Councillor Bhupinder Gakhal, cabinet member for resident services, with some of the types of items picked up during the small electricals and battery collection service City of Wolverhampton Council is celebrating the efforts of recycling residents who are making good use of the city’s free small electricals collection service. Hundreds of old or unwanted electrical items and thousands of batteries have already been collected and recycled under the scheme. A wide range of items have been picked up by the council’s waste crews since the free kerbside collection service began. Crews have collected kettles, landline phones and old irons,…

Rolls-Royce creates a unique time capsule to mark its Goodwood extension project Ceremony involving members of Rolls-Royce’s Future Talent programme to officially seal the capsule To be opened on the marque’s 150th anniversary in 2054 Contains artefacts chosen by each department and function across the company Objects include those likely to be obsolete, and others potentially still in use, 30 years hence “With this time capsule, we’re creating our own piece of history to hand on to our successors here at Goodwood. It serves as a snapshot of who we are and what we do today, by preserving some of…

Councillor Ian Courts, Leader of Solihull Council, volunteers from Veolia and Aldi, and staff from the Council’s Planting Our Future team joined together this week to plant 500 new saplings at Katherine’s Wood in Lavender Hall Park, Balsall Common. The new saplings, which include Field Maple, Red Maple, Alder, River Birch, Downy Birch, Beech, Oak, and Willow, will complement and further enhance the existing two-acre woodland at Katherine’s Wood. In addition to the woodland extension, members of the Berkswell Society have planted a community orchard at the park. The orchard includes apple trees, pear trees and plum trees. Aldi, the…

Councillor Qaiser Azeem, Cabinet Member for Transport and Green City at City of Wolverhampton Council in North Street A plan to develop a network of walking, wheeling and cycling routes to improve air quality, cut traffic and encourage active lifestyles is set to be backed by City of Wolverhampton Council leaders. The council’s cabinet will be asked to support the Black Country Walking, Wheeling and Cycling Plan at its meeting on 19 March. The collaborative blueprint involves all 4 Black Country councils and is for an interconnected network of active travel routes across the region. It will make walking,…

Celebrating their Ofsted success are Edward the Elder Primary School pupils with Headteacher Bridget Highman and Councillor Jacqui Coogan, Cabinet Member for Children, Young People and Education A school which has ‘high ambition for all pupils’ has been judged to be Good by Ofsted. Inspectors visited Edward the Elder Primary School last month and, in their report published this week, found that everyone ‘subscribes to the values of partnership for achievement’. Staff, pupils and parents ‘are right to be proud of their school’, with pupils achieving ‘high standards’ in reading, writing and mathematics. Staff hold ‘consistently high expectations’ for how…

New research from eBay, one of the UK’s leading online marketplaces for car parts and accessories, has found that one in 10 motorists never check their wiper blades for faults or damage, despite them being a common factor in failed MOTs. A fifth (23%) of participants in the study only check the condition of their wiper blades when they have an MOT or service on their vehicle, while almost half of people (43%) change their wiper blades when their annual car check-up is due. While they may not be considered a particularly important part to replace for many car owners,…

Sniffer dog Griff outside the storage container and one of the bin liners found with tobacco. A huge amount of tobacco, illegal cigarettes, counterfeit duty stamps and counterfeit tobacco labelling with a retail value of approximately £500,000 was seized from a storage facility in Walsall on Friday 7 March as part of a crackdown on the illicit tobacco trade. The seizure was undertaken as part of Operation Shadow, which aims to disrupt the wholesale supply of illicit tobacco as well as retail. Walsall Council Trading Standards in partnership with West Midlands Police and a specialist search dog team, searched one…

Residents are invited to find out more about Walsall’s social prescribing service at an open day taking place this March. The Making Connections Walsall Service (MCW), led by a partnership of community organisations including Walsall Council, will hold the open day on Wednesday 19 March from 10am to 2pm at the Manor Farm Community Association Shop in the Saddlers Shopping Centre. Making Connections Walsall is a friendly service for residents of all ages in Walsall. It addresses loneliness and social isolation and empowers residents to take responsibility for their health and wellbeing. Between February 2024 and February 2025, the service…

Walsall Council is highlighting the importance of healthy eating and hydration during Nutrition and Hydration Week (17-23 March) and encouraging residents to take advantage of the support offered by Be Well Walsall. The annual campaign which has been running since March 2012 focuses on the simple steps everyone can take to improve their overall health and wellbeing through better nutrition and hydration. Maintaining a balanced diet and staying hydrated is crucial for physical and mental health. It is also one of the council’s Eight Steps to Wellbeing to help residents learn what is important to keep them healthy, independent and…

Staff, accompanies by Alison Hinds, the City of Wolverhampton Council’s Director of Children’s Services, marked World Social Work Day with a series of events today A series of events took place across the city today (Tuesday 18 March, 2025) as Wolverhampton marked World Social Work Day. They were open to all City of Wolverhampton Council social workers and adults and children’s social care practitioners across 4 venues, with staff invited to share good practice and reflect on the theme of this year’s World Social Work Day, which is ‘Strengthening Intergenerational Solidarity for Enduring Wellbeing’. It emphasises the importance of…