With lockdown easing, Sandwell has seen an upsurge in litter across parks and town centres. The council has made several pleas asking people to take rubbish home or dispose of rubbish correctly – but too many people are ignoring these requests. The council has described the current behaviour of a […]

Sandwell Council is promoting post offices as council bill payment stations for people who prefer to use cash or don’t have online access. Residents wanting to make cash payments have previously been able to use council cashier services at a variety of locations around the borough. However, these all shut […]

School’s out for summer – and work continues behind the scenes to bring things back to normality at borough parks. While indoor gyms remain closed, we have made changes and people can now apply for permits to host outdoor classes of up to 30 people in parks. The limit was […]

Sandwell’s work to tackle modern slavery  and human trafficking has been highlighted as a model of good practice in a new report. The report – It Still Happens Here: Fighting UK Slavery in the 2020s – has been released by the anti-slavery charity Justice and Care and the think tank […]

As news breaks that masks or covers are to be compulsory in several social settings, we urgently need your help. Are you handy with a needle and thread? Already skilled at making coronavirus masks or want to develop your creative flair? Blind and partially sighted people in Sandwell need your […]

There were huge cheers from around the Black Country today as the region became an official, world-famous UNESCO Global Geopark. After submitting its final stage of the application to UNESCO last year, the Black Country Geopark project group has been waiting with baited breath to hear whether it would be […]

A Dudley borough nature reserve that attracts thousands of visitors from across the country every year is set to benefit from a new wardens base and education centre. Site work for the new base has begun at Saltwells Nature Reserve this week and the base is expected to be completed […]

Sandwell Council is introducing an online booking system from next week Monday (6 July) for anyone visiting the tip at Shidas Lane in Oldbury. The new booking system will help the council, and its environmental service partners, maximise the numbers of customers able to access the site while reducing the […]

Sandwell Council tenants are being urged to keep essential gas safety inspection appointments. All annual gas safety inspections at council properties are being carried out in a safe and socially distanced way. Tenants are being reassured that staff will carry out checks in line with government guidance and current risk […]