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Wednesday, 20 March 2019
A special heritage plaque commemorating the work of iconic engineer James Watt has been unveiled at a Tipton factory – the site of his first commercial steam engine.
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Wednesday, 20 March 2019
A Smethwick community centre has received a special council grant to buy new kitchen appliances to help groups that use the facilities.
The £660 town grant provided by Sandwell Council will enable the St John’s Community Centre to buy new appliances to provide modern and safe kitchen facilities for the local groups.
A number of groups use the centre and the new appliances, which include a dishwasher and a cooker, will enable people to receive cooking lessons and healthy lifestyle classes and provide meals for older people and the homeless.
The work at the centre is linked to wider initiatives including the Grow, Cook, Eat initiative. Smethwick town chair Councillor Ann Jaron said: "The members of this centre do excellent work for the local community and this grant will help them to provide a better service to the public."
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Wednesday, 20 March 2019
A new Wednesbury-based air scouts group has received a £1,250 Sandwell Council grant to support the group.
Wednesday, 20 March 2019
Amateur artists, schools and community groups are all invited to enter Sandwell's All the Fun of the Fair arts trail competition.
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Wednesday, 20 March 2019
An outdated block of bedsits in West Bromwich has been transformed into new flats after a million pound refurbishment by Sandwell Council. Sandfield House in Walsall Road has undergone a massive facelift – inside and out – which has seen the original 24 bedsits remodelled into 13 one and two-bedroom flats.
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