Local Headlines from Wednesday, July 22nd, 2026

Sandwell Council's Cabinet has approved more than £2.5 million of investment to help create more specialist support for children and young people with SEND across the borough.

Sandwell Council has won a national road safety award for its work to make the A4030 in Smethwick and Bearwood safer for everyone.

The Severn Valley Railway has joined forces with West Midlands Rail Executive and West Midlands Railway to launch a unique eight-week trial that will test the feasibility of extending regular passenger rail services from Birmingham to Bewdley.

A coordinated operation has cleared a privately owned car park in Walsall town centre that had become associated with anti-social behaviour, drug misuse and rough sleeping.