The Chair of Walsall’s Children and Young People Scrutiny and Performance Panel, Labour Cllr Barbara Cassidy, has called an emergency meeting to discuss a report which has condemned the council’s Safeguarding Children service.
West Midlands entrepreneur, Jane Dean, has been awarded the prize for Career Student of the Year 2012 at a graduation ceremony held at the University of Essex, Colchester Campus.
A senior Labour councillor is calling for a demonstration In Walsall by the far-right, English Defence League to be banned by the Home Secretary.
Famed four piece progressive rock band Eligh Toadd will be hopping onto the stage in Bloxwich next month.
Labour councillors are calling for an urgent meeting to discuss the future of Grace Academy Darlaston after school inspectors found it is failing its pupils.
Van broken into in the car park outside the Walsall Holiday Inn Express and a large number of items stolen
State school pupils from Walsall will be exploring Oxford this week as part of an outreach push to get more state schools from the area to send students to the university.
Alumwell residents are set to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee with a multi-faith, multi-cultural, fun day giving thanks for her 60 years of service.
Popular venue Bookmark Bloxwich is getting ready to rock
Walsall councillors’ wage bill will be cut by at least £50,000 if Labour takes control of the council in May,
Walsall’s Conservatives latest policy on repairs to the highways is self defeating and dangerous, Walsall Labour is warning.
Students from Walsall College Interior Design Department will be exhibiting an intriguing and eye-opening, 3D structure, the Fantasy Hotel
A Walsall man has personally thanked the postal worker who delivered him the gift of life from 3,000 miles away.
Trustees at Bryntysilio outdoor education centre are pleading with Walsall council chiefs to pay their ‘fair share’ towards repairs and prevent unwanted legal action.
Youngsters at a secondary school have put their fellow pupils’ protection on the curriculum by campaigning for better road safety control
Lib Dems and Tories on Walsall council joined together last night to vote through a budget that will reduce social care in the borough by £22 million over three years.
“Walsall Council’s attempt to prove that the retail sector in the borough isn’t facing a complete catastrophe has proved a disaster”
Pupils starting their exam courses this year face an uncertain future, Walsall Labour are warning.
Bookmark Theatre is ready to rock with another great night of live music as their 2012 gig season gets underway.
Walsall Labour claim the Government’s latest figures for unemployment in Walsall massively underestimate the number of people without work
BBC Stargazing and Dark Sky Discovery West Midlands invites you to two Regional Showcase Events
Walsall Labour is urging Council chiefs to grab the opportunity to bring well paid, long term jobs to the borough
Labour councillors voted against retaining an inefficient and costly system of paying senior councillors, as Tories u-turned on increasing allowances.
Nearly 500 people visiting Bloxwich High Street on Saturday signed an emergency petition opposing Walsall Conservative plans to increase payments to councillors…
West Midlands Police are aiming to reduce a particularly nasty form of lawbreaking
A public agency refused to reveal levels of pollution on one of the most contaminated sites in Europe – fearing it might halt plans for opencast coal mining.
Black Country prospect Jamie Ball headlined a night of boxing at Walsall Town Hall on Saturday.
Local promoters First Team have put together another good-value boxing bill in Walsall for Saturday night.
The Mushroom highlights conflict in existing and planned planning law.
‘New’ jobs might be created, but at what cost? wonders The Mushroom