Bringing Communities Together
This half-term, Sandwell Council is looking for organisations and residents to create scarecrows and join The Big Sandwell Scarecrow Festival. Residents will be able to vote for their favourites on the Discover Sandwell Facebook page and prizes will be up for grabs for the best scarecrow from an individual, a […]
Sandwell Council has once again been rated a top employer for apprentices, scoring a place in the top 70 employers of school leavers in the UK. The ‘Top 150’ Listing is compiled by allaboutschoolleavers.co.uk and is the largest national awards ceremony where winners are decided based entirely on feedback from […]
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 […]
Children at an Oldbury school are urging parents and carers to park safely at drop off and pick up times – or risk a fine. Pupils at Christ Church C of E Primary School have designed their own banners which are being displayed on the railings outside the school in […]
Town centres will be lit up with Christmas lights and Remembrance Sunday will also be marked in Sandwell, despite the Covid-19 pandemic. Sandwell Council today confirmed that although Christmas light switch-ons and Bonfire Night events would not be able to go ahead, the council would do everything possible to celebrate […]
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 […]
Residents could save on their winter fuel bills if they take part in the latest round of Sandwell Council’s energy saving Big Community Switch scheme. The Big Community Switch has been running for several years under the Energy Switch banner. The more households that take part, the great the negotiating […]
Wolverhampton’s historic West Park has been named as the location for the start and finish of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games cycling time trial. Often referred to as ‘the race of truth’, the time trial is a straight race against the clock for individual cyclists and is a real test […]
Car parking charges for visitors and patients will be re-introduced at Walsall Manor Hospital from Thursday 1 October 2020 now that Government financial support has ended. Charges were waived during the Covid-19 pandemic – shortly after the national lockdown back in March this year – with the Department of Health […]
