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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 […]
As winter approaches, pregnant women in Walsall are being urged to get vaccinated against flu, RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) and whooping cough (pertussis) to protect them and their unborn babies. Fairies in the diorama. Photo credit: Rachel Parker Flu is a viral infection that can cause fever, aches and pains, […]
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 […]
Families across Walsall are in for a frightfully fun October half term, with a packed programme of free Halloween-themed activities taking place in parks across the borough. Organised by Walsall Council’s Healthy Spaces team, the events will run from Monday October 25 to Friday October 30, ranging from spooky woodland […]
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 […]
The Mayor of Walsall has congratulated a local teacher for winning a national award. The Mayor of Walsall, Councillor Louise Harrison and Colleen Green, Beacon Academy. Colleen Green, Assistant Headteacher at Beacon Academy in Willenhall was surprised to be presented with Jamie Oliver’s 2025 This Morning’s Lifetime Achievement Award back […]
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 […]
