Community News

The highly anticipated Wolverhampton Literature Festival will return from Friday 6 February to Sunday 8 February 2026, bringing together a dynamic mix of authors, poets, performers, and creatives for a weekend of storytelling, discussion, and cultural celebration delivered across our city’s cultural venues.

A number of the world’s most respected art patrons, collectors and luminaries gathered in London last week to inaugurate the Patina Art Residency.

West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) is the highest scoring authority for climate action in the West Midlands, despite seeing a reduction of 6 percentage points in their overall score.

Chancellor spends £1 billion to enhance and repair run down transport infrastructure and futureproof England’s road network.

The ethnicity of people involved in grooming gangs has been "shied away from" by authorities, according to a new report by Baroness Louise Casey.

In a celebration of creativity, community, and culture, the Birmingham Open 2025 art call has crowned its winner – and it’s a name that is already lighting up the city’s artistic landscape.

Train operator TransPennine Express (TPE) has donated around 70 abandoned bicycles left at Hull Paragon station over the past six months to a local charity to be recycled and given to the community. 

Severn Trent is creating a new, dedicated ‘Proactive Pollution Prevention Team’ - bringing with it a wave of new job opportunities across the Midlands.

The founder and director of the UK’s first memorial to Sikhs who served during the World Wars has been recognised for his voluntary work in the King’s Birthday Honours List 2025.

Wolverhampton is set to celebrate Windrush Day later this month.

Staff and residents at Barchester’s Iverley View care home in Stourbridge had a fantastic time celebrating National Fish & Chip Day on Fryday 6th June, surely one of the best days of the year!

The legendary co-founder and frontman of The Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, has died at his family home, it was announced.

On 17th June, Climate Emergency UK will release the full results of the 2025 Council Climate Action Scorecards at: https://councilclimatescorecards.uk/ 

As warm weather returns, families across Wolverhampton have a unique opportunity to reclaim their streets for children’s play and community connection through the national ‘Playing Out’ scheme.

A groundbreaking tool developed by the University of St Andrews is transforming how cultural heritage institutions identify toxic pigments in historic books, making it easier than ever to distinguish hazardous books from those which are safe handle and display.

A man has been sentenced to 12-months imprisonment, suspended for 12 months, with a requirement to complete 150 hours of unpaid work, after selling two fraudulent motor insurance policies to unsuspecting members of the public and then using their details to attempt to file fraudulent claims against them.