Bringing Communities Together
Walsall Council’s Trading Standards team has seized nearly one million illegal cigarettes in what is the largest tobacco haul ever recorded in the borough. The seizure took place on Tuesday 22 April following an investigation into a break-in at a storage unit in Walsall. Officers uncovered a large container within […]
A series of community-focused initiatives delivered through Walsall Council’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) programme has brought together local businesses, volunteers and families to support green spaces and community wellbeing across the borough. More than 150 children took part in Easter Egg Trail events held in parks across Walsall during the school holidays. […]
Voluntary and community sector (VCS) organisations across Walsall are invited to apply for grant funding to deliver community-based physical activity programmes, aimed at reducing falls and frailty among residents aged 50 and over. The programme forms part of Walsall’s Health in Later Life Physical Activity and Prevention Programme. Funding is […]
With the Local Elections fast approaching on Thursday 7 May 2026, Walsall Council is reminding all residents that they must present an accepted form of photo ID to vote at polling stations. Remember your photo ID for the Local Elections 2026. In order to vote in person, residents must show a […]
Walsall residents are being encouraged to check that they and their families are up to date with their vaccinations as part of World Immunisation Week (24-30 April 2026). World Immunisation Week 2026. This year’s theme, ‘For every generation, vaccines work’, highlights the role of vaccination in protecting health across all […]
A Walsall primary school has been praised by Ofsted inspectors for its exceptional achievements. Reedswood E-ACT Primary Academy was described as a ‘nurturing yet ambitious’ school by inspectors following a visit in January 2026. Under the new Ofsted framework, inspectors judged three areas of the school as exceptional, and the […]
A shop in Walsall has been fined after selling a vape to a person under the age of 18 during a test purchasing exercise. Euro Shop, 89 Stafford Street, Walsall, sold a vape to two underage volunteers on 9 July 2025 while Trading Standards officers were carrying out an age-restricted sales operation. […]
Voters across Walsall are being reminded to protect their vote and be aware of electoral fraud ahead of the Local Elections on Thursday 7 May 2026. Protect your vote Electoral fraud refers to specific offences under electoral law. These can include making false statements about the personal character of a […]
Walsall Council has seized two vehicles and issued £400 fine following separate fly-tipping investigations in the borough. One vehicle, a Vauxhall Astra, was seized following a fly-tipping offence in Brockhurst Crescent on March 15, 2026. A second vehicle was also seized as part of a separate investigation into a fly-tipping incident in Rowley View on March 22, 2026. Both seizures […]
Walsall Council is marking National Stalking Awareness Week (NSAW), an annual campaign to raise awareness of stalking, by highlighting the support available locally to residents. The campaign, which takes place between 20-24 April 2026, is led by the National Stalking Consortium, a network of 21 specialist organisations from across the […]
