Local News and Updates
- 15th October 2025
The Canal & River Trust charity has announced the return of its popular ‘Scarecastle’ event - a spooky Halloween canal adventure through Harecastle Tunnel in Staffordshire.
- 15th October 2025
Future Faces member Becca Horley was recognised recently as a ‘key lawyer’ for clinical negligence in the West Midlands in the Legal 500.
- 15th October 2025
A West Midlands Railway (WMR) train fleet has carried more than 12 million passengers since completing its rollout on a popular Birmingham route one year ago today.
- 15th October 2025
A sharp hike in the monthly number of start-up businesses in the West Midlands – to one of the highest regional rises in the UK – is a welcome uplift for the local economy, but business owners should remain cautious over coming months.
- 15th October 2025
Leading voices from the region’s breweries, pubs, restaurants, cultural and entertainment venues have been chosen to join national industry chiefs to help mayor Richard Parker protect and revitalise the West Midlands night-time economy.
- 15th October 2025
Grace Cares is inviting unpaid caregivers to two upcoming Care Club sessions designed to offer practical help, connection and expert guidance:
- 15th October 2025
University of Wolverhampton’s Leadership and Management Training Programme is helping small and medium-sized enterprises across the West Midlands build leadership capacity through fully funded places for eligible professionals
- 15th October 2025
ASSA ABLOY is proud to announce the launch of its latest wellbeing initiative:
- 15th October 2025
Residents are invited to celebrate the borough’s past at the Local History Fair 2025.
- 15th October 2025
Walsall residents still have time to share their views on proposals for new weekly food waste collections.