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More than 4,600 Help to Save account holders in the West Midlands have received their first bonus payments, with average payments of £375.

For this year’s national Recycle Week Sandwell Council and its environmental services partner Serco are thanking residents for their ongoing recycling efforts despite the challenges faced this year.

Sandwell Council is working with businesses to prevent the spread of Covid-19 and advise premises on staying safe for customers and staff.

The Mayor of the West Midlands, Andy Street, has marked Zero Emissions Day by praising National Express for bringing the West Midlands a step nearer to having an all-electric bus fleet.

People from across Dudley borough are being asked to play their part in the national fight against coronavirus by using the NHS Covid-19 app, which is set to launch this week.

Local people are winning new jobs and gaining valuable skills working on the construction of the new Sandwell Aquatics Centre

A primary school in Dudley has been highlighted in a national report for its excellent work in helping parents and children prepare to go back after lockdown.

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Key community figures across the borough have come together with a clear message to residents to play their part and avoid a local lockdown.

£1.8 million has been secured from Historic England to breathe new life into some of Brierley Hill High Street’s most historic buildings.

Police in Dudley are searching for a fifteen year old boy who’s gone missing from his Brierley Hill home.

New legal restrictions on households in Wolverhampton mixing with each other have been announced by the Government in a bid to tackle rising Coronavirus cases in the city.

Dudley Council’s cabinet member for health and adult social care has issued a reminder to borough residents to only seek a Covid-19 test when necessary.

About 200 jobs have been secured at the shopping centre after a new owner was found.

This month, '4 Steps To A Smile' will be relocating their Walsall base to the Saddlers Shopping Centre.

A leading Midlands ‘sound guy’, who has helped hundreds of events-inspired businesses during the Covid-19 pandemic, has organised an online conference to bring hope to professionals in the sector.

An awareness campaign has been launched to help those living in Dudley and Wolverhampton, who are over the age of 55, to tackle the increasing threat of fraud.

Since forming in April 2019, The Saleem Foundation has been gathering funds to utilise for the benefit of others - and they have recently launched the application process for grants in the Black Country.

Dudley Council’s adult social care team has been nominated for a national award for its work in the borough during the coronavirus pandemic.

Police are appealing for help in tracing 14-year-old Kadeem Russell who has gone missing from Sandwell.

James Morris, MP for Halesowen and Rowley Regis, paid a visit to Our Lady & St Kenelm Catholic School last Friday to open their new pre-school.

The leader of Dudley Council today said plans for a new “university” must continue at pace as council bosses look set to consider details in a report next week.

People and businesses are being urged to work together to help tackle Coronavirus after new rules came into force yesterday.

The family of Aidan Brown have thanked a critical care paramedic for saving his life after he went into cardiac arrest - an event captured by a film crew shooting a new Channel 5 documentary.

TV comic John Bishop is bringing his eagerly awaited new stand-up show to Dudley next year.

The Antiques and Collectors Fair is returning to Himley Hall and Park, with the first event happening this Sunday.

The new multi-million pound leisure centre in Dudley town centre is starting to take shape as its impressive steel structure is erected.

A walk-through coronavirus testing facility has opened at in Darlaston, as part of the Government’s UK-wide drive to improve the accessibility of coronavirus testing for communities.

Parents in Dudley are being reminded that applications for secondary school admissions are now open.

From today, Dudley Council will change visiting arrangements in care homes following a rise in the number of coronavirus cases.

Households will be banned from meeting each other in Birmingham, Sandwell and Solihull from Tuesday.

The University of Wolverhampton has thanked supporters for making the latest stage of the Springfield Campus regeneration project possible.

West Midland Safari Park are thrilled to announce the birth of their first Indian rhinoceros calf.

Pupils at a Wednesbury primary school have been involved in a cross-generational project, building relationships with residents at a nearby care home, Dovedale Court.

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In a video message to residents, the leader of Dudley Council has warned that this is not a time to be complacent in the fight against coronavirus.

Councillors have approved a £1000 donation from the Belle Vale and Haley Green & Cradley South Community Forum to the Black Country Foodbank, supporting a vital charity who have been on the front-line supporting residents in Halesowen during Coronavirus.

Dudley Council House is to be lit up in pink this evening to mark Organ Donation Week.

Dudley’s council leader has today welcomed written confirmation the government is to contribute nearly £13m to get the ‘exciting and innovative’ Very Light Rail back on track.

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A derelict industrial site in the Black Country is to be transformed into a high-quality industrial scheme thanks to a multi-million-pound investment by the West Midlands Combined Authority.

Birmingham Hippodrome is set to host the UK premiere of Van Gogh Alive, a multi-sensory arts and entertainment experience for the whole family to enjoy.

A local group of litter pickers, called Keep Halesowen Beautiful, has received a helping hand from Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games having been added to its community programme, United by Birmingham 2022.

The man who sadly lost his life in yesterday’s stabbings in Birmingham has today been described as ‘the light of our life’ by his family.

Police have arrested a man on suspicion of murder and seven counts of attempted murder over a series of stabbings in Birmingham.

Three people in Dudley are celebrating today after winning £1,000 each thanks to their lucky postcode.

New ‘fire escape hoods’, designed to protect fire victims from smoke and fumes, are set to be carried on all West Midlands Fire Service emergency response vehicles.  

More people are being invited to help keep their neighbourhood litter-free following Sandwell's Adopt A Street scheme being extended.

People who want to improve their fitness and boost their health and wellbeing are being welcomed back to Dudley Leisure Centre’s gym.

Councillors say a major expansion of higher education in Dudley is taking a step forward as part of the £1 billion regeneration ‘masterplan’ for the town.

National Express is expanding its established network of scheduled coach services to staycations.

Council bosses have appealed for information after a number of trees were chopped down in the borough.

People with coronavirus symptoms are being urged to get themselves tested.

Three people were taken to hospital, including one with serious injuries, after violence flared in Wordsley earlier this week.

A man has died after falling from a bridge onto the M5 in the Black Country.

As part of the nation’s emotional and wellbeing recovery from the pandemic, the national charity YHA (England & Wales) wants to give away free holidays to families in your area.

Police forces in the Midlands logged 1,989 online child sex offences during 2019/20, a 16% rise from the previous year’s figure of 1,718.

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Sandwell Council welcomed completion of the new Shireland Technology Primary School in Waterloo Road, Smethwick on 14 August 2020, which will open to pupils this September.

Sandwell council refused to let a vulnerable mother have her representative present at an important meeting and made serious and unsubstantiated allegations about both of them during an investigation by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman.

A 20 year-old man’s been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following a shooting in Bartley Green on Sunday.