A Tipton man has been fined £400 for fly-tipping eight black bags of household waste on a Tipton car park. Sandwell Council was alerted to the illegal dumping on the High Street car park in Princes End by a member of Litter Watch. After removing the rubbish, council officers undertook […]

Sandwell Council’s Cabinet is set to extend a vital grant in a bid to provide continuing support to people experiencing domestic abuse and sexual violence in Sandwell. A Cabinet report recommends awarding the grant of £287,268 a year from 1 April, 2021 – to Black Country Women’s Aid – for […]

Two public spaces protection orders (PSPOs) that help tackle dog fouling and nuisance drinking in Sandwell are set to be renewed. The Sandwell-wide PSPOs will replace two previous orders and will each run for three years from 1 March 2021. PSPOs last for up to three years and then have […]

Sandwell’s garden bin collections will begin between Monday 15 and Friday 26 March this year, slightly later than usual. Sandwell Council, along with its environmental services partner Serco, have delayed the return of garden waste collections in order to prioritise household waste and recycling collections which have seen a reduction […]

Another significant milestone has been reached at the Sandwell Aquatics Centre in Smethwick. The dive tower, which will be used for the diving competition at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, was completed at the end of last month. The dive tower, which took five weeks to build, includes 31 separate […]

The census is a once-in-a-decade survey that gives us the most accurate estimate of all the people and households in England and Wales. It has been carried out every decade since 1801, with the exception of 1941. It will be the first run predominantly online, with households receiving a letter […]

COVID-19 has adversely affected people’s health across the globe, and many have lost their lives due to complications from having other medical conditions like high blood pressure (HBP) and Type2 diabetes (T2D). Due to genetics and various other factors, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) people are more likely to […]

Two school friends are set to stay silent for a whole 12 hours to raise vital funds for a charity which supports people with rare chromosome or genetic disorders. Elin Jervis and Sophia Eagle hope to raise hundreds of pounds for Unique, in support of Elin’s little sister, Charlotte, who […]

Sandwell Council will be funding free school meals to those families who are eligible during the February half-term holidays. Parents and carers will be contacted through their child’s school and will receive vouchers to go towards the cost of food for the two week break. Councillor Wasim Ali, cabinet member […]