Walsall Council is teaming up with Walsall Football Club and its charity arm, the Walsall Football Club Foundation, as part of an ambitious goal to shape the future of the Borough. The two organisations are the latest to support We are Walsall 2040. This major initiative gives partners across the […]
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Patients To Benefit From New Critical Care Car In Shropshire, Stoke-on-Trent And Staffordshire
A new lifesaving service has been launched by Midlands Air Ambulance Charity in Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire. Following extensive research into patient need across the area, the charity has introduced a new critical care car service in the region which has already been dispatched to more than 80 incidents since May […]
Energy efficiency works due to commence at Darlaston Swimming and Fitness Centre
The Darlaston swimming pool energy project is about to start in earnest with contractors moving in on site in early October. The project will include replacement of end of life gas boilers with high capacity air source heat pumps, installation of solar panels, LED lighting and other technology that will […]
Birmingham bank staff enjoy time in the spotlight on breakfast TV
Staff from a Birmingham branch of NatWest had a taste of fame after being asked to appear on breakfast TV to talk about banking scams. Bankers Baljinder Dhaliwal, known as Bally, and Kam Pahal regularly support Punjabi, Urdu and Hindi speakers in their Grand Central Birmingham branch and understand some […]
Health and Social Care Secretary sets out plan for patients with new funding to bolster social care over winter
Funding of £15 million this year will help increase international recruitment of care workers. The funding will enable local areas to support care providers with activities such as visa processing, accommodation and pastoral support for international recruits. This will complement a national domestic recruitment campaign, which will launch shortly. The […]
London Gatwick Airport Opens Door For easyJet Gateway Lounge
A unique offer was announced by easyJet for their passengers. From 1st September till 30th November 2022, all the FLEXIfare customers can access easyJet Gateway Lounge located at the North Terminal at London Gatwick Airport. Customers can book the lounge on the day of travel also, there are packages offered […]
Stoptober launches to give smokers the confidence to quit
Smokers in England are being urged to stub out the habit as part of the annual Stoptober public health campaign launching next month, as latest statistics show smoking costs the NHS £2.4 billion a year while causing at least 15 types of cancers, including lung cancer and acute myeloid leukaemia. […]
Help shape the future for children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities
Parents and carers of children with additional needs are invited to join one of the ‘Working Together: In our hands’ events made available by the Early Help team. These events have been arranged to help shape the services and future for the children of Walsall with Special Educational Needs and […]
Book of Condolence closes and Mayor of Walsall pays tribute to the Borough
The Book of Condolence for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at Walsall Town Hall closed at 5pm on Tuesday 20 September 2022. Over 1,200 people including the Mayor of Walsall, Councillor Rose Martin, and the Lord-Lieutenant for the West Midlands, John Crabtree OBE, visited Walsall Town Hall to pay their […]
Radiography students face full-scale emergency in major incident simulation
Birmingham City University students will be tested on how they can cope in a crisis next week as a full-scale medical emergency unfolds on campus. Students studying radiography courses will have to face up to the task of treating an influx of wounded patients – all victims of an ‘explosion’ […]