Local News and Updates
- 16th August 2023
The world’s largest sporting event for blind and partially sighted athletes, the International Blind Sport Federation’s (IBSA) World Games, gets underway in the West Midlands this week.
- 16th August 2023
Wildflower meadows, a variety of trees, better access and bat and bird boxes are among the environmental improvements that have been introduced at sites across Wolverhampton thanks to a Black Country-wide project.
- 16th August 2023
As thousands of students anxiously await their A-level and T-level results this week, two apprentices who chose not to go to university have told how undertaking an alternative route for their careers has provided “incredible opportunities”.
- 16th August 2023
Congratulations to florist Amy Haviland who has won her way through to the national final of a young trader’s competition after taking part in two special events in the city.
- 16th August 2023
West Midlands transport chiefs have declined to support proposals to close rail ticket offices across the region despite agreeing, in principle, on the need to modernise the way stations are managed and staffed.
- 16th August 2023
West Midlands transport chiefs have declined to support proposals to close rail ticket offices across the region despite agreeing, in principle, on the need to modernise the way stations are managed and staffed.
- 16th August 2023
Council security measures are being stepped up following the theft of 23 memorial plaques from Bushbury crematorium.
- 16th August 2023
Outside In and The New Art Gallery Walsall have announced a three-year, creative partnership to support the arts and creative industries in the West Midlands.
- 16th August 2023
A Walsall Paediatric Consultant who joined other doctors to help victims of the earthquake in Syria has spoken of the “heartbreaking deprivation of resources” in the country.
- 16th August 2023
Teams of staff who have moved into the new state-of-the-art Acute Medical Unit (AMU)at Walsall Manor Hospital have made sure a much-loved late colleague’s legacy stays with them.