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Local Democracy Reporter covering Walsall.

March 14, 2024

Hundreds of special educational needs school places needed to cope with demand

Education|Mar 14

March 13, 2024

More than 600 fines for littering and fly-tipping given out in Walsall over the last year

March 12, 2024

Teenage pregnancy rates in Walsall higher than national average

Petition started by campaigners over Willenhall pub plan

Business|Mar 12

March 8, 2024

Walsall takeaway granted permission despite concerns

Homes plan on former pub site in Walsall delayed

March 7, 2024

Housing plan for old fitness club rejected for variety of reasons

Darlaston|Mar 7

March 6, 2024

Digital hub plan moves step closer

Charity calls for more ’empathy’ for unemployed

Homes plan to 'reinvigorate' site of former Walsall pub looks set to fail

March 4, 2024

Racist abuse claim during protest outside Walsall Council meeting - police investigating

March 1, 2024

Calls for action on Walsall 'death road’ after much-loved cyclist killed

February 29, 2024

Social care costs will 'cripple' council

Walsall council tax hike confirmed as budget is agreed

February 28, 2024

Fury over dog fouling left in Walsall gardens

Calls for unemployed people in Walsall to collect litter

February 27, 2024

Bosses told to ‘get a grip’ on housing crisis

Public to be barred from crucial Walsall Council meeting after Pro-Palestine protest

Energy costs leaving struggling families 'in tears' at Walsall warm spaces amid cost-of-living crisis

February 26, 2024

An uplifting evening helping Walsall FoodCycle's volunteers turn unwanted food into friendship

Features|Feb 26

February 23, 2024

Pro-Palestine protesters force crucial Walsall council meeting to be abandoned

February 22, 2024

Warning over fly-tipping by shops in Walsall

February 20, 2024

Work for new railway station begins

Aldridge|Feb 20

Plans for new HMO to be opened on major Walsall thoroughfare

Plans lodged to open indoor paintball venue in vacant space at Walsall shopping centre

February 13, 2024

Residents team up to fight plans for 22 new industrial units on former steel site near their homes

Aldridge|Feb 13

No council will be compelled to build on Green Belt land to meet housing targets, Michael Gove says

February 12, 2024

Huge development planned for green space near famous Staffordshire Hoard site

Brownhills|Feb 12

Plans to transform site of old Mercedes dealership with new restaurants and store

Business|Feb 12

February 9, 2024

New unit plan given go-ahead

Calls made to tear down Walsall bus station

Controversial plan to bulldoze houses and replace them with six more is deferred again

February 8, 2024

Council tax hike is agreed

February 7, 2024

Controversial plan to tear down two Aldridge houses and build six properties set to be decided

February 6, 2024

College centre and workshop plan approved

February 5, 2024

Storage facility plan for old Walsall cinema

February 3, 2024

Heartbroken Walsall school staff 'in tears' when children revealed they had no presents for Christmas

Education|Feb 3

February 2, 2024

Fears that noise, dust and bad smells could scupper plans to open scrap metal site in Walsall

Plans for industrial unit on derelict Walsall land look set for green light

Nursery plan for former Walsall restaurant fails

February 1, 2024

Walsall teachers pay to feed youngsters who 'regularly cry' at school gates out of hunger

Education|Feb 1

Apartments plan is turned down

Willenhall|Feb 1

January 30, 2024

Brownhills care home bids for expansion again with hope to create more jobs

January 28, 2024

Plans for more than 20 new industrial units on site of collapsed steel manufacturer

Aldridge|Jan 28

January 26, 2024

Costs to dispose of fridges and furniture set to treble in Walsall borough

Homes plan for farm rejected four years after similar scheme approved

Plans lodged to open nursery at former Walsall church

January 24, 2024

Calls to change ‘scary’ road junction in Walsall

Bloxwich green spaces to be transformed in £5m project

January 23, 2024

Derelict care home in Walsall could become 12-bed HMO

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