News | City Of Wolverhampton Council

Featured News

Take extra care this weekend plea as Covid cases rise

Health chiefs in plea as Covid-19 hospitalisations rise

Revised Covid-19 restrictions as city placed on High alert

Walk-in Covid-19 tests to be available without appointment

£500 payments to support low income households asked to self-isolate

Current news

Deadline looms for secondary school place applications

Three quarters of parents whose children will be starting secondary school next year have now applied for a place for them – and the rest have just over a week to complete their applications.

Published: 19 Oct, 2020

Part of the winning team to be awarded the international Green Flag Award: (l-r) City of Wolverhampton Council Park Rangers Tom Tyler and Kameron Paul at West Park

Wolverhampton parks win international award

Wolverhampton’s green, leafy parks and open spaces are amongst the best in the world, winning the Green Flag Awards.

Published: 17 Oct, 2020

The award winning Flu Fighters campaign is coming to a school near you this autumn

Pupils transformed into Flu Fighters to join winter battle

Hundreds more children have become Flu Fighters and will be joining the battle against influenza this winter as the free vaccination programme continues in Wolverhampton’s schools.

Published: 17 Oct, 2020

Take extra care this weekend plea as Covid cases rise

Wulfrunians are being urged to take extra care this weekend and follow the latest measures as coronavirus cases in the city continue to rise.

Published: 16 Oct, 2020

Date unveiled for Wolverhampton to host Birmingham 2022 time trial

Excitement is building today (Friday 16 October) as the date that Wolverhampton will host the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games cycling time trial has been officially announced.

Published: 16 Oct, 2020

Allen Jones, Dream T-Shirt, 1964. © the artist

Stars of the city’s contemporary art collection on show

This October Wolverhampton Art Gallery will showcase a selection of pieces from its collection in a new exhibition entitled Stellar: Stars of our Contemporary Collection.

Published: 16 Oct, 2020

(L-R): Willmott Dixon Interiors Director, Phil Crowther, Cllr Stephen Simkins and Council Leader, Cllr Ian Brookfield, signing one of the new steels at the Civic Halls

Major project milestone reached at Your Wolves Civic

Wolverhampton Civic Halls’ (Wolves Civic) restoration has reached a major milestone with the first new steel beams being installed to improve the 82 year old venue’s infrastructure - and create new spectator balconies.

Published: 16 Oct, 2020

First Creation Day festival set to rock West Park

Two days of incredible live music from legendary UK bands are set to rock Wolverhampton next summer as the city hosts the first ever Creation Day festival.

Published: 16 Oct, 2020

Walk-in Covid-19 tests to be available without appointment

People with symptoms of Covid-19 in Wolverhampton will be able to get a test even if they haven't been able to book one – boosting testing capacity in the city still further.

Published: 15 Oct, 2020

Day of action to raise awareness of modern slavery

Sunday (18 October) is Anti-Slavery Day – a national day of action to raise awareness of the tens of thousands of people thought to be held as modern slaves across the UK.

Published: 15 Oct, 2020

Support for council’s commercial property tenants

City of Wolverhampton Council is providing extra support to businesses during the Covid-19 pandemic by waiving the fee for adjustments made to its commercial properties.

Published: 15 Oct, 2020

Health chiefs in plea as Covid-19 hospitalisations rise

With the number of hospitalisations and, tragically, deaths from coronavirus rising once more, health chiefs in Wolverhampton are urging people to adhere to the new local restrictions which came into force this morning (Wednesday 14 October).

Published: 14 Oct, 2020