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Care UK’s Foxland Grange welcomes the community for board games activity

Wolverhampton care home residents enjoy games with local community

Heathland

Call for Walsall volunteers to help wildlife at Pelsall North Common

Councillor Casey, Steve Chew, and Bruno Coppola

New bleed control kit aims to improve safety in Dudley town centre

Black Country Heroes Awards at Molineux Stadium.
Special Recognition Award winner Sylvia Enefer with Express & Star editor in chief Martin Wright, right, and host Dicky Dodd, left
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Wolverhampton charity champion chokes back tears as she receives award

Adam Bradley and James Bragg, founder of The Forge

Friends join forces to 'forge' new youth hub for Dudley

Walsall Poet Ian Henery

Walsall poet brings community together for National Poetry Day

Hospice Lead Nurse Carina Lowe and colleagues.

Hundreds come together for Katharine House Hospice walk at Shugborough

Textile work by Sarah May Johnson.

Craftspace celebrates 40 years with appeal to support future of craft

Workshops

Walsall town centre set for day of creativity and entertainment

©Four Oaks Flute Choir

Free film night with live flute choir music planned in Chasetown

Nick Owen, of the Owen Family Trust (left), with Laura Pearson (second left) and fellow Gnosall residents

Gnosall named Staffordshire's Best Kept Village in awards

Youths Got Talent

Black Country youngsters invited to showcase their talents

Chair-based exercise class by PAL Charity at All Saints Church Hall, Bloxwich.

Walsall residents urged to stay active and reduce risk of falls

Youth team at West Brom Albion

Albion Foundation teams up to make a difference in local communities

Children's Big Day Out for children in the West Midlands

Oldbury children invited to free morning of fun and activities

Note from a Neighbour: Dr Sophie Gwinnett, Brightside Psychology and Louise Roberts-Rose, The Flower Shop Codsall

Codsall residents invited to write messages of hope for strangers

Illicit goods seized

Police discover tens of thousands of illicit cigarettes in shop raid
No arrests were made but the shop’s owner is being investigated
Mimi Ibrahim

Sedgley Beacon Tower

Sedgley hailed as 'one of the best little towns in the West Midlands'

Galton Bridge in Smethwick

New free canal art trail to launch in Smethwick

The Express & Star Black Country Heroes Awards, held at Molineux Stadium

Finalists announced for third annual Black Country Heroes Awards 2026

The African Caribbean Community Initiative (ACCI) is delighted to announce its 39th Anniversary Gala Celebration

Mental health charity to celebrate 39 years of supporting community

Pupils love Forest School: Staff: Claire Marshall and Lynsey Whittingham and pupils: Nathalia 10 and Fraya 11.

Plus We visit 'outstanding' Stafford primary fostering love for reading

Police arrest

Police issue update following Britain First demo in Staffordshire

Premier Rose Cottage Convenience Store

Staffordshire shop gives away free food to celebrate reopening

FoodCycle transforms perfectly good surplus food into nutritious free meals

Walsall school meals save more than half a tonne of food from waste

Staffordshire-based TV star Sian Reeves is leading the Seeds of Change project

TV star Sian Reeves turns to nature with new project

Ice Cream Moments

£1,500 raised to give vulnerable children a much-needed break

Rosie joins Kingswinford in Bloom

Kingswinford in Bloom volunteers help town flourish
Volunteers behind Kingswinford in Bloom have raised £1,500 for new equipment while bringing colour, friendship and community pride to the town
Shaun Smith

Access in Dudley Chair Karl Denning and Patron Alderman Steve Waltho MBE present a cheque for £2,468 to Lunch on the Run. The donation, funded through the estate of former Access in Dudley Chair Tina Boothroyd, will sponsor a trainee and buy a new mixer

Dudley charity continues late chair’s legacy with £2,468 donation

The Cake Haven shed

Black Country cake shed hit by first theft thanks community

The doomed little village that disappeared to make way for Telford

Tributes left in woodland at the Wyrley and Essington nature reserve Staffordshire.

Breaking Four arrested on suspicion of murder after death of three-month-old

Projects using green spaces will support communities improve their health and wellbeing

New nature project launched to improve health and wellbeing in Walsall

Sophie Johnson in amongst the stunning Flora Fields, pick your own blooms, at Webbs in Wychbold which is open until October with more than 5,000 dahlias ready to pick with over 65 different varieties

Aerial images capture spectacular sea of dahlias in the West Midlands

Pupils celebrate their award and hard work

Walsall school honoured for community and charity work

Wild flower planting gives a home to bees and butterflies

Halesowen church celebrates rare Eco Church Gold Award

Residents in Ludlow react to news that the upcoming Ludlow Food Festival could be the last

Plus Locals react to Ludlow Food Festival's potential demise

Elevate Hybrid Performance Centre, the Avon Road training facility known for its Hyrox and hybrid-fitness community, is holding two charity events on Friday 25 and Saturday 26 September

Fitness centre to host charity events for mental health and abuse

Newlife are giving away items of school uniform this weekend

Charity gives families free school uniform in weekend giveaway

Celebrating the launch of the Find My Loved One scheme at Grace Cares HQ, Elmhurst Business Park

Free dementia devices launched to help keep Lichfield residents safe

St Matthew's Church, Walsall

St Matthew's Heritage Weekend to celebrate Walsall's history

Residents Outside The Labour In Vain In Yarnfield In 2023.

Pub closed for years set to reopen after being bought by resident

Official flags have gone up on the island at Brownhills, with more to come. On some pics is flag man: Martin Woodhouse.

Five more flagpoles installed at Brownhills Miner Island

James Dean Harrison

Man jailed after victim forced to live and work from garden shed

Indicative CGI of what the new Lidl store will look like

Opening date revealed for Darlaston's new Lidl supermarket

Chair-based sessions are among some of the activities on offer as part of the programme

Free activity programme launched to help Walsall over-50s stay active

Walter Williams, the boy right of centre wearing a jumper and with a big smile, visits a Romany camp in Wolverhampton in May 1940.

The young Wolverhampton wanderer and his Romany holidays

Knife crime editorial image. Photo: Brian Jackson - stock.adobe.com

Arrests for drugs, knives and sexual assault made on patrols

Sarah Baig, Pharmacy Professional Development and Governance Lead alongside Nazir Hussain, Specialist Respiratory Pharmacist

Two Dudley pharmacists shortlisted for national health and care awards

People living around Hassop Road were left counting the cost after the brook overflowed during heavy rain

Debris cleared from Birmingham brook after residents battled flooding

Codsall Leisure Centre

Major £900,000 investment to improve Staffordshire leisure facilities

James Price of We Love Lichfield and Laura Evans of Cathedral Hearing

Hearing clinic holds open day to raise funds for Staffordshire charity

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Sedgley church installs solar panels to power café and community hub

State-of-the-art technology is giving people the chance to step inside Acorns Children’s Hospice from wherever they are.

Virtual tours offer glimpse inside Acorns Children's Hospice

Brad Vernon, chairman of OHRFC (left), and Ewan Worrall of Bond Wolfe & OHRFC player

£500 donation helps Stourbridge wildfire fundraising effort

CEO & Founder Dr Clare Roberts-Molloy

Wolverhampton charity calls for support to tackle period poverty

Bellway Sales Advisor Kim Fallon with the cast of Peter Pan, which was performed at the Gatehouse Theatre in Stafford this past weekend.

Stafford youngsters take to the stage for Peter Pan production

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