Local News and Updates
- 17th August 2026
A local man living with motor neurone disease (MND) is encouraging people across Walsall to get involved in two upcoming fundraising events that will help support people affected by the disease and raise awareness of the condition.
- 17th August 2026
City residents will start receiving letters about a new weekly food waste collection service which is set to launch this autumn.
- 17th August 2026
Night-time resurfacing starts on Stafford Road/Three Tuns Lane island this week as City of Wolverhampton Council’s highways improvements continue.
- 17th August 2026
Birmingham City Council’s Planning Committee have agreed that five historic city sites – including The Electric cinema – will be added to Birmingham’s Local Heritage List.
- 17th August 2026
The countdown is on to Eastbourne’s biggest sponsored moonlit walk, and one family has shared their reasons for signing up.
- 17th August 2026
Walsall storyteller and poet Cath Edwards (pictured) to run creative writing sessions
- 17th August 2026
Date/time: Sunday 13th September 2026, 12:45pm - 1:45pm
Location: Harvey Norman store, Gracechurch Shopping Centre
- 17th August 2026
Birmingham City Council has reached a major milestone in delivering the government's flagship Pride in Place Programme.
- 17th August 2026
Edgbaston Stadium have launched the new designs for their on-site Radisson RED Hotel, which is set to open in time for the Ashes in July 2027.
- 17th August 2026
Cadbury Sixth Form College celebrated its best-ever achievements for A Levels last week with Laurence Turner, MP for Birmingham Northfield.