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Free health checks in Sandwell

17 January 2024

This January, Sandwell Council in partnership with Randox Health are helping you get the best possible start to the year.

Work starts on A461 highways improvements

16 January 2024

Work is set to start from Monday 15 January to make £2.2million improvements to the A461 between Great Bridge and Peake Drive in Dudley Port.

Street racer receives suspended prison sentence for racing in West Bromwich

15 January 2024

A street racer who raced other vehicles at speeds of around 70mph along Kenrick Way in West Bromwich has received a suspended prison sentence.

Rebecca Richold, aged 20, of Armstrong Drive, Worcester, was involved in street racing – also known as car cruising – along Kenrick Way on 2 September 2023.

She was racing other vehicles at speeds of approximately 70mph on the 40mph dual carriageway in breach of the Black Country street racing injunction.

Service in Sandwell to mark Holocaust Memorial Day 2024

15 January 2024

Sandwell Council will mark Holocaust Memorial Day with a special service on Sunday 28 January to be held from 11am – 12 noon in the Memorial Gardens at Highfields House, High Street, West Bromwich.