Willenhall

Find your way to the station. How hard can it be?

Someone heading into the outskirts of a large city who hasn’t been there before might find themselves disorientated by buildings, traffic and a general sense of not knowing where anything is.
If you don’t know where landmarks are, it can be hard to get…

Delays on motorway after collision between lorry and car

National Highways reported at around 2pm that traffic has been stopped on the southbound carriageway within junction 8 for the M5 due to a crash, with traffic held for around 45 minutes.
Traffic could be seen backing up, with delays building on the app…

Drink-driver and M6 speeder among motorists named and shamed …

A drink-driver caught behind the wheel of an Audi has been banned from the roads for two years. A woman who sped along the M6 in a Peugeot was also hauled before the courts.
She was one of several fined for breaking the speed limit on roads across the …

Woman injured as car crashes into tree in Coventry

A woman was injured after her car crashed into a tree in Coventry[1]. It happened at the junction of Marlcroft and Middle Ride in Willenhall[2].
Paramedics were called to the scene at 8.35pm on Sunday, August 13. Crews found that the driver, a woman, a…

DX invests £3m in EVs for IKEA partnership

Parcel delivery company DX Group has invested another £3m to boost its fleet of electric vans for exclusive use in its delivery and logistics partnership with IKEA. The funding, which will see 53 new electric vans added to the fleet, is the group’s sec…

West Midlands station sees major planning progress made

Conditional approval to begin work on an outline business case has been given the go-ahead by the Department for Transport[1] for the project, which aims to build and open a station on the Sutton Park line.
The approval means that funding is now availa…

Willenhall factory ravaged by inferno set to be demolished

A Willenhall food distribution factory which was ruined in a huge fire is set to be demolished. Midland Chilled Foods has put forward a plan to Walsall[1] Council planning officers to take down the building on Stringes Lane ahead of a potential new bui…

Tributes paid to dads killed as multiple motorbikes crash

Tributes have been paid to two loving dads who were killed when ‘multiple motorbikes crashed’. Emergency services rushed to the scene in South Staffordshire after reports a number of motorcycles had collided.
Paramedics were unable to save two men and …