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An area of Walsall Canal was affected when 4,000 litres of contaminant, including highly toxic sodium cyanide and zinc cyanide, leaked into the water in August 2024. Ever since, a one-mile section ...
Walsall Council has withdrawn its offer to open two tips for Birmingham residents during the ongoing bin strikes in the city. Last week, council leader Councillor Garry Perry offered to open the two ...
Walsall Council has withdrawn its offer to open two tips for Birmingham residents during the ongoing bin strikes in the city. Last week, council leader Councillor Garry Perry offered to open the ...
Parts of the canal from Walsall locks to the lock flights at Rushall/Ryders Green and Perry Barr in Birmingham have since reopened, but a one-mile stretch of the canal in the Pleck area of Walsall ...
"Due to an obstruction on the overhead wires, services are unable to run between Birmingham New St - Walsall in both directions." ...
It meant that queues snaked from the Utilita Arena down towards the Library of Birmingham and, in the opposite direction, up along the canal towards Edgbaston waiting ... seeing phones was literally ...
Birmingham Council failed to reply to an offer of help from a neighbouring local authority amid its long-running bin strike. Conservative-led Walsall Council said it later rescinded its offer after ...
Dredging work will begin this week, to remove silt that is contaminated with cyanide at the bottom of a Walsall Canal. It comes nearly eight months after a major incident was declared when up to ...
Based at the Llanymynech Canal Wharf in the Heritage Area in Llanymynech, the boat trips are ideal for visitors and locals alike to learn more about the heritage and wildlife of the Montgomery Canal.
The water and silt in the Walsall Canal will be tested after dredging, to determine a timeline for when the waterway can be reopened Dredging work will begin this week, to remove silt that is ...
A consultation exercise is under way asking members of the public for their views on works to be carried out as part of Sprint Bus Phase Two, which will link Walsall, Birmingham and Solihull.
Police in Birmingham have asked for help in identifying ... His body was discovered in the canal between Rabone Lane and Bridge Street in Smethwick at around 3pm on 30 November.