A letter to the people of the future, a school jumper and class photographs are just some of the items buried in a Dudley school time capsule. Local school children from Beechwood C of E Primary School in Dudley have been busy preparing items for a new time capsule, which […]

After 35 years of helping children at Crocketts Community Primary during lunch times, Pat Newman is retiring. The Smethwick dinner lady, aged 71 first started at Crocketts Lane Infant School in 1981. Pat then spent a few years at other Smethwick Primary schools before returning to Crocketts in 1984. School […]

Plans to plant 15,000 trees in Sandwell will be put to the council’s cabinet on Wednesday 30 October. If approved, a tree will be planted for the 4,900 children starting school in reception in September 2019 With a further 10,100 trees to be planted in the following two years. It […]

A much-praised scheme to help dependent drinkers in Sandwell while easing the pressure on emergency services has won one of the country’s top public health awards. The Blue Light Project works with drinkers who have struggled with alcohol dependence treatment and place a demand on the emergency services. The highly-successful  project, which […]

A huge swathe of former industrial land in Sandwell is to be turned into homes after lying derelict for decades. The equivalent of more than 32 football pitches at Friar Park in Wednesbury will be transformed into a 750-home community following the purchase of an old sewage works by the […]

Parents and carers of children and young people with special educational needs or disabilities (SEND) and young members of Wolverhampton Challenge Board came together to shine the Spotlight on SEND. They joined representatives of the City of Wolverhampton Council, Wolverhampton Clinical Commissioning Group, Voice4Parents, Changing Our Lives and voluntary and […]

Leading officials from Historic England visited Dudley to see how their cash funding has sparked positive change in the borough. The Mayor of Dudley, Councillor David Stanley, welcomed a delegation led by Louise Brennan, recently appointed regional director of Historic England (Midlands). She was joined by colleagues Nick Carter, inspector […]

Halloween has never been so arty thanks to a series of workshops and themed fun days at the Red House Glass Cone and Dudley Museum this October half term. Things kick off with a fossil finds session at Dudley Museum from 10.30am – 12 on Saturday 26 October. Children and […]

As part of National Hate Crime Awareness Week, Dudley’s Community Safety partnership, is raising awareness of hate crime. During the week, which runs from 12 to 19 October, the safe & sound partnership is reminding people that hate crime is when someone is hostile to another person because of their […]

A pilot scheme to help some of the most vulnerable homeless people has been launched in Sandwell. The council’s Housing First pilot, which targets helping rough sleepers with complex needs, getting them off the streets and into accommodation, is now in operation. The pilot, funded by £935,000 from the West […]