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• Council backs new adult social care recruitment campaign

  Councils across the West Midlands have teamed up with Skills for Care to help boost recruitment in adult social care throughout the region.

• Praise from Chief Inspector for Tettenhall school

  A rapidly improving Wolverhampton school has received a letter of praise from Ofsted's Chief Inspector.

• Plight of Early Trade Unionists remembered 200 years on

  A plaque which remembers 5 early trade unionists from Wolverhampton, who were arrested and transported to Tasmania 200 years ago, has been rededicated during a ceremony at the city's Civic Centre.

• Wolverhampton businesses sign up to Refill campaign

  Businesses in Wolverhampton have signed up to an initiative which allows people to fill up reusable water bottles for free.

• Half term family fun at Wolverhampton Art Gallery

  Wolverhampton Art Gallery has a packed programme of family friendly activities this half-term including a free activity for babies and toddlers and other fun hands-on crafts to suit all pockets.

• Free road safety sessions for older drivers

  Older drivers who want to improve their skills and remain on the road for longer are being invited to free road safety sessions taking place across the Black Country.

• Good turnout at inaugural Love Your Community celebration

  Dozens of local residents turned out for the inaugural Love Your Community event in Low Hill this week - and found out about some of the things they could do to improve the quality of their life and the lives of others.

• Step up to career in social work with fast track programme

  The City of Wolverhampton Council is encouraging people to consider a new route into children's social work.

• Council set to agree revised Westside delivery strategy

  City of Wolverhampton Council is set to agree a revised funding strategy with development partner Urban&Civic to ensure the city's ambitious Westside leisure scheme is delivered.

• City's young people urge MPs to support emotional wellbeing

  Young people from HeadStart Wolverhampton travelled to Westminster to highlight the need for support around children and young people's mental health and emotional wellbeing.

• Social care job opportunities on show at recruitment fair

  Social care professionals can find out more about some of the job opportunities available in Wolverhampton at a recruitment fair in Birmingham next month.

• City Council calls for volunteers to clean up Wolverhampton beauty spot

  The City of Wolverhampton Council is calling for volunteers to pitch-in to help clean up Smestow Valley Local Nature Reserve.

• 'Dr Evil' pleads guilty to GBH after chopping off body parts in Wolverhampton studio

  A Wolverhampton body modification artist, known as 'Dr Evil' has today pleaded guilty to 3 counts of grievous bodily harm after removing and cutting body parts in his studio.

• Theatre group learns live streaming skills in Belgium

  Creative ambassadors with a range of disabilities from a Wolverhampton theatre group travelled to Belgium for skills training in performance and live streaming.

• Still time to nominate volunteers to enjoy day out at Wolves

  There's still time for people to nominate unsung volunteering heroes who they think deserve a Premier League day out at Wolverhampton Wanderers.

• Local Account highlights adult social care achievements

  More people with disabilities are finding work, hundreds more residents are benefitting from Telecare assistive technology and an increasing number of vulnerable adults are being supported to live independently in Wolverhampton.

• Your chance to find out about the good things in Low Hill

  Individuals and organisations large and small are set to come together in Low Hill tomorrow (Tuesday 12 February) to celebrate some of the good things people can do to improve the quality of their life or the lives of others.

• Council seeking relatives of the late John Edward Pritchard

  Relatives of the late John Edward Pritchard are being asked to get in touch with the City of Wolverhampton Council so that his funeral can be arranged.

• Refill water scheme to launch in Wolverhampton

  Water company Severn Trent is set to launch a Refill scheme in Wolverhampton which will see people able to fill up reusable water bottles for free.

• Hundreds more children become Flu Fighters this winter

  Over 3,000 more children in Wolverhampton received their free flu vaccination this winter, with uptake increasing markedly year on year.

• Justice for Wolverhampton family as cowboy builder sentenced to 2 years in prison

  A cowboy builder has received a 2 year, 2 month custodial sentence and stripped from his director title at Wolverhampton Crown Court after leaving a young family without washing facilities and over £26K in debt.

• Mayor launches Grand Charity Raffle

  A spa break for two, a BMW for the weekend and luxury watches are just some of the many prizes up for grabs in the Mayor of Wolverhampton's Grand Charity Raffle.

• Sell out crowds attend city literature festival

  Thousands of people flocked to the third Wolverhampton Literature Festival at the weekend.

• West Park tea room serves up weekly Memory Café

  West Park is to host a new weekly café for people living with dementia and their carers.

• Young people invited to get creative at city's libraries

  Wolverhampton's libraries are inviting young people to get creative at free workshops this half term.

• Bantock House antiques fair returns for 2019

  The Bantock House Museum and Park antiques monthly fair returns on for its first outing of 2019 on Sunday 3 February.

• Bike share trial starts in Wolverhampton

  The first of 5,000 nextbikes have today arrived on City of Wolverhampton's streets as the region's first bike share scheme pilot gets underway.

• Leader presents final report on rough sleeping in city

  City of Wolverhampton Council Leader, Councillor Roger Lawrence, has presented the final report of the Wolverhampton Tackling Rough Sleeping Task Team to Full Council.

• Wolverhampton Literature Festival starts tomorrow

  City of Wolverhampton's 3 day Literature Festival starts tomorrow (Friday) with a whole host of events from big name shows to workshops.

• Long serving Leader announces plans to step down

  The Leader of the City of Wolverhampton Council, Roger Lawrence, has announced plans to step down after 36 years as a councillor serving the city.

• Further weather warnings as city continues to shiver

  Further weather warnings have been issued by the Met Office as Wolverhampton and the West Midlands continue to endure wintery conditions

• Free after school HeadStart activities for young people

  HeadStart Wolverhampton is offering an extensive programme of free term time activities for young people and parents between now and Easter.

• Help pick volunteers to enjoy day out at Wolves

  Council chiefs are on the hunt for Wolverhampton's unsung volunteering heroes - to reward them with a matchday experience at Wolverhampton Wanderers.

• Reburial service for human remains found at market

  City of Wolverhampton Council will tomorrow (Wednesday) hold a special service to mark the reinterment of 14 sets of human remains uncovered by the development of the new city centre market last summer.

• Big turnout for free community day in Whitmore Reans

  Hundreds of residents turned out for a free community day in Whitmore Reans on Saturday (26 January).

• Railway station build to step up as crane arrives

  City of Wolverhampton's new railway station building will start coming out of the ground next month.

• Yellow warning for snow in force for region

  A yellow warning for snow is in force for the West Midlands, with residents and motorists encouraged to be vigilant over the coming days.

• City's sixth Changing Places toilet opens at Bentley Bridge

  Bentley Bridge Shopping Park now has a Changing Places toilet, designed for use by people with a disability.

• Literature festival headline shows in high demand

  Tickets are flying out of the door for the headline acts at next week's Wolverhampton Literature Festival (Friday 1 February to Sunday 3).

• Care Quality Commission praises Good rated care home

  A City of Wolverhampton Council care home for people with disabilities has been rated Good by the Care Quality Commission - with inspectors highlighting its "Outstanding" leadership.

• Pupils record another set of good results at Key Stage 4

  Wolverhampton pupils are continuing to record good results in the new look secondary school examinations.

• Grant funding to help improve air quality in the city

  City of Wolverhampton Council has secured funding from the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) to help improve air quality in the city.

• Two more fall foul of Black Country wide car cruising ban

  Two more people have been convicted of breaching a ban on car cruising in the Black Country - and ordered to pay fines and costs totalling more than £6,000 by the High Court.

• Black Country campaign to create smokefree school gates

  Schools across the Black Country are being helped to promote a smokefree environment in and around their grounds.

• Council turns Blue Monday green to support This is Me

  The City of Wolverhampton Council is backing a campaign to promote good mental health in the workplace.

• City gallery's Pop Art collection to go back on display

  Pick of the Pops is a new exhibition that showcases an iconic collection owned by City of Wolverhampton Council.

• Last chance to have say on services for young people

  There's not long left for young people and other stakeholders to have their say about housing and support services for young people.

• Be prepared for freezing conditions as Level 3 alert issued

  Wolverhampton's Public Health team is asking people to look out for others and take extra care after the Met Office issued a Level 3 cold weather alert across the West Midlands.

• City fly tipper left carless after illegally dumping waste

  As part of its tough new approach to fly tipping, City of Wolverhampton Council has seized a vehicle used to carry out multiple fly tips across the city.

• Council to act following public vote on city beauty spots

  City of Wolverhampton Council is set to carry out major works to ensure Tettenhall Pool can reopen to the public - and be enjoyed for years to come.

• Apprentices helping city's pupils to live healthy, active lives

  The impact that apprentices who are delivering sport, health and wellbeing programmes in local schools are having was celebrated at a special event this week.

• Find out about the good things in Low Hill

  Individuals and organisations large and small are set to come together in Low Hill next month to celebrate some of the good things people can do to improve the quality of their life or the lives of others.

• "Drive and determination" helps school to improve

  Ofsted has praised the "unwavering drive and determination" of a leadership team to improve their school which has seen it move out of the inadequate category.

• Free community day offers residents new start this new year

  A free community day in Whitmore Reans next weekend will be encouraging local people to come together to make a new start this new year.

• Level 2 alert issued with risk of sleet and snow this weekend

  Public health chiefs in Wolverhampton are asking people to look out for others and take extra care as another cold snap heads this way this weekend.

• Green light for extension at major Midlands business park

  An extension to a major Midlands business park which could generate around 1,700 jobs and lever in up to £300 million of investment has been given the go ahead.

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