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Solihull Council’s tree planting campaign, Planting Our Future, has partnered up with the Arboricultural Association to ask local residents to help young trees during our increasingly dry summer months

A once dreary tunnel which was regularly graffitied has been transformed into a colourful path into Hillfield Park – home of the Armed Forces Community Garden - which celebrates and supports the UK’s Armed Forces.

Solihull Council has successfully prosecuted a shop for the underage sale of razor blades.

Solihull is set to have its own Midsummer Night’s Dream thanks to Festival 36. From 17 June - 2 July, the festival celebrates the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s First Folio with activities, performances and viewings of the First Folio on 2 July

Following an extensive consultation last summer about the creation of new active travel routes for pedestrians and cyclists, work to widen a footpath to create a new route from Monkspath to Blythe Valley Park will start on Monday 5 June.

Solihull Council and its partners Act on Energy will be delivering free home energy advice events across the borough in June.

Staff from Solihull Council’s Highway Infrastructure team and contractors Balfour Beatty Living Places (BBLP) are celebrating after scooping an international award for carbon reduction.

Solihull Council’s housing provider - Solihull Community Housing (SCH) - has been shortlisted in two categories in one of the UK’s leading housing awards – Housing Heroes.

Sikh members of the British Armed Forces joined members of the Royal British Legion, Councillor Ian Courts and officers from Solihull Council at a special Sikh community meal (Langar) on Saturday hosted at the council’s Civic Suite.

There are lots of events taking place across the borough in parks and community halls plus entertainment and a trail in Solihull town centre. Here’s a taste of what’s on offer plus where to go for information and advice.