A headteacher and secretary were this week jailed for defrauding their Smethwick school of more than half a million pounds. The former head of Annie Lennard Primary School Michelle Hollingsworth, aged 55, was jailed for five and a half years and secretary Deborah Jones, aged 57, was jailed for four […]

Councillors and employees at Dudley Council are paying tribute to Alderman of the borough Rachel Harris, who passed away at the weekend after a short illness. Rachel, who served as cabinet member for procurement, transformation and commercialisation as well as health and wellbeing at Dudley Council, stepped down as an […]

Help us keep everyone safe this Christmas and festive season. Sandwell Council is supporting Counter Terrorism Police’s campaign to help keep crowded places safe over the festive period. Counter Terrorism Police are calling on the public and those who work in our busy town centres to remain vigilant and report […]

Sandwell Council’s SHAPE Programme has delivered another successful Anti-bullying Week (Monday 11 November to Friday 15 November) roadshow in partnership with youth services and West Midlands Police. The team visited 10 schools and taught hundreds of children how to look after themselves and others. The theme of this year’s roadshow […]

Did you know that the Black Country is considered to be one of the most haunted places in the United Kingdom?  The area boasts many historical and architectural sites, some of which date back to a pre-industrial period and in some cases to the early 16th century.  With this rich […]

Local libraries are once more supporting this year’s Orange Wolverhampton safeguarding campaign, which begins on Monday (25 November, 2019). They are holding a range of events over the next few weeks to raise awareness of the campaign, which aims to end ‘interpersonal violence’, including domestic abuse, female genital mutilation, forced […]

People can pick up beautiful and unusual Christmas gifts at a winter antiques and collector fair at Himley Hall this weekend (Sunday 24 November). The event, which runs from 9am to 4pm, follows the success of a summer and autumn fair at the hall earlier this year after a hiatus […]

More than 5,000 people turned out to enjoy the Halesowen Christmas lights switch on, with the town’s home-grown talent Gregory Piper making a star appearance. Gregory, who plays troubled teen Ryan Pilkington in BBC drama Line of Duty and is from the town, pressed the button to switch on the […]

Sandwell Council is seeking to secure a £1.3 million grant from the West Midlands Combined Authority to enable it to demolish a West Bromwich car park to enable the future redevelopment of the site. The ageing multi-storey car park in Bull Street, which was opened as part of the Queen’s […]

City of Wolverhampton Council is calling for more volunteers to sign up to the council’s snow clearing scheme ‘Snow Wolves’ in preparation for the winter period. Snow Wolves has around 300 dedicated volunteers who lend their community a helping hand, clearing snow and ice from neighbours’ pavements and driveways. Now […]