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Local elections 2026
Local elections 2026

'We want to leave Walsall and an election won't change things'

Voters are sharing the issues that concern them as all 60 seats in Walsall are contested.
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  1. Duncan Horlor sat on a brown straw bench with his partner and two brown dogs. Duncan is bald, wears glasses a blue jumper and blue jeans while his partners has a blonde bob and smiles with her arms around one of the brown dogs. She is wearing a pink floral dress and black tights.

  2. Reform UK leader, Nigel Farage sitting in a radio studio wearing a blue blazer, pink spotty tie, headphonea and talking into a microphone.

  3. An artist impression of a bridge over a canal with people walking along it.

  4. A stock image of a group of mature learners in a classroom. A blonde long-haired woman in an orange jumper is in focus, her chin resting on one hand and a pen in the other. She is smiling as she looks to the front. Three men and a woman sit on surrounding tables, out of focus.

  5. A woman is taking a selfie of her family in a fastfood restaurant - she is on the right of the table and has a black top on with her hair tied back and pink rimmed glasses on. Her two sons are in the middle, eating from a little black cardboard box of food and looking straight at the camera. Her daughter is to the left, she is a baby of around a year old and is eating a chip in a pushchair, looking at the camera.

  6. Four people pictured in a split screen formation. Far left woman in stripey red and white top and glasses, brown hair. Second from left a tall man with beard, glasses, black beanie hat and white t-shirt talking into a microphone. Third from left a woman with red hair talking animatedly wearing a brown and white top. Final person far right is a man wearinf a off-white t-shirt, jeans and ginger hair.

  7. A woman with long blonde hair on the left is wearing a yellow jacket and standing next to a man in the middle with a shirt and dark blue jacket. A man with a grey beard on the right is wearing a shirt, tie and blue jacket.

  8. A man in a blue suit and white shirt in a radio studio speaking into a BBC News purple microphone

  9. A woman in an orange high-vis jacket stands on a patch of grass with shops in the background.

  10. A man with short dark hair in a blue jacket and white shirt sat in a radio studio with purple BBC News branding. Behind him is an image of the Houses of Parliament

  11. The back of an ambulance with its doors open, showing a bed for a patient inside and cupboards around the edge of the interior. There are houses in the background.

  12. A woman with dark hair and white top with blue, purple and orange stripes on the sleeves tries out gloves and glasses intended to show what life is like for a dementia patient

  13. Three male police officers stand in a street at night. One officer's black uniform is covered with a florescent vest. A second is wearing all black and has a dog on a lead next to him. The third officer has a florescent jacket and vest one with dark trousers.

  14. A man with a hat on looks at the camera. He is wearing a black T-shirt, blue plaid shirt and a black zip-up hoodie. The sun is shining and there are benches and bushes in the background.

  15. A man with dark hair and facial hair dressed in a black t-shirt and zip jumper with a white logo on it that reads "Training 2 Care". He is standing in an exhibition hall, talking and gesturing with his hands

  16. A group of people walk down the street as the protest. Many are holding red Unite or black flags.

  17. Adrian Hughes arriving at Preston Crown Court. He is wearing a dark blue jumper, dark trousers, and carrying a black bag. He has a bald head.

  18. A woman walks down a Birmingham street seen with overflowing wheelie bins on one side of the pavement and parked cars on the other

  19. A yellow recovery type truck with a long flat bed. On it are at least six e-bikes and or scooters. it is night time so surroundings are dark

  20. Sean Egan, pictured with a neutral expression on his face. He is bald but has a dark blonde beard, he wears a black t-shirt underneath a beige jacket.

  21. Andrew Dill from 2003 and how he might look now - on the left, he has short black hair; on the right, black and grey hair. On the left, a short dark goatee, on the right, a short beard. In both cases he wears a black top.

  22. A group of 12 musicians stand with musical instruments including guitars and a tambourine on a street in Walsall, smiling at the camera.

  23. A smiling Sandy Cawley wears a green beret, tie and cardigan with army badges and insignia. She wears glasses and a white shirt, with a black handbag over one shoulder.