Community News

Ask Severn Trent’s Terry Churchill what he loves most about his job tackling gross sewer blockages and he says: “Helping customers - and reminding them what NOT to flush.”

Hundreds of thousands of people from the Sikh community marked Vaisakhi over the weekend.

Local apprentices from Chasetown-based company, Tara Group, were recently given the opportunity to attend a parliamentary skills reception hosted by Home Builders Federation (HBF) at the Houses of Parliament.

Children and young people across Wolverhampton can enjoy a wide range of free activities this Easter, thanks to the popular physical activity programme Yo! Active.

Clean-up crews are out across the city removing piles of fly-tipping and waste that has accumulated during industrial action in Birmingham.

Network Rail is advising passengers traveling between London Euston and Scotland over the Easter bank holiday to plan their journeys either side of the long weekend while essential upgrades take place on the West Coast Main Line.

RHS Malvern Spring Festival, a pioneering four-day horticultural extravaganza, will kick-start the RHS Floral Show season for 2025 when it returns to Three Counties Showground, Malvern from 8 – 11 May 2025.

The countdown to Vaisakhi has begun, with thousands of visitors expected at Wolverhampton's premier park for the annual celebrations in May.

From lifting league titles with Liverpool Women to playing for global clubs including AC Milan and Melbourne Victory, Natasha Dowie’s story is one of resilience, leadership, and breaking boundaries.

Buying a first home is a huge milestone and Barratt and David Wilson Homes is helping first-time buyers in Oxfordshire take that step with ease.

City of Wolverhampton Council is to start highways works to put in place new road safety measures for children and parents walking to a city primary school.

One of the best-known figures in contemporary British politics is to discuss her life and work at Hockley Social Club in Birmingham on Sunday 22 June 2025.

Extremists and right-wing commentators were up in arms about King Charles after a Ramadan Iftar event was held at Windsor Castle — which was enough for extremists on social media to accuse the King of converting to Islam.

Fake news remains one of the greatest challenges for a democratic society with two thirds of people in the UK (65%) saying they are worried about disinformation and how it affects democracy.

An emergency appeal has been launched after the 7.7 magnitude earthquake which struck Myanmar last week, where 2,800 people were killed, with thousands more injured and buildings in the worst hit areas in ruins.

West Midlands housing association Platform Home Ownership is raising awareness around the viability of Staircasing as an affordable option towards full homeownership following its 50 per cent increase in enquires from existing customers looking to increase their equity in their home.