Bringing Communities Together
A Walsall-based shop has been ordered to pay more than £2,000 after selling a vape containing nicotine to a person under the age of 18. Mr Gurmeet Singh Kapour, director of Mahir Trading Ltd, trading as Vape and Beyond in Walsall Town Centre, entered a guilty plea on the company’s […]
Walsall’s alcohol and drug treatment service is celebrating a decade of delivering vital support to residents, having helped people through more than 9,000 episodes of treatment. Staff and volunteers at The Beacon in Walsall town centre. The Beacon, delivered by Change Grow Live and commissioned by Walsall Council’s Public Health […]
Residents are invited to celebrate the borough’s past at the Local History Fair 2025. The fair will take place on Saturday 25 October from 11am to 2.30pm at the Lichfield Street Hub (WS1 1TR). The free event is open to all ages and will feature talks, displays and family-friendly activities, […]
Walsall residents still have time to share their views on proposals for new weekly food waste collections. A public consultation remains open until 7 November 2025, meaning there are just over 5 weeks remaining for residents to share views. Walsall Council is encouraging as many residents as possible to get […]
Walsall Council’s Trading Standards officers, supported by West Midlands Police, seized more than 800 counterfeit items – including unsafe children’s toys – during ‘Operation Thundercats’ on Wednesday 24 September. This latest action follows a previous crackdown in August, when £2,000 worth of counterfeit toys were removed from the same stores. However, […]
Anayah Hussain, who attended Rockwood Academy has been a shining star at Alum Rock Football Academy. Her hard work and talent have now caught the eye of Aston Villa U18’s. We couldn’t be prouder of Anayah. Starting out here in her local area, she has become (and will continue to […]
A new exhibition celebrating the invaluable contributions of African Caribbean women from the Windrush Generation is taking place in Walsall as part of Black History Month from 1 to 31 October 2025. The exhibition is free and is hosted by Walsall Black Sisters Collective and supported by Walsall Council and […]
A new children’s wellbeing booklet has been produced to inspire Walsall families to reflect on how they can look after their mental wellbeing. One of the children’s artworks featured in the booklet. Titled ‘How Do You Look After Yourself’, the booklet was developed following an art competition held over Christmas […]
A statement from the Mayor of Walsall, Councillor Louise Harrison. “ We are deeply shocked and saddened by the tragic terrorist incident that happened in Manchester yesterday on Yom Kippur, a holy day. On behalf of the people of Walsall, I’d like to extend my deepest condolences to all those […]
Visitors to Caldmore Community Garden are benefiting from new, fully accessible footpaths. The improvements, carried out by Tarmac, have restored the garden’s paths to a safe condition, making the space more welcoming for all users, particularly wheelchair and pushchair users. The upgraded surfaces also mean rainwater will now run onto the […]
