Former leader passes away aged 69

It's with great sadness I post the news of the death of former Sandwell Council leader and old friend Bill Thomas. The former Rowley ward member, who led the authority for nine ...

New games area opened in Oldbury

Sandwell's Mayor Cllr Geoff Lewis was joined by local youngsters for the official opening of a new "multi usage" games area in Tividale. The funding for the new games area ...

Island basks in £450,000 improvement

Oldbury’s Birchley Island at Junction 2 of the M5 has benefited from a £450,000 investment to instal new lighting, trees and shrubbery. The former eyesore, which is passed by 92,000 ...

Blackheath Tory Councillor Docker in the Dock

Blackhealth Councillor Mary Docker has been reprimanded by Sandwell Council’s Standards Committee after an 11 month investigation. The charge stemmed back to the Summer of 2007 when the councillor phoned Dudley ...

Gok Wan coming to West Bromwich this March

Flamboyant fashion expert Gok Wan will be in West Bromwich to find the town's worst dressed person this month - before giving them the makeover of their dreams. Sandwell Council can today ...

Campaign Launched to Combat drug dealing tennants

The campaign, which has seen posters being erected around Sandwell and on the back of buses in the borough, aims to raise awareness of the penalties for dealing and growing ...

Community Payback get new graffiti removal machine

Offenders on a community payback scheme in Sandwell have been given a new graffiti removal machine. Walls, buildings and fences across Blackheath,Rowley Regis, Oldbury and Cradley Heath are set to get cleaned with the ...