Community News

A festive visitor from the North Pole has arrived at Barratt and David Wilson Homes’ developments across Essex, sharing an important message for local children this Christmas: remember your ‘elf and safety and stay away from construction sites.

Bellway has supported the revival of a festive village tradition by hosting community carol singing at the site of the former Blue Bird Toffee factory in Hunnington.

Two adopted brothers and their school friends have donated their Christmas presents to children in need in Wolverhampton.

A butterfly bank at Meadow Park in East Leake has been enhanced thanks to a donation from a local housebuilder.

easyJet has launched flights on a new weekly route from Birmingham Airport to Grenoble. 

A city trader and shop have been successfully prosecuted by City of Wolverhampton Council after an underage sale led to the discovery of hundreds of illicit vapes and cigarettes.

Passengers are being encouraged to plan their journey over the Christmas period, with key engineering taking place over Christmas and January.

At London's Royal Society, board members of the world-leading science and music festival STARMUS—Garik Israelian, Sir Brian May, Peter Gabriel, Lord Michael Hintze, and Lord Martin Rees—were joined by members of Jane Goodall's family and Mary Lewis, Vice President of the Jane Goodall Institute, to announce STARMUS VIII and the launch of the Jane Goodall Earth Medal.

Action4Independence welcomed the Mayor of Wolverhampton, Councillor Craig Collingswood, to its annual Christmas Jumper Day charity celebration and party last week.

It’s expected to be the busiest shopping day of the year on Saturday – and Christmas shoppers will be able to park for free in town centres across the borough.

This year’s Fostering Children’s Christmas party once again delivered a positive and inclusive festive experience for some of the city’s most vulnerable young people and children in our fostering community.

Old festive traditions came to life at two care homes in Sutton Coldfield, where residents welcomed local schools for a day of seasonal activities.

A Solihull jeweller has traded treats for festive spirit and gifted lucky shoppers with a free gift card – simply for spreading a little Christmas cheer. 

Over 200 young learners from five schools from across Birmingham and the West Midlands will perform in a Christmas concert next week at the Bullring in Birmingham.

Residents, businesses, schools, faith groups, charities and other organisations across Wolverhampton have once again united to say ‘no’ to interpersonal violence, as the city marked the conclusion of the 10th Orange Wolverhampton campaign.

Hundreds of festive fun seekers headed to the latest opening on Oxford Street this weekend.