vote. There are a number of ways to have your say in the May, when […]
Rapid coronavirus testing will start on today in Sandwell. West Bromwich Town Hall has been converted into a large testing site able to accommodate 12 testing points at any one time. In contrast to traditional testing methods which can take a few days to return a result, the new rapid […]
Delivering an innovative and inclusive experience fit for this historic year, Thunderbird safely recognized the academic accomplishments of its class of 2020 in a technology-enhanced graduation celebration today to close an unprecedented fall semester. The online event took place within an immersive virtual reality rendering of Thunderbird’s new global headquarters, […]
