Bringing Communities Together
A group of charity gardeners are celebrating after Dudley Council and a Midland business decided to dig deep and buy them new tools. Growing in the Park is a project run by Dudley Mind, using horticulture and practical activities to help improve health and wellbeing. Since 2014, the group’s volunteers […]
A man serving life behind bars for ordering a drug rival’s murder has been convicted of trafficking heroin and crack cocaine after police in the West Midlands exposed him as the head of a County Lines network. Artaf Hussain, from Slater Street in Tipton, was handed a life sentence last […]
People can join a volunteer group to help improve public access to land and sites across Sandwell for walking and cycling. Sandwell Local Access Forum (LAF) provides advice to the council on access and rights of way issues and responds to consultations and draft policy documents. LAF members are volunteers […]
Walsall FC are delighted to announce the signing of AFC Fylde midfielder James Hardy. The 23-year-old becomes manager Darrell Clarke’s third summer recruit, following the arrivals of Stuart Sinclair and James Clarke. On Manchester City’s books as a youngster, Hardy joined the Coasters in October 2015 and was named their […]
Work to undertake £100k of essential maintenance at a Stourbridge carpark. The Ryemarket carpark in Stourbridge will remain open during the work, which includes an extra £38,000 to repair a leaking roof that has had an impact on the lift operation. Dudley Council recently carried out a routine inspection on […]
“I support breastfeeding because it provides a bridge from womb to world, delivering the infant with immunoglobulins tailored to the environment the infant lives in.” Mums, mums-to-be and their family and friends are being invited to be part of Breastfeeding Celebration Week in Walsall. Walsall Healthcare’s Infant Feeding Team is […]
National Picnic Week aims to cultivate pride in the local area • Winner and runner-up announced for each region • Hampstead Heath and Downhill Demesne & Hezlett House have won for the second year running We’re midway through National Picnic Week 21 – 30 June as the week aims to […]
Every so often, a food ‘scare/scandal’ story will appear in the media about the ingredients in foods that we buy or consume daily. For instance, a few years ago, it was about horse meat being found in burgers sold by various supermarkets. Much of the reaction to that revelation verged […]
An extra cash boost has been given to West Midlands Police to help tackle knife crime and youth violence. The Home Office allocated over £7 million to the force last month in a bid to make the region safer. The force has set up a new project – Project Guardian […]
The Law Society of England and Wales, the Bar Council of England and Wales and the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEx) joined together to launch a Women in Law pledge at the Law Society’s international symposium on gender equality. Law firms, local law societies, barristers’ chambers and organisations outside […]
