Local News and Updates
- 22nd September 2026
Families across Walsall will have even greater access to support, activities and health services as Walsall Gala Swimming & Fitness Centre becomes the newest spoke site in the borough's Best Start Family Hubs network.
- 22nd September 2026
Walsall’s Re-Use Shop has sold its 100,000th item, with more than 109,000 people visiting the Middlemore Lane facility since it opened in February.
- 22nd September 2026
A nine-year-old Walsall patient has been given a special behind-the-scenes look at his favourite animals, thanks to the Well Wishers charity and West Midlands Safari Park.
- 22nd September 2026
City of Wolverhampton Council and the University of Wolverhampton have strengthened their commitment to the city through a new Civic University Agreement (CUA) providing a shared framework for collaboration to support Wolverhampton's long-term future.
- 22nd September 2026
Vehicles that left household waste, gas bottles and oil trails across city streets have been seized and destroyed as City of Wolverhampton Council continues its fight against fly tipping.
- 22nd September 2026
With the new term well under way City of Wolverhampton Council is cracking down on those causing a danger by illegally parking outside schools.
- 21st September 2026
The West Midlands is home to England's biggest untapped innovation opportunity, according to new NatWest research, which suggests hundreds of innovative businesses across the region could help drive the next wave of jobs, investment and economic growth.
- 21st September 2026
As manufacturers look for new ways to help customers understand increasingly complex products, Jask Creative has launched Jask Product Ignition, a new specialist service designed to help manufacturers explain, simplify and sell complex products.
- 21st September 2026
A restructuring and insolvency expert has reflected on a summer of sorrow for businesses with 1,946 corporate insolvencies in August, 0.6 per cent more than in July (1,934) and 3 per cent fewer than in August 2025 (2,007).
- 21st September 2026
Birmingham Rep has announced full casting for its forthcoming festive production of Peter Pan, J M Barrie’s much-loved children’s story.