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We’re going to do better on child protection
15th April 2013 - 9:40am
Ofsted’s latest report on child protection in Sandwell makes for grim reading – but it doesn’t come as any real surprise. It judges our service “inadequate” across the board, or in other words “failing” or “broken”. It’s the worst possible … Continue reading →
Let’s give Bearwood Primary a boost
31st January 2013 - 5:31pm
Here’s a chance for us all to help one of our local schools. Bearwood Primary has entered a competition with the TES – or the Times Educational Supplement as I still think of it – to win a school building. … Continue reading →
Thank you!
22nd January 2013 - 8:46pm
I’ve been feeling really proud over the weekend at the way Sandwell’s responded to the bad weather we’ve all had. There’s been a real outpouring of community spirit as people help each other out – and that’s joined up with … Continue reading →
Last respects for a truly great man
17th January 2013 - 12:26pm
Today’s funeral service for Lord Tarsem King of West Bromwich was a humbling event. Literally hundreds of mourners gathered at the town’s crematorium to pay their last respects. People from all walks of life and communities – Asian, black and … Continue reading →
Sad news
11th January 2013 - 7:33am
I was shocked and saddened to hear of the sudden death of Lord Tarsem King of West Bromwich. He was one of the giants of civic and political life in Sandwell in recent decades, and many, many people in the … Continue reading →