Bringing Communities Together
Friends are staying in touch with cards and bracelets as part of this year’s Learning Disability Week in Sandwell. The importance of friendships has been the key theme of the week (15 – 21 June). The council’s Disability Day Opportunities services has sent out friendship packs to help people stay […]
All council run car parks in Wolverhampton City Centre will continue to be free until 1 July. It has been free to park on council car parks and on street in the city centre ever since the start of lockdown and charging was due to be reinstated on 22 June. […]
The NHS Test and Trace system is now up and running and anyone across the UK who shows symptoms of coronavirus can now get a free test to see if they have coronavirus. The Test & Trace service aims to find, contain and control the virus and reduce its’ spread. […]
Sandwell Council’s leader has welcomed a government U-turn over providing free school meals to those eligible over the summer holidays. The government announced this week they would fund free school meals after a decision taken recently meant thousands of families would be without the provision. The government was put under […]
When preparing food, nothing has to be challenging as well as risky. In fact, when you make sure you do the very best in terms to preparing food, all you need right away is a confidence boost. Sometimes, there’s you have got kitchen gadgets and all ingredients in place. It […]
Staff worked through the early hours today to clean up parts of Walsall Manor Hospital which were flooded during last night’s storms. The entrance to Ward 29 and a rear entrance near to the Intensive Care Unit were worst affected with West Midlands Fire Service called to pump out water […]
LEVC LAUNCHES BLACK CAB CAMPAIGN TO SUPPORT SAFE CITY JOURNEYS • Black cabs help city travellers stay safe and protected during Covid-19 • Purpose-built taxi is designed with protective partition, contactless payment systems and easy clean surfaces • 5-point code of conduct in place to cover social distance rules and […]
Dudley Council is urging borough residents to help local businesses bounce back from the coronavirus crisis – by shopping locally. Non-essential retail shops have begun re-opening this week as part of measures to gradually ease the lockdown announced by the government. And borough residents have been urged by council bosses […]
Shoppers and traders will be returning to the indoor market in Kings Square, West Bromwich, from Monday (22 June). Sandwell Council Deputy Leader Councillor Wasim Ali said: “We are all eager to get back to as close to normal as we can including shopping, but Covid-19 is still around and […]
Forward-looking: Is the next trend in smartphone design to see how many rear cameras they can hold? Yes, if a Samsung patent is any indication. It suggests a future handset that sports not only a massive six cameras, but each one is also individually tiltable. Samsung applied for the patent, spotted […]
