Willenhall Market is set for an exciting transformation, with work due to begin soon to create a more modern, welcoming and sustainable market for traders and visitors. The improvements will see the market’s existing temporary stalls replaced with a new courtyard-style layout featuring 12 permanent stalls, complemented by newly fabricated, fully branded pop-up stalls. The new stalls will provide a more consistent and attractive look for the market, with a unified Willenhall Market identity helping to create a stronger sense of place. The permanent stalls will also provide traders with improved facilities throughout the year, including during the winter months,…

City residents will start receiving letters about a new weekly food waste collection service which is set to launch this autumn. The letters are being hand delivered to all kerbside properties during this week and next and will give details about the service. Under its Simpler Recycling legislation, the UK Government requires all councils to deliver the collections. They aim to offer people an easy way to recycle leftovers, food scraps and peelings. The new service will begin from the week of 26 October, with collections available to all kerbside properties initially, with a further roll out to…

Nighttime resurfacing starts on Stafford Road/Three Tuns Lane island this week as City of Wolverhampton Council’s highways improvements continue. It is part of a £10 million planned programme of highways projects approved by the council’s cabinet earlier this year and being rolled out across the city. The latest resurfacing and relining will ensure safer, smoother journeys for thousands of people who use the key route into Wolverhampton daily. A nighttime temporary closure of the island will be required between 7pm and 5am only, from Wednesday 19 August to Friday 21 August, with signed diversions in place. Councillor…

Almost 100 miles of road have been swept, 139 truckloads of rubbish removed, and 1,727 residents met as City of Wolverhampton Council’s Love Your Community: Neighbourhood Team project celebrates its first 6 months. Since January, the team has visited 98 streets across Wolverhampton to deliver more than 85,000 metres of targeted cleaning, including sweeping, litter picking and weed removal. The team has swept 160,000 metres of road, pressure washed 640 metres of surfaces, cut back 10,350 metres of vegetation and spoken with 156 businesses. More than 100 referrals have been made on behalf of residents to council services…

‘Bilston Live – Britpop Reunion’ comes to the new Bilston Market event space on Friday 11 September, promising an unforgettable evening celebrating the iconic sounds of the 1990s. Featuring Britpop Reunion, the UK’s leading professional Britpop tribute band, the event will take audiences on a nostalgic journey through the era when bands such as Oasis, Blur, Pulp and The Verve dominated the charts and defined a generation of British music. The band will take to the stage from 7.30pm with a high energy performance packed full of recognisable hits from the super bands of the 90s including Oasis, Blur,…

several phases, we’ve enjoyed working on each stage to help transform and re-energise this part of the city. It’s rewarding to see these new facilities now ready to support students, staff and the wider community for years to come.” The £61 million City Learning Quarter proposals were initially supported by investment from the council with a further £49 million coming through UK Government funding, plus additional government grants and contributions from the college and council. Its central location and close proximity to the new £150 million transport interchange make it easily accessible. Phase one of the City…

Two more Cradley Heath convenience stores have been ordered to close following continued action by Sandwell Council to tackle shops selling illegal goods. The latest closures bring the total number of shops ordered to close in Cradley Heath to six since the start of July – following an eight-month-long intelligence-led investigation. Closure orders have been granted to close International Vape and All Day for the maximum period of three months. Sandwell Council’s Trading Standards team successfully secured the closure orders after officers discovered illicit tobacco products being sold from both premises. The order to close All…

Wolves at Work is hosting a youth opportunities event at its city centre i10 hub, off Railway Drive (WV1 1LH), on Wednesday 5 August between 10.30am and 2.30pm. The free drop in event is designed to support young people across Wolverhampton who are looking to take their next steps towards employment, training, volunteering, apprenticeships, further education and long term careers. It is open to school leavers, college students, graduates, young jobseekers, young people seeking work experience opportunities, people interested in volunteering and anyone aged 16+ looking to start or progress their career journey. Employers and training providers such as Fusion…

Sandwell Council has won a national road safety award for its work to make the A4030 in Smethwick and Bearwood safer for everyone. The council received the Exemplary Urban Scheme Award from the Road Safety Foundation at a ceremony in the House of Lords. Judges praised Sandwell for turning road safety data into real improvements that make a difference to local people. The award recognises a major programme of improvements along the busy route, which includes new and upgraded pedestrian crossings, safer facilities for cyclists, wider pavements, and lower speed limits and measures to reduce road dangers. It…

Wolverhampton’s HY5! Youth Forum recently welcomed members of the city’s SEND & Inclusion Partnership Board to a special celebration event, reflecting on another successful year of partnership working and the positive difference young people’s voices are making. With the theme Better Together, the event showcased how co-production is helping to shape services and support for children, young people and families with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). HY5! also used the event to launch their annual report in a new video format and hosted a range of fun and engaging activities, to demonstrate how ‘things are better when we work…