Bringing Communities Together
Parking Services at Walsall Council has won a top prize at today’s (06 March) National Parking Partnership Awards at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in London. The council and its enforcement agency ‘Penham Excel’ had been jointly nominated in the category of best ‘Unlawful Vehicle Initiative.’ And were recently announced as the winners. Their award […]
Walsall Council is to significantly invest in a new drainage system at its North Walsall Cemetery in Bloxwich, with work anticipated in coming months. The new council plans come on the back of local concerns about recent deterioration at the site. The council cemetery was built on a glacial till […]
Council health leads in the Black Country have moved to reassure members of the public that plans are in place in the event of a coronavirus outbreak in the region. So far there have been no confirmed cases in the Black Country, however Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton councils are […]
Please note that due to essential maintenance work, both pools and the steam room at Darlaston Swimming Pool are temporarily out of action from Monday 02 March until Friday 06 March 2020. Our fitness suite and aerobic studio at Darlaston will remain open, but customers should be aware that the […]
Unlicensed Connor Fellows sped through a red light and hit another vehicle in Littleton Street West during the early hours of June 2 last year. His Mini Cooper came to rest on its roof and Fellows ran from the scene, leaving his passenger behind unconscious. The 21-year-old man suffered a […]
A nursery school boss who defrauded Sandwell Council by dishonestly claiming more than £25,000 in taxpayer-funded nursery fees has been jailed for 28 months. Kaljit Randhawa, who ran the Little Genius Academy in Great Bridge Street, West Bromwich, was found guilty of 15 counts of fraud by false representation following […]
The A34 Green Lane will be closed at its junction with A4148 Blue Lane West/Court Way, from tomorrow for 24 hours. The road will be closed so contractor Dynniq, on behalf of Walsall Council, can carry out work on the pedestrian crossing. Meanwhile, Bridle Lane, from the junction with Beacon […]
A cannabis factory has been found after police were called to an attempted break-in. Officers descended on Milton Street, in Palfrey, Walsall, in the early hours of Wednesday. Following a search officers found the plants at the property shortly before 2am. No arrests were made but an investigation continues, says […]
Adventurous children from across the borough are jumping for joy, with £72,000 of new play equipment currently being installed at Dudley Council’s Mary Stevens Park. A brand new assault course, ability swing for wheelchair users and a zip wire opened at the park yesterday as part of the project, which […]
More than 350 packets of suspected counterfeit tobacco products worth more than £7,000 were discovered in a raid on an Oldbury premises. The products were found in a raid at a shop by Sandwell Council’s trading standards officers with West Midlands Police officers. Most of the suspect tobacco products were […]
