If like me, you regularly forget which week you need to put your roadside recycling out for collection, you can now contact City Direct on 01902 551155 and request a calendar specifically for your street/household. How useful! If any residents of WV11 wish to find out their recycling and waste collection days/dates they can contact […]
Category: Environment
Double Yellow Lines photo by FreeFoto A storm is brewing as Wolverhampton City Council plan to increase the double yellow lines on roads near New Cross Hospital in an attempt to stop visitors from parking on the roadside. Council bosses are about to begin a consultation on extending the double yellow lines in order to […]
“Sparrow” by Kvjrkrao. We were recently sent a Tweet on Twitter (or perhaps it was a Chirp!?) by the West Midlands Bird Club asking us if any of our readers had spotted any interesting birds. The club, who’s Twitter profile says they have been “Serving birdwatchers & ornithologists in the four English counties of Staffordshire, […]
Would you like to have a say in the future decisions that Wolverhampton Homes make about your council property? If so, read on… ‘Get Togethers with Wolverhampton Homes’ are a new initiative aimed at involving tenants in the decision making process and will be held at four locations across the City, including Wednesfield. Tenants and […]
Admittedly, it’s a little early to be mentioning the ‘C’ word (we’re looking at you and your advent calendars Marks & Spencer!), but a little birdie tells us that Wednesfield native and runner up on BBC TV show The Apprentice Ruth Badger has signed up to turn on the Christmas lights in Wednesfield this year. […]
Here’s something you don’t hear very often – council tenants will soon be notified of a decrease in their council rent! According to the recent Wolverhampton Homes ‘tenants update’ newsletter, the UK government announced in March this year that the national average guideline for rent increases for 2009/10 would be halved from 6.25% to 3.18%. […]
A successful campaign by led The Black Country Chamber of Commerce means that from September onwards The Black Country will be highlighted on Ordnance Survey maps for the first time. The campaign which aimed to raise the profile of the area nationally has resulted in the decision to show the region by name on the […]