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Before you mistle-toss them into the attic, you can turn your unwanted Christmas gifts into a lifeline for seriously ill children by donating them to Acorns Children’s Hospice.

New data shows that Sandwell is performing strongly when it comes to children’s physical activity, with the borough now ranked among the top ten local authorities nationally.

Festivities are in full swing at Dudley Zoo and Castle with animals enjoying some early Christmas enrichment treats.

Dudley Council’s coffers will get a boost from the government’s latest finance settlement but opinions are divided about how much it will help.

Dudley Council has announced proposals for significant additional investment for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities in next year’s budget.

A local company contracted by Dudley Council has worked with the authority and its own staff to collect contributions for the Dudley Group of hospitals toy appeal.

Feel festive with a community focussed Christmas tree festival at Wordsley’s Red House Glass Cone this December.

A West Midlands under 13’s football team has received a brand-new training kit thanks to sponsorship from alternative business lender, BCRS Business Loans.

Two men have been jailed after police recovered a gun and Class A drugs after pursuing a stolen car in Sandwell.

Sir Lenny Henry is returning to his hometown with a new show next year – with tickets available just in time for Christmas.

It’s expected to be the busiest shopping day of the year on Saturday and Christmas shoppers will be able to park for free in town centres across the borough.

Steps legend, Faye Tozer has joined the cast of Mean Girls The Musical which opens at Wolverhampton Grand Theatre on 23rd June 2026.

Dudley Council’s latest carbon cutting statistics came with a word of caution on ‘false accounting’ about how improvements were achieved.

The Mayor of Dudley has praised the work of the Sedgley Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets, following his visit to the group last night.

Borough residents are urged to check when council services are running due to changes during the Christmas holidays.

Dudley Council’s leader dismissed a debate which held up discussions on cutting parking charges as filibustering and ‘bloody nonsense’.

People can help shape future decisions around Dudley Council’s budget by having their say in a six-week consultation.

Dudley Council’s business rates and recovery team has won a case worth more than £200,000 after pursuing a landlord who had not been paying rates.

The owners of the pub hailed as the birthplace of Black Sabbath have been told the use of an unauthorised car park on the pub site should be ceased.

Two staff networks from West Midlands Ambulance Service have come together to organise a donation of essential supplies for people in Jamaica after the devastating hurricane Melissa in October.

Mayor Richard Parker has secured another £36 million to invest in active travel projects to get more people cycling and walking across the region.

The Stourbridge Lion Lib Dem Team, are calling for Dudley Council to repaint the yellow hatch markings on a busy Wollaston junction.

A Walsall shop has been ordered to pay over £2,000 by Dudley Magistrates’ Court after selling a disposable vape to a person under the age of 18.

Families are invited to enjoy a magical, musical, festive performance of Sleeping Beauty at West Bromwich Town Hall from Friday 19 December through to Tuesday 23 December.

Dudley Council is partnering with community organisation Donate 1 Create 1 to provide Christmas dinner and gifts for care leavers.

Plans to bring Eton College to the borough will go ahead with the move hailed as a “big vote of confidence in Dudley” by the council’s leader.

The saga of the failed sale of the former Dudley Leisure Centre looks set to drag into a third year.

Birmingham Council is set to push ahead with introducing fortnightly bin collections next summer despite major plans being branded ‘madness’ by opposition.

A car wash on Shell Corner near Blackheath will have to demolish a building which was put up without permission.

Birmingham Hippodrome has raised over £50,000 to help make the arts more accessible for young people across the West Midlands.

The much-loved Christmas at Delph Stables carols and crafting event is back again this December for its fourth year – bringing even more festive cheer to the Brierley Hill canalside.

Dudley MP, Sonia Kumar has welcomed the reinstatement of a bus service secured after raising concerns directly with Transport for West Midlands and championing residents affected by the route’s withdrawal earlier this year.

Nine out of ten residents who have complained to Dudley Council about anti-social behaviour this year are happy with the way the authority has tackled the issue, new figures reveal.

New bins will be delivered to residents from January as Dudley Council introduces a new waste and recycling service in line with national government legislation.

Stay healthy this festive season with a drop-in mobile flu vaccine clinic in Dudley this week.

A woman has been hit with a £300 fine after rubbish dumped on a country lane in the borough was traced back to her.

A Cradley Heath-based financial services firm has made a generous donation to a voluntary community group that supports vulnerable families and individuals across the Black Country and beyond. 

The mother of 16-year-old Liberty Charris has submitted a formal complaint about the handling of her daughters death to both West Midlands Police and the IOPC.

A Black Country Radio presenter has landed a daytime show on a national BBC radio station.

Sandwell council refused to let a vulnerable mother have her representative present at an important meeting and made serious and unsubstantiated allegations about both of them during an investigation by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman.

A 20 year-old man’s been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following a shooting in Bartley Green on Sunday.