People are being asked for their views on draft proposals being published by Dudley Council to reduce the number of exclusions in borough schools. The draft Wider Inclusion Strategy lists 14 key proposals with the core goal of reducing the level of ‘exclusions’ and ‘off rolling’ – taking pupils off […]

Wednesbury in Bloom is back and there is still chance to enter this summer’s competition to win a range of prizes. Keen growers can enter five categories: Best Garden, Best Hanging Basket, Best Planter Display, Best Children’s Display and Best Business Display. The deadline for entries is 20 July. The […]

Local libraries are hoping to have a laugh with local jokers as they celebrate Black Country Day on Sunday 14 July. Black Country Libraries in Partnership, which includes Sandwell Library and Information service, are holding a Black Country Family Joke Competition – with prizes for the funniest up for grabs. […]

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 […]

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 […]

School students celebrated their knowledge of healthier and more active ways to travel at an annual inter-school quiz, which took place on Wednesday 19 June 2019. The A*STARS (Active Sustainable Travel and Road Safety) programme, run by Walsall Council, provides schools with the resources to improve road safety, traffic management […]

The Park has just welcomed some fluffy new arrivals in Penguin Cove. Two grey Humboldt penguin chicks, named Hotdog and Haggis, have emerged from their nests and are starting to explore their new home. In 2019, all of the Park’s newborns’ names have to begin with the letter ‘H’, a […]