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22 Jun 2026
Heat health alert: Hot weather advice
Hot weather and extreme heat affects everyone and can be dangerous, especially for vulnerable people. Heatwaves pose the greatest risk because they involve the temperature staying very high for three consecutive days or more.
22 Jun 2026
Sandwell Armed Forces Day 2026
Sandwell Council is inviting residents and visitors from across the region to join its annual Armed Forces Day event on Saturday 27 June 2026, from 10.45am to 4pm in Civic Square, Oldbury, B69 3AD.
11 Jun 2026
Sandwell wins LGC Most Improved Council award!
Sandwell Council has been named the ‘Most Improved Council’ at this year’s Local Government Chronicle (LGC) Awards.
11 Jun 2026
Safer 6 gets underway in Sandwell with successful first launch event
Sandwell’s Safer 6 campaign is now underway, with the first launch event taking place in Oldbury to mark the beginning of six weeks of action across the six towns of borough.
11 Jun 2026
Sandwell street racers face court action under ongoing injunction order
Street racers on Sandwell’s roads still face being brought before the courts under a High Court injunction order.
2 Jun 2026
More than £1million worth of counterfeit designer goods seized in Smethwick
Sandwell Council’s Trading Standards officers – in partnership with West Midlands Police and brand protection officers from WRi Group – have seized a large quantity of counterfeit designer goods from a warehouse in Smethwick. The seizure followed an investigation into the use of TikTok to advertise fake products for sale.
27 May 2026
New Leader and Cabinet confirmed
Councillor Ray Nock has been formally confirmed as the new Leader of the council.
28 May 2026
Introducing Sandwell’s new Mayor
Councillor Margaret Sutton (Great Barr, Tamebridge and Yew Tree ward) is the new Mayor of the Borough following a ceremony in the Council Chamber at Sandwell Council House.