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Pedestrian killed in Smethwick crash named as police officer

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak delivers a speech on the plans for net-zero commitments in the briefing room at 10 Downing Street, London. Picture date: Wednesday September 20, 2023.

Tiny proportion of Sandwell homes have a heat pump – amid warnings of slow uptak...

File photo dated 27/11/19 of school children during a class at a primary school, as teaching assistants are taking second jobs or leaving education to work in better-paid roles amid cost-of-living pressures, a report by The National Foundation for Educational Research suggests.

Sandwell children worse at reading, writing and maths than before coronavirus pa...

Orderlies push a bed at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry.

Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust cares for 13 patients with Covi...

Orderlies push a bed at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry.

Black Country Healthcare Trust cares for one patient with Covid-19 in hospital

A Food Standards Agency rating sticker on a window of a restaurant in central London. A huge variation in food hygiene standards remains across the UK, with one in five high or medium-risk food outlets failing to meet standards, according to a study.

Sandwell restaurant given new food hygiene rating

A general view of a domestic radiator room thermostat. Families across Great Britain will find out on Friday how tough energy bills will be this winter but they may have to wait to discover what the Government will do to help Picture date: Thursday August 25, 2022.

More elderly people in Sandwell received help to pay their heating bills last wi...

General view of estate agents signs outside a block of flats in Basingstoke, Hampshire.

Sandwell house prices increased more than West Midlands average in July

The hands of an elderly woman in Poole, Dorset.

More than 1,000 safeguarding concerns about vulnerable adult in Sandwell

A Food Standards Agency rating sticker on a window of a restaurant in central London. A huge variation in food hygiene standards remains across the UK, with one in five high or medium-risk food outlets failing to meet standards, according to a study.

Sandwell restaurant handed new food hygiene rating

Road Closed signs. Tuesday May 12th 2020

Sandwell road closures: six for motorists to avoid over the next fortnight

File photo dated 11/05/18 of a car hitting a pothole on a road. Drivers are suffering from a surge in pothole-related breakdowns, new figures from the RAC suggest.

Less than a dozen miles of Sandwell roads maintained in 2021-22 – as levels of r...

Orderlies push a bed at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry.

Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust cares for 18 patients with Covi...

Orderlies push a bed at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry.

Black Country Healthcare Trust cares for four patients with Covid-19 in hospital

A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward at Ealing Hospital in London. Picture date: Wednesday January 18, 2023.

Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals Trust: all the key numbers for the NHS Tr...

General view of an Accident and Emergency Sign at Hinchingbrooke Hospital in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire.

Drop in visits to A&E at Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals Trust last month

A selection of one pound coins, two pound coins and bank notes

Sandwell wages outstrip inflation as UK real-terms pay steadies

MJ's Bar on Bridge Street in Wednesbury had its licence suspended with immediate effect on August 16.

Police react as nightclub’s licence is revoked following disorder

A Food Standards Agency rating sticker on a window of a restaurant in central London. A huge variation in food hygiene standards remains across the UK, with one in five high or medium-risk food outlets failing to meet standards, according to a study.

Sandwell takeaway given new food hygiene rating

PICTURE POSED BY A MODEL File photo dated 02/02/20 of a teenage girl with her head in her hands showing signs of mental health issues. More than 20% of referrals to children and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) were rejected in 2022, figures obtained by the Scottish Liberal Democrats show. Issue date: Sunday August 13, 2023.

Young women in Sandwell more than three times as likely to be hospitalised for s...

Road Closed signs. Tuesday May 12th 2020

Road closures: seven for Sandwell drivers over the next fortnight

Guinness (Pic: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty)

West Midlands pub offering chance to win trip abroad - here’s how

File photo dated 07/08/13 of a person cycling next to a car, as government targets to increase levels of cycling and walking in England are set to be missed, according to a new report.

Fewer cycling in Sandwell than almost anywhere else in England

Orderlies push a bed at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry.

Black Country Healthcare Trust cares for three patients with Covid-19 in hospita...

Orderlies push a bed at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry.

Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust cares for 22 patients with Covi...

A Food Standards Agency rating sticker on a window of a restaurant in central London. A huge variation in food hygiene standards remains across the UK, with one in five high or medium-risk food outlets failing to meet standards, according to a study.

Food hygiene ratings handed to three Sandwell establishments

File photo dated 12/09/18 of a teacher and students in a classroom, as the Government's plan for all state schools to deliver at least a 32.5 hour week has been pushed back by a year.

Back to school: Hundreds of appeals against school places in Sandwell last year

Wayhoh Reservoir in Edgworth, Lancashire. There has been almost no rain in England for the last three weeks, while many rivers in the north and West Midlands are notably or exceptionally low, new figures show. Less than one millimetre has fallen in the South East and North East since May 31, with the rest of England seeing no rain at all. Picture date: Thursday June 8, 2023.

Hundreds of sewage overflows in Sandwell last year

Robert Brown, the one man security guard providing 24/7 surveillance over the site of the Crooked House in Himley, Dudley, West Mids. (Photo - Joseph Walshe / SWNS)

Man camping outside Crooked House pub to protect bricks 24/7

File photo dated 14/11/17 of a person laying loft insulation. Barclays has extended its scheme to pay up to £2,000 to mortgage holders to help make their homes green as new research shows more than half of homeowners do not feel confident making their properties more energy efficient. Issue date: Thursday July 6, 2023.

Energy efficiency measures in low-income Sandwell households more than doubled s...

Road Closed signs. Tuesday May 12th 2020

Sandwell road closures: eight for motorists to avoid over the next fortnight

Orderlies push a bed at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry.

Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust cares for 19 patients with Covi...

Orderlies push a bed at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry.

Black Country Healthcare Trust cares for four patients with Covid-19 in hospital

Undated file photo of an electric car being charged, as the UK Government appears less likely to meet its net zero targets since it became more transparent on its plans, its climate advisers have said.

Nearly 15,300 low-emission vehicles now registered in Sandwell

Large Victorian house in Black Country with £120,000+ price for sale

Nearly 15,300 low-emission vehicles now registered in Sandwell

Undated file photo of an electric car being charged, as the UK Government appears less likely to meet its net zero targets since it became more transparent on its plans, its climate advisers have said.

Nearly 15,300 low-emission vehicles now registered in Sandwell

File photo dated 19/08/2014 of a view of houses in north London. Annual mortgage repayments are set to rise by £2,900 for the average household remortgaging next year, according to a think-tank. As the UK's "mortgage crunch" deepens, total annual mortgage repayments could rise by £15.8 billion by 2026, the Resolution Foundation said. Stickier-than-expected inflation has raised expectations that the Bank of England's base rate-rising cycle, which started in December 2021, will continue for longer. Issue date: Saturday June 17, 2023.

Almost 10,000 overcrowded homes in Sandwell

Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove arrives at Downing Street in London. Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden will chair a Cobra meeting on the evacuation of British nationals from Sudan. Picture date: Tuesday April 25, 2023.

Multiple square metres of forest, open land and water in Sandwell developed upon

An elderly person at a charity tea party in London.

Carers in Sandwell forced to wait beyond the legal limit to make decisions for v...

Road Closed signs. Tuesday May 12th 2020

Sandwell road closures: eight for motorists to avoid over the next fortnight

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Bus timetables to change for Birmingham, Solihull & Sandwell

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