Local News and Updates
- 14th March 2024
The West Midlands has become the first English region to screen people for bowel cancer in their local pharmacy, at home or in other local settings, using new colon capsule endoscopy services (CCE) – so-called ‘pill cam’.
- 12th March 2024
Walsall Martial Arts Club Upping the Training for Students Against Violent Attacks
- 12th March 2024
Arts and cultural organisations across the region will be bidding for public donations to provide new creative opportunities for children and young people as part of the national Arts for Impact fundraising campaign
- 12th March 2024
Open Mic at Brownhills Community Centre, The Lamp with Walsall poet Paul Elwell
- 12th March 2024
Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) is investing a total of £6.1 billion to deliver a green transport revolution across the region, expanding Metro, bus, rail, cycling and walking networks to better connect people to job and leisure opportunities.
- 12th March 2024
Birmingham Hippodrome is encouraging the public to help raise £20,000 to support its work with young people who face barriers to arts engagement and help develop their creative talent.
- 12th March 2024
Wolverhampton Arts & Culture is delighted to announce the acquisition of ten new photographic portraits of the Punjabi community in Wolverhampton by artist Anand Chhabra into Wolverhampton Art Gallery’s permanent art collection.
- 12th March 2024
City of Wolverhampton Council’s transformation of the Civic Halls has been
shortlisted for a hat-trick of Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
West Midlands awards.
- 8th March 2024
Plans are to be developed for six more pioneering Net Zero Neighbourhoods across the West Midlands thanks to £6.2 million of government cash to speed up efforts to tackle climate change and help the region reach its #WM2041 net zero target.
- 8th March 2024
The Food Justice Network (FJN) is launching a new Community Meals Partnership, in order to use food to build networks and strengthen communities.