Local News and Updates
- 6th January 2026
The deadline for Walsall parents and carers to submit their child’s primary school application is next week, on Thursday 15 January 2026.
- 6th January 2026
There is a jam-packed schedule to kickstart 2026 at Walsall’s Family Hubs.
- 6th January 2026
People can have their say about proposals to introduce a 'Public Space Protection Order' (PSPO) to help tackle anti-social behaviour around the Bentley Bridge area.
- 6th January 2026
The City of Wolverhampton Council is urging parents, carers, education staff, and professionals across the city to take part in the Department for Education’s 'national conversation' on special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) reforms.
- 6th January 2026
There’s still time to join a series of ‘Winter Warmth and Wellness’ sessions taking place at Wolverhampton Libraries – designed to bring together communities during the colder months.
- 6th January 2026
Planning permission to transform the former Marks & Spencer (M&S) building on Dudley Street in the heart of Wolverhampton into apartments and retail units has been given the go ahead.
- 6th January 2026
With the deadline just over a week away, a third of parents of children who are due to start school for the first time this September are yet to apply for reception class places.
- 6th January 2026
Crowe UK’s National head of manufacturing is calling on business owners in the sector to make four New Year’s resolutions.
- 6th January 2026
A poignant testament to the collaboration between Birmingham Hospice and Rolls-Royce for the Bulls in the City art trail was unveiled at the world-famous company’s base
- 6th January 2026
Green spaces, waterways and wildlife across the West Midlands will get their biggest helping hand to survive and thrive under plans set out by mayor Richard Parker.