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Around 4,000 Sandwell pensioners on low incomes will receive a £200 payment from Sandwell Council in the coming weeks. Older people who won’t receive a Winter Fuel Payment but who qualify for Council Tax Reduction (and not Pension Credit) will receive a letter in late December or early January. The payment will be automatically sent …

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There’s a Welcoming Space in Sandwell if you need it over Christmas and New Year. Sandwell Council is doing all they can to support Sandwell and there are Welcoming Spaces in some of Sandwell’s libraries that are open over the holidays. Welcoming Spaces are buildings that can provide places to sit, chat and join in …

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On Thursday 19th December 2025, a community event was hosted at the Community Plaza arranged by UK Global Goodwill Ambassador Mohammed Zafran. The event had Amjad Rashid from Tell Mama come and deliver a talk on Hate Crime. Alan Edwards Regional Manager of West Midlands Crimestoppers spoke about the community reporting crime anonymously and not …

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Sandwell Council has awarded Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust the Freedom of the Borough. The award was made during an event on Wednesday 11 December as part of Sandwell’s 50th anniversary celebrations. This prestigious honour is a recognition of the extraordinary commitment, dedication and resilience shown by all those who work within the NHS, …

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(Picture: BPM Media/SWNS) A two-year-old boy has died and four adults have been injured in a hit-and-run crash involving a stolen car. The collision occurred just before 23:00 GMT on Saturday on Dartmouth Road, Smethwick, in the West Midlands, between a Toyota Auris and a grey Porsche Cayenne. A 29-year-old woman and a 30-year-old man …

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Ofsted referred to it as an ‘extraordinary place’ and parents described it as ‘transformational’. Just two weeks after the inspection in October, the school also received the Inclusion Quality Mark and was recognised as being a Centre of Excellence for Inclusion! This is in addition to the Carnegie Mental Health Gold Award it received last …

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