Bringing Communities Together
People suffering honour-based abuse are being urged to seek help and support as Sandwell marks an annual Day of Memory on Sunday (14 July) to remember lost victims. The special day was inspired by Bradford-born Shafilea Ahmed, aged 17, who was murdered by her parents in 2003 because they believed […]
Sandwell Council is stepping up its efforts to encourage more people to quit smoking with a new support team in place. The council has started working with Everyone Health as its new provider to support anyone who is ready to go kick the habit and go smokefree. The number of […]
Three friends who appeared in a YouTube video glamorising drugs and guns have been jailed for a total of nearly 40 years following a West Midlands Regional Organised Crime Unit (ROCU) investigation. Remi Carty first came to police attention in 2016 when he was caught with a loaded pistol in […]
There’s only 2 months to go until 9 September CPC deadline. CPC training classroom Driver CPC deadline: 2 months to go There’s only 2 months to go for professional lorry, bus and coach drivers to complete their Driver CPC training before the September deadline. All drivers need to make sure […]
Students from Jinhua in China enjoyed a trip to Sandwell Park Farm as part of an exchange trip to the UK. The students were shown around Sandwell by pupils from St Michael’s CE High School in Rowley Regis and Q3 Academy in Great Barr The exchange visit is part of […]
Enjoy music across Sandwell’s six towns with the Birmingham, Sandwell & Westside Jazz Festival. Sandwell is an official partner in the international festival for the third year running, with events from 19-28 July 2019, most of which are free. International artists from America, France, Lithuania and Spain will be joining […]
*Anton Sr Gonnissen (B) Herman Jr Gelan (B) finally lay the ghost of Auguste Pons to rest as 1907 Contal Mototri finishes P2P 112 years later *Graham and Marina Goodwin (GB) win Vintage Class in their 1925 Bentley Super Sports *Record broken as Mitch Goss (USA) Christopher Rolph (GB) achieve […]
Food and travel are interconnected to each other, without food, travelling would be incomplete! You can take any route of travel through aeroplane, train, bus or by going for a long drive by car, with great dishes to accompany you along the way. When we travel to different countries we […]
Public wifi users don’t care about how their data is used. Analysis of 30m public wifi users found 99.6% of people ignore the small print around data use. Interested to see if the high-profile coverage of the GDPR’s enactment last year was influencing behaviours, Purple analysed how many of their […]
Visitors can take advantage of a free afternoon of horse racing at Wolverhampton Racecourse on Tuesday 23 July; discounted tickets to the Speedway on Monday 22 July; and reduced prices to see comedy drama Educating Rita and Hair The Musical at The Grand Theatre. Arts enthusiasts can take in the […]
