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With different parts of the country under different lockdown rules, the idea of celebrating Halloween may seem an impossibility. But Catherine Lynch of education experts PlanBee says you can keep your children spooked out – and stay within the law.   Halloween 2020 is...

Residents are being asked to show their love for West Smethwick Park by taking part in a calendar photography competition. Successful entries will appear in the 2022 West Smethwick Park calendar which will be sold by...

    Following meetings with Rebecca Pow MP, the under-secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs and Rachel Maclean MP the under-secretary of state for transport, it has been confirmed that the government-mandated Clean...

One of the UK’s leading winter maintenance company, Ice Watch has taken delivery of more than 3,000 tonnes of salt in preparation for the upcoming season, which it predicts will be the company’s busiest season yet....

UK-wide inquiry begins as the Health Foundation warns of rising health inequalities due to pandemic. Some of Britain’s poorest communities are facing a double whammy of health and financial hardship as a result of the COVID-19...

Sandwell Council, Public Health England (Midlands) and Sandwell & West Birmingham Clinical Commissioning Group have been notified of a coronavirus outbreak at Bearwood Road Surgery, Smethwick. To date, three positive COVID-19 cases have emerged among the...

An urgently needed helpline supporting vulnerable Black, Asian and minority ethnic children and families, who have been hardest hit by the COVID-19 crisis, will be launched today by children’s charity Barnardo’s. The first of its kind in...

The international humanitarian charity Penny Appeal launched an appeal and given immediate aid to the flood-hit victims of Southern Pakistan, who have been struggling to cope with intense monsoon rains since the beginning of August. www.pennyappeal.org/appeal/pakistan-floods Southern...

Lions Clubs across the British Isles have benefited from a special fund of £100,000 launched by the Lions Clubs Foundation of the British Isles. The fund has been set-up to help local Lions Clubs deliver support...

The man behind plans for thousands of UK-built hydrogen buses across the country says Birmingham could accommodate up to 400 of them as part of the move he hopes can lead the nations’ economic recovery. JCB...