CAMPAIGN FOR CHILD SAFETY CROSSING Friday, 22 January, 2021 Old Warley, local campaigner Jay Anandou has submitted a petition signed by over 150 Old Warley residents to make urgent changes to the traffic island situated at the junctions of Bleakhouse Road, Holly Road and Castle Road West, Oldbury. At present the island is used as a point to cross those roads but there is no designated pedestrian crossing. There are numerous shops nearby and the island lies... Local News
WASH AND BRUSH UP FOR WEDNESBURY 11th November 2020 Wednesbury town centre is one of the places about to benefit from government regeneration funding. Government has assigned £95million to be delivered and... Local News
ZORRO'S UNPROMISING PROMISES 25th October 2020 Cllr. Peter Hughes, Zorro as he calls himself, (many of his Labour councillor colleagues use less flattering epithets of him), is due for re-election next May... Local News
PUNCH UP AND MELTDOWN IN TIPTON LABOUR 2nd October 2020 At last December’s general election, Labour supporters in Tipton voted Conservative in droves. They knew that Labour no longer represented them. Labour mocked... Local News
THE BROOK ROAD PLANNING MYSTERY 22nd September 2020 There must be few judicial or quasi-judicial processes where an applicant gets to have bite after bite of the cherry. Where if he fails, he can try and try... Local News
ALL FUR COAT 24th August 2020 Some of the chickens from the Birmingham bid to stage the 2022 Commonwealth Games are already coming home to roost. When Durban in South Africa had second... Local News
DIRTY TRICKS CAMPAIGN HOTS UP 21st August 2020 The very uncivil war between competing groups of Sandwell Labour councillors has heated up following the suspension of Cllr. Yvonne Davies from the Labour party... Local News
TELL 'EM THE SAME OLD STORY 27th July 2020 The broken record that is Labour West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner David Jamieson again excused his force’s poor performance by blaming lack in... Local News
Anti Social Idiots 26th July 2020 The covid 19 crisis has been revealing of human nature. On the one hand, have been those who abdicating independent judgement and common sense solutions have... Local News
ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST 9th July 2020 14 months after her election as leader Cllr. Yvonne Davies has been forced to resign as Labour leader of Sandwell Council. Yes, we’ve been here before. Her... Local News
Our Covid-19 UK Vaccines Delivery Plan 11th January 2021 Today we have published our Covid-19 UK Vaccines Delivery Plan, setting out how we plan to deliver the biggest vaccination programme in British history, to... National News
Stay at home, protect the NHS and save lives 4th January 2021 Prime Minister Boris Johnson has addressed the nation on Coronavirus restrictions. National News
Second Approved Vaccine Begins Rollout Today 4th January 2021 Today, thousands of people across the UK will begin receiving the second vaccine approved by regulators. National News
Deal Done: We have taken back control with our UK-EU trade deal. 30th December 2020 We have secured an excellent deal for the United Kingdom, which delivers on what the British people voted for both in the referendum and the last election. National News
The Prime Minister’s Statement on Coronavirus in Full 19th December 2020 The Prime Minister announces new measures to be taken in London, the South East and the East of England to tackle coronavirus, including new Tier 4 restrictions... National News
First Vaccinations in the UK Against Coronavirus Begin 8th December 2020 Today the first vaccinations in the UK against coronavirus begin. Thank you to our NHS, to all of the scientists who worked so hard to develop this vaccine. National News
