A 17-year-old is calling for better lighting around Walsall’s canal basin after he fell into it last month. Ethan Sinclair has been shook up since the incident and says he wasn’t the first to fall in the water that day.
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Sandwell is comparatively young, having only been established in 1974, when it brought together the six towns of West Bromwich, Oldbury, Rowley Regis, Smethwick, Tipton and Wednesbury. Its picturesque parkland, Sandwell Valley, is one of its most loved landmarks.