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Diwali, the festival of lights, will be celebrated in Wolverhampton at a free event on Saturday 23 October.

This month Peakes Travel Elite picked up another prestigious award to add to their growing collection, which includes being listed as a top 50 travel agency in the UK and Ireland. They were awarded a ‘Travel Weekly Agent Achievement Award’ at a glittering awards ceremony in London, hosted by comedian Tom Allen and Travel Weekly editor-in-chief Lucy Huxley.

Car parks in Wednesfield are to be named in honour of two well-loved local residents under a community-led approach to celebrating their lives and contributions to the village.

A Birmingham butcher's was ordered to pay £17,181 after being pleading guilty to using a band saw without a safety guard, at Birmingham Magistrates Court on Wednesday (13 October 2021).

Wolverhampton’s popular Phoenix Park has today joined four other city beauty spots in being recognised as one of the very best green spaces in the world.

The winners for the third round of the You Matter Communities Community Fund have been announced.

City of Wolverhampton Council is set to start the process of appointing a contractor to construct a new £8.1million technical centre as part of its City Learning Quarter vision.

City of Wolverhampton Council is set to launch a new £3million programme to boost youth employment in the city.

Covid-19 infection rates remain high in Wolverhampton, with over 900 people testing positive each week for the last few weeks.

A new series of interpretation panels are being installed throughout the Castle Grounds to highlight Tamworth’s rich heritage, thanks to the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund (CRF) to help protect the future of the nation’s creative and cultural organisations.

A pilot programme has been launched in Wolverhampton to offer enterprise mentoring to black businesses in the city.

Anyone over the age of 16 who has not yet had their coronavirus vaccinations can still get them at walk-in clinics open around Wolverhampton this week.

Cllr John Cotton talks about why service men and women need support and the help that is available ahead of a Veterans Community Day in Birmingham next week.

Keep Britain Tidy has begun work with Birmingham City Council to tackle fly-tipping and reduce recycling contamination.

A Nechells man who dumped six sacks of asbestos on a street in Hockley has been given a ten-month suspended prison sentence for his offences after a prosecution brought by Birmingham City Council.

Birmingham City Council is to give around £700,000 worth of unused apprenticeship levy funds to help some of the city’s most disadvantaged residents who have been badly affected by the pandemic.

A butcher has been presented with a Public Commendation from West Midlands Ambulance Service after he administered CPR to a member of the public who suffered a cardiac arrest.

Recent changes to Covid travel regulations mean that it is now easier for people who are double vaccinated to travel abroad and return without having to quarantine.

Wolverhampton Homes has made a planning application on behalf of City of Wolverhampton Council to convert a vacant city centre building into an additional multi-agency centre to support vulnerable people and people with a history of rough sleeping.

Birmingham’s Frankfurt Christmas Market is once again looking to recruit more than 200 people to support its stalls when it returns to the city centre next month.

The popular city centre shuttle buses will be back to get fans to and from the Cazoo Grand Slam of Darts at Aldersley Leisure Village from 13 to 21 November

Anyone over the age of 16 who has not yet had Covid-19 vaccine, or anyone over the age of 18 who is now due a second dose can get theirs at walk-in clinics across Wolverhampton this week.

Birmingham’s support for victims of domestic abuse will benefit from more than £3.2m in Government funding, according to a report due to be discussed by Cabinet next week (12 October 2021).

Plans to further modernise the city council’s waste management services through the development of a new depot are due before Cabinet Members on October 12.

A report has found that the gender pay gap at Birmingham City Council continues to reduce, with the workforce gender balance also becoming more equal, and more women in higher-paid roles.

Birmingham’s first ESB Energy multi-charging hub for electric vehicle (EV) users has been officially opened at a flagship site located on Navigation Street.

Wolves at Work is urging city residents to get in touch and take advantage of a range of employment opportunities highlighted during Wolverhampton Business Week.

From Monday (4 October) there will be a new way to collect rapid Covid-19 tests from pharmacies in Wolverhampton and across England.

City of Wolverhampton Council has secured a three-month closure order on a shop found to be persistently selling and distributing counterfeit cigarettes and tobacco across the city.

City of Wolverhampton Council today (Thursday) announced its preferred developer for its Bilston Urban Village employment site.

Wolverhampton’s Covid-19 vaccine bus is making another stop in Phoenix Park and this week is open to 16 and 17 year olds too.

West Midlands Pension Fund has become the latest organisation to become a tenant of the city’s new i9 development.

Enjoy a traditional Christmas matinee experience as Tamworth Assembly Rooms opens up its doors for a brand-new spectacular season of festive entertainment.

Wolverhampton residents are reminded to be alert to a Covid-19 scam that has been identified.

A man was given life-saving care at the scene of a serious road traffic collision in Great Barr yesterday afternoon.

A man has died, and two women were injured at the scene of a road traffic collision in Sutton Coldfield last night.

Compton Care is hosting a dedicated Memory Walk in the grounds of Chillington Hall on Sunday 19th September, starting at 11am.

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City of Wolverhampton Council wants to hear from you on plans to make Wolverhampton a Rainbow City that is safe and welcoming for everyone, no matter who you are.

Newlife the Charity for Disabled Children has been chosen as the charity which will benefit from River Island’s festive fundraising this year, meaning a huge boost to families needing specialist equipment across the UK.

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Blessing is the 9th winner from The Voice series, 4th female to win and 2nd youngest contestant

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Our usual service this Sunday has been cancelled, so we have recorded this video to remember and share amongst our community.

A new charity shop has officially opened its doors in the city centre.