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Rachel Alexander

Local Democracy Reporter

November 21, 2024

Walsall council leader claims organised begging is taking place

News|7 hours ago

November 20, 2024

Public inquiry into ‘bomb’ battery storage system project in Great Barr draws to a close

November 19, 2024

Dip in birthrates during pandemic sees school enrolment numbers drop in Walsall

Prospect of real-life appearance from Police and Crime Commissioner met with laughter from Walsall councillors

November 13, 2024

Plans submitted for 19 flats in vacant Willenhall police station

Decision on major Willenhall regeneration plan deferred over highways and contamination concerns

Walsall Council recruits for three senior bosses earning up to £104k each

November 12, 2024

Walsall Council criticised as two cenotaphs left with ‘moss and last year’s wreaths’ ahead of Remembrance Sunday

November 11, 2024

'There are legitimate and illegitimate beggars' - Leader promises to break up beggar 'gang' activity in Walsall

November 10, 2024

Multi-million pound transformation of Walsall’s town centre to begin this month

Arson attacks at two Walsall play parks to cost taxpayer £95k

November 8, 2024

Council demands action from government over surge of nuisance motorbikes

Former council leader suspended from party voted in as chair of major committee

October 28, 2024

'Squatters'' rubbish dump in Walsall attracting rats and fires - and causing a stink for residents

October 26, 2024

Fresh calls to open alternative Walsall school gate after child injured in crash

Education|Oct 26

Walsall Council invites residents to have their say in number of HMOs in the area

Cost of living|Oct 26

October 25, 2024

Clearance of Walsall woodland paused as government reviews school building programme

Environment|Oct 25

October 23, 2024

Children's care home to open in Walsall conservation area

‘Weapons raids, stabbings and shootings’: Reality for Walsall’s youth laid bare at council meeting

Council building to be pulled down making way for new heating system station

October 22, 2024

Former Walsall GP surgery to become a nursery

October 19, 2024

Furious councillors say action needed at 'danger' Walsall road junction titled ‘no man’s land’

October 18, 2024

Community group against proposals to reduce Great Barr Conservation Area by 80 per cent

Woman hospitalised demands action to improve nightmare Walsall junction

Former Walsall care home could become second HMO in same street

Property|Oct 18

Residents invited to have say on Walsall Council’s proposed cost-cutting measures

October 15, 2024

Predicted 16,000 children living in poverty across Walsall this winter

Fire-hit Brownhills homes which are magnet for anti-social behaviour set to be demolished

Property|Oct 15

October 14, 2024

Council defends £35k corgi statues

Business|Oct 14

Denying historic Walsall pub protection from development branded a 'deeply flawed' decision

October 11, 2024

Nearly 400 children across Walsall missing school at start of term

October 10, 2024

5G mast to be built outside Walsall school

Walsall hospital building could be flattened to create space for more parking

October 9, 2024

New chief exec for Wolverhampton and Walsall NHS trusts

October 5, 2024

Former Walsall birthing unit to become apartments

Decision made on 5G mast plan at site of Walsall business which was source of cyanide spillage

October 4, 2024

Why this year's firework events in Walsall will not have a bonfire

October 3, 2024

Fresh bid to replace disused Walsall pub with 15 apartments after previous scheme thrown out

Fresh plans submitted to demolish dairy farm in Great Barr and build 13 homes

Great Barr|Oct 3

Europe's most contaminated site’ in Walsall cleared, making way for £100m regeneration project

Plans to demolish disused Willenhall church to make way for housing and parking spaces

October 1, 2024

Five-bed home in Walsall set to become town's latest shared housing

'What’s the point?' Walsall Council leader calls for crime commissioner role to be scrapped

September 28, 2024

How £260k was spent to ‘fix’ flooded Walsall children’s graves

Environment|Sep 28

September 27, 2024

Two staff members suspended from Wolverhampton primary schools

Education|Sep 27

'A lot of parents won't make it through': Councillor backs hospice campaign to save vital funding

September 26, 2024

Walsall Council attacks government over winter fuel payment and demands U-turn

Politics|Sep 26

September 24, 2024

Former Willenhall pub to become pizzeria

Business|Sep 24

September 23, 2024

Mystery solved over wooden poles which have appeared in Pelsall

Environment|Sep 23

September 21, 2024

More than 40 solar panels to be installed on Willenhall secondary school car park - find out why

Willenhall|Sep 21