Community News

Flowers, chocolate and jewellery remain staples for Valentine's Day – a market in which consumers spend millions of pounds to celebrate.

Many people are feeling an overwhelming sense of existential dread day, which is why they are self-prioritising today in a very big way. Cupid's arrow will be hitting the mark massively today, so make sure you're aiming in the right direction.

Happy Valentine’s Day!

To celebrate an early Easter Sunday this year on March 31st, Barnsdale will be holding their super fun Kids’ Easter Hunt every day between the 29th of March and the 1st of April.

38,000 people attended Lunar New Year celebrations in Southside, for the best ever attended there.

Scotland is an area that frequently experiences severe weather conditions, considerably impacting its power supply, especially during storms.

Another 700 people have been helped into jobs over the last year as the council’s Wolves at Work programme goes from strength to strength.

David Hedges-Gower, Chair of the Lawn Association and a renowned authority on sustainable lawn care, has made a passionate appeal for a nationwide ban on all pesticides used in lawn maintenance.

Following the success of the Bike4Life 2023, leading motorbike insurance price comparison website, The Bike Insurer, has announced its second consecutive year of headline sponsorship for Midlands Air Ambulance Charity’s huge motorcycle Ride Out & Festival, Bike4Life.

The UK’s second city, Birmingham, hosted the highly anticipated Potential Unlocked Awards 2024, a celebration of Black excellence and outstanding achievements by individuals under 40 years of age.

Aaina Community Hub in Walsall has received a £100,000 grant to help it sustain and extend its vital offer to local communities.

Little Hearts Matter, the only charity in the UK & Ireland dedicated to supporting and empowering anyone affected by the diagnosis of a single ventricle heart condition (or half a heart), has announced a major new awareness campaign to promote the life-changing work they undertake every day, as part of its 30th Anniversary in 2024.

Over 75 businesses have signed up to the region’s first Women’s Night Safety Charter, a new scheme aimed at protecting women out in the West Midlands at night.

It took three men walking in a very peculiar fashion to move just the faces on the world-famous Black Sabbath Bench in Birmingham, as you can see in this video.

An international architectural competition to design a diverse and creative neighbourhood at the heart of Wolverhampton has been announced.

Jon Gilchrist Artistic Director and CEO of Birmingham Hippodrome joined James Wong, Chair of the Birmingham Chinese Festival Committee and Mr. Kin Bong Lam, Chair of the Birmingham Chinatown Business Association with a Chinese Dragon in Southside ahead of Birmingham’s Lunar New Year celebrations.

A major new arts and music offering at Hockley Social Club is ‘opening up’ cultural experiences for UK audiences, alongside an acclaimed food and drink offering at the centre of the newly revamped space.

The City of Wolverhampton Council has been chosen to take part in a pilot scheme offering £1,000 tax-free payments for those starting childcare jobs.