https://thesolihullpost.co.uk/Local news, what's on and the information you need for Solihull, Shirley and Knowle.en-GBSun, 04 Oct 2026 08:46:16 +0000https://thesolihullpost.co.uk/solihull-halloween/https://thesolihullpost.co.uk/solihull-halloween/Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnBerryfields' pumpkin field in Meriden opens 17 October, £5 a head. Lantern walks at Castle Bromwich, Packwood's trail, and why there is no town centre parade.https://thesolihullpost.co.uk/solihull-christmas-markets/https://thesolihullpost.co.uk/solihull-christmas-markets/Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnSolihull's Festive Feast market is dated 15 to 22 December, times still to come. Birmingham's Frankfurt market opens 5 November; what ran in Knowle last year.https://thesolihullpost.co.uk/solihull-roadworks-travel/https://thesolihullpost.co.uk/solihull-roadworks-travel/Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000Local InfoStreetsbrook Road shuts 8pm to 6am nightly 5 to 16 October, and the M42 J7 link to the M6 north closes nightly 5 to 8 October. M42 weekend: 23 to 26 Oct.https://thesolihullpost.co.uk/solihull-local-plan-cabinet-endorses-council-vote/https://thesolihullpost.co.uk/solihull-local-plan-cabinet-endorses-council-vote/Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsCabinet backed Solihull's Local Plan on 29 September with a stepped target: 400 homes a year until 2028, rising to 1,628. Full Council votes on Tuesday 6 October.https://thesolihullpost.co.uk/solihull-offending-2-recovery-shoplifting/https://thesolihullpost.co.uk/solihull-offending-2-recovery-shoplifting/Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsOffending 2 Recovery, which moves prolific shoplifters into addiction treatment, now runs in Solihull. Town centre reports hit 217 from April to July, up 37%.https://thesolihullpost.co.uk/classic-motor-show-nec/https://thesolihullpost.co.uk/classic-motor-show-nec/Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnThe Classic Motor Show is at the NEC from Friday 13 to Sunday 15 November. Advance adult tickets are £40.20 to £47.20 by day; parking £13.95 if pre-booked.https://thesolihullpost.co.uk/festive-good-food-show-nec/https://thesolihullpost.co.uk/festive-good-food-show-nec/Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnThe Good Food Show Winter is now the Festive Good Food Show, at the NEC 26 to 29 November. Adults £25, £26 on Saturday: which chef is on which day, and parking.https://thesolihullpost.co.uk/disney-on-ice-birmingham/https://thesolihullpost.co.uk/disney-on-ice-birmingham/Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnDisney On Ice: Discover the Magic plays bp pulse LIVE at the NEC in two runs, 28 October to 1 November and 6 to 8 November. All 16 show times, from £18.https://thesolihullpost.co.uk/whats-on-solihull-this-month/https://thesolihullpost.co.uk/whats-on-solihull-this-month/Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnPumpkin picking in Meriden from 17 October, lantern walks at Castle Bromwich in half term, then the Round Table fireworks at Tudor Grange Park on 7 November.https://thesolihullpost.co.uk/solihull-here2help-advice-service-citizens-advice/https://thesolihullpost.co.uk/solihull-here2help-advice-service-citizens-advice/Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsSolihull's free advice service passes to Citizens Advice on 1 October, with venues promised in all 17 wards. Help starts by phone; venues open in phases.https://thesolihullpost.co.uk/ruckleigh-school-liquidation/https://thesolihullpost.co.uk/ruckleigh-school-liquidation/Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsThe company behind Ruckleigh School, which closed in July after 117 years, went into creditors' liquidation on 22 September. Who to call if you are owed money.https://thesolihullpost.co.uk/smiths-wood-robbery-crimestoppers-reward/https://thesolihullpost.co.uk/smiths-wood-robbery-crimestoppers-reward/Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsCrimestoppers offers up to £10,000 over a December raid in Smith's Wood where a couple were made to transfer cryptocurrency. What police know, and how to help.https://thesolihullpost.co.uk/solihull-house-prices-july-2026/https://thesolihullpost.co.uk/solihull-house-prices-july-2026/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsSolihull's average home cost £337,112 in July, the second highest on record. The yearly rise slowed to 3.3% after June was revised up to a record £337,526.https://thesolihullpost.co.uk/solihull-local-plan-draft-submission-cabinet/https://thesolihullpost.co.uk/solihull-local-plan-draft-submission-cabinet/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsSolihull's final draft Local Plan needs 1,289 homes a year, 58% more than in 2020, with 8,219 near railway stations. Cabinet backed it; Full Council votes 6 Oct.https://thesolihullpost.co.uk/solihull-remembrance-sunday/https://thesolihullpost.co.uk/solihull-remembrance-sunday/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnRemembrance Sunday is 8 November 2026. Last year nine Solihull parades closed roads from 10am, from Knowle to Castle Bromwich. The 2026 list is due in October.https://thesolihullpost.co.uk/solihull-santas-grotto/https://thesolihullpost.co.uk/solihull-santas-grotto/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnWhere to see Santa in Solihull this Christmas: a show at The Core from £11.50, Santa breakfasts in Meriden, a woodland train grotto and Touchwood's grotto.https://thesolihullpost.co.uk/packwood-house-christmas/https://thesolihullpost.co.uk/packwood-house-christmas/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnPackwood House is dressed for Christmas from 28 November to 3 January. Winter entry is £12 an adult; it closes 24 and 25 December but opens on Boxing Day.https://thesolihullpost.co.uk/kingshurst-village-centre-phase-2/https://thesolihullpost.co.uk/kingshurst-village-centre-phase-2/Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsCabinet approved the £23.9m Kingshurst health, library and retail building on 17 September. Building starts before the year ends, and 47 more homes follow.https://thesolihullpost.co.uk/solihull-council-section-114-warning/https://thesolihullpost.co.uk/solihull-council-section-114-warning/Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsSolihull's own Cabinet report says its section 151 officer may have to consider a Section 114 notice for 2027/28. July's overspend is £1.48m on a £244m budget.https://thesolihullpost.co.uk/solihull-shustoke-road-murder-investigation/https://thesolihullpost.co.uk/solihull-shustoke-road-murder-investigation/Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsKevin Johnson, 38, of Birmingham is charged with the murder of Stuart Nash in Shustoke Road. He is due at Birmingham Crown Court on 24 September.https://thesolihullpost.co.uk/solihull-zebra-crossings-405k/https://thesolihullpost.co.uk/solihull-zebra-crossings-405k/Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsFive Solihull roads get new zebra crossings from £405,000 approved on 7 September, spent now because the safety data meant to pick the schemes is a year late.https://thesolihullpost.co.uk/solihull-later-life-events-october/https://thesolihullpost.co.uk/solihull-later-life-events-october/Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsTwo free drop-in events on 9 and 12 October, no booking. Up to 16 stalls on care, money, housing and staying at home. Times, venues and who is there.https://thesolihullpost.co.uk/jlr-job-cuts-solihull-support/https://thesolihullpost.co.uk/jlr-job-cuts-solihull-support/Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsJLR plans to cut about 4,000 non-production roles over two years. What ministers told MPs, the £500,000 WMCA jobs offer and the redundancy rules that apply.https://thesolihullpost.co.uk/solihull-cep-tea-party-the-core/https://thesolihullpost.co.uk/solihull-cep-tea-party-the-core/Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnFree afternoon at The Core on Friday 23 October, 1pm to 4pm. Teachers and youth workers meet arts organisations, with CPD tasters, tea, cake and a prize draw.https://thesolihullpost.co.uk/solihull-house-prices-june-2026/https://thesolihullpost.co.uk/solihull-house-prices-june-2026/Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsSolihull's average home cost £334,966 in June, up £13,410 in a year. Almost all of that rise came last summer: prices have barely moved since September 2025.https://thesolihullpost.co.uk/knowle-jeweller-nations-favourite-businesses-2026/https://thesolihullpost.co.uk/knowle-jeweller-nations-favourite-businesses-2026/Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsCaroline Creba Fine Jewellery in Knowle and migraine eyewear brand Aura Clarity in Elmdon are on Small Business Saturday's 2026 list of favourite UK businesses.https://thesolihullpost.co.uk/solihull-send-inspection-ofsted-cqc/https://thesolihullpost.co.uk/solihull-send-inspection-ofsted-cqc/Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsOfsted and CQC rate Solihull's SEND arrangements 'inconsistent', the middle of three verdicts. Waits are too long and EHC plans vary. Re-inspection in 3 years.https://thesolihullpost.co.uk/riverside-family-hub-garden-chelmsley-wood/https://thesolihullpost.co.uk/riverside-family-hub-garden-chelmsley-wood/Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsA £49,828 Severn Trent grant has turned unused ground at Chelmsley Wood's Riverside Family Hub into a sensory garden. 151 local families voted on the design.https://thesolihullpost.co.uk/under-the-same-sky-tudor-grange-park/https://thesolihullpost.co.uk/under-the-same-sky-tudor-grange-park/Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnHeld on Saturday 3 October, free: a kite procession by 16 Solihull groups, Pop Voices choir and an aerial show on a seven-metre rig in Tudor Grange Park.https://thesolihullpost.co.uk/solihull-send-reform-plan-deficit/https://thesolihullpost.co.uk/solihull-send-reform-plan-deficit/Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsSolihull's SEND plan reaches scrutiny on 8 September. Approval this month would clear £33.9m of a £37.7m schools deficit. EHC plans are up 12% to 2,805.