Bringing Communities Together
Analysis of theft data recorded by the stolen vehicle recovery (SVR) expert, Tracker, reveals that London continues to top the list of regions where cars are most stolen and recovered. Neighbouring county Essex jumped back up to the number two hot spot, as Essex police constantly discover new ‘chop-shops’ where stolen vehicles are stripped […]
Garden waste collections will restart for Sandwell residents from this week. The council and waste partner Serco have worked to prioritise recycling and general waste collections due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The fortnightly garden waste collections will resume in the first two weeks of May (May 4-15) for 120,000 properties […]
A soon-to-open music institute in the West Midlands is developing a library of online videos designed to support further education and 6th form students who are missing out on face-to-face classes because of the COVID-19 crisis. Resonance, which will be accepting its first cohort of undergraduate students this September, is […]
The Covid-19 lockdown is a death sentence for many women. Not from the virus, but from being stuck indoors with a violent partner The outbreak of Covid-19 and the sub- sequent lockdown made many women more prone to fall prey to their violent partner’s anger. It has been just a […]
15 pence per litre of wholesale falls being held back from drivers despite 50% drop in oil price. Since Christmas to March 13th 2020 oil has fallen by 89% in Sterling, while fuel supply chain businesses have increased profit from drivers when they fill up, by 242% for petrol and […]
Three weeks ago, as the reality of the social distancing measures we have now become familiar with was beginning to hit home for many people, leading humanitarian charity Human Appeal launched an emergency campaign to raise funds to help people fight coronavirus in the UK and across the globe. Since […]
A long term supporter of national charity Heart Research UK is hosting a live Facebook concert to raise funds for the charity and help to raise the spirits of the nation. Ric Cipriani, from Cheltenham, will be grabbing his guitar and singing his heart out from 19:00 – 20:00 on […]
Walsall Council is to restart some essential highway maintenance activities from Monday 6 April. The workforce will be operating under stringent site rules and procedures to ensure that works can be completed safely and in accordance with social distancing guidance. Any works that cannot be undertaken in this way will […]
Since the Secretary of State for Education announced that the 2020 exam series in England would be cancelled to help fight the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19), we have worked at speed to develop a process which fairly recognises students’ work and makes sure they get their grades in time to […]
BOOMING home deliveries and urgent vehicle replacements by tradespeople and essential workers are dramatically changing the shape of motor retail sales during the coronavirus crisis. Figures released by the online car marketplace BuyaCar.co.uk reveal that van sales in March increased 20-fold as a proportion of total vehicle sales on the platform. […]
