A charity worker and debt councillor is calling on Dudley Council to reconsider its ‘kneejerk reaction’ to scrap a vital service.

Sandwell Council has set out a balanced budget for 2025/26 which supports vulnerable people and sets a path to deliver long-lasting change for residents.

Work on a £150,000 scheme to improve Dudley Market is set to start in April, it has been revealed.

Residents can find out what is happening in their area at public community meetings being held across the Dudley next month.

Dudley Council will no longer be offering its paid-for commercial waste collections service, due to it currently not being cost effective and there being no certainty on future take-up.

Dudley Council is waiving road closure charges for communities hosting street parties to celebrate the 80th anniversary of VE Day.

Music royalty, Beverley Knight and Will Young are topping the bill on 3rd July as part of The Warwick Sessions 2025.

Young people across Wolverhampton will have the opportunity to watch a National Theatre production in their school hall as a production of 'The Leftbehinds' heads out on tour.

A new play about ageing, the human spirit an affectionate tribute to the Carry On films is coming to Walsall.

Last year an extra 135,000 GP appointments were offered to patients across Walsall between the months of January and November.

Council housing bosses were forced to defend themselves from accusations of using cruel language during a debate on rent increases.

Cuts to the voluntary sector will be ‘an opportunity’ according to the local authority’s public health chief.

The closure of pop-up tips in the borough will not result in more fly-tipping according to the Dudley Council.

Campaigners fighting to ‘save’ the birthplace of Black Sabbath have called for a “lasting legacy” ahead of the Brummie band being given Freedom of the City.

Dudley Council’s highways chief claimed people are ‘not getting the truth’ in a fiery debate about potholes.

The MP for Walsall and Bloxwich has slammed Network Rail over false promises made to improve accessibility at Bescot Stadium railway station which currently has no step-free access on any platform. 

A pot of community cash for good causes in Dudley borough is back in the council’s budget despite deep cuts being planned elsewhere.

Plans which will see a crumbling Black Country leisure centre demolished as part of a £24m upgrade have been submitted. 

Dudley Council has done a U-turn on its decision to dispose of the mayor’s limousine during the latest round of cuts.

The Department for Education has refused to answer questions about its plan to destroy a Walsall woodland in order to build a new school, as a ‘perfectly viable’ school building stands empty nearby.

‘Oh Yes You Can’ was the message from TV presenter Alison Hammond when she met two young apprentices hoping to land a dream career in the theatre industry.

The upper floors of the Ryemarket carpark will temporarily close for essential maintenance work, starting next month.

A plan to create an improved, lean and financially stable council that is focused on delivering essential high-quality services to Dudley borough residents, will go before cabinet next week.

Around £24,000 worth of illegal cigarettes, tobacco and disposable vapes have been seized from traders across Walsall as part of a crackdown on the illicit tobacco trade.

Kingswinford and South Staffordshire MP Mike Wood has visited the area’s largest potato processing facility to meet with staff and hear about the results of £17m investment.

British astronaut, Tim Peake will bring the awe and wonder of space travel to the stage when his latest tour blasts off across the country, flying into Wolverhampton on 29th September 2025.

Time is running out to experience the magical spectacle of Jack and The Beanstalk, the biggest pantomime in the borough.

Over 50s living in Halesowen and Stourbridge can enjoy activities to help beat the winter blues thanks to Age Concern Stourbridge and Halesowen.

The future is uncertain for the Walsall Arena and Arts Centre after the portfolio holder for regeneration revealed plans to ‘reprovide’ the facility in the town centre.

Dudley’s finance chief has admitted the council’s budget plans will hurt people already coping with cost of living pressures.

A pub director, who failed to ensure food safety and hygiene standards were correctly met at a premises where he was formally based, has been charged in court.

A shop trader who sold illegal tobacco with four other men has been jailed for 34 months following a case brought by Dudley Council’s Trading Standards.

The Mayor of Dudley has met with a Dudley bin man, who bravely went into a burning Halesowen home to switch off electrics and rescue three dogs.

People can get free goodies with a membership offer to celebrate the third anniversary of the opening of Duncan Edwards Leisure Centre in Dudley.

People from across Dudley borough have attended a commemorative event at Dudley College today, marking the atrocities of the Holocaust.

The Mayor of Dudley has attended an opening event for a new business premises in Halesowen.

Drivers will face new 20mph speed limits after Dudley Council’s highways chief approved a range of traffic orders.

Dudley Council is in the process of finalising its spending for the next financial year and facing the tough task of saving and eye-watering £42m to balance the books.

A ‘toxic’ political environment in a Dudley ward led to an alleged attempted attack on a councillor, a report has revealed.

Dudley Council’s environment chief has defended a proposed hike in garden waste collection fees from £36 to £52.

Police in Walsall have arrested a 15-year-old boy on suspicion of possessing a samurai sword.

A tribute to rock and roll legend Tom Petty is on at Dudley Town Hall next month.

Changes to improve the Dudley Schools Library Service are being implemented this January.

Halesowen’s branch of WHSmith will close in April after the retailer said it was "no longer sustainable to trade from this location."

Following a highly successful run at Birmingham Rep, The Snowflake presented by Birmingham Rep, Polka Theatre and Little Angel Theatre will tour to 18 libraries across the West Midlands during January and February.

Dance legend, Carlos Acosta visited Wolverhampton Grand Theatre on Tuesday to celebrate performances of 'Nutcracker in Havana', which saw his company take to the Wolverhampton stage for the first time.

Borough residents will be able to apply for a one-off payment of £200 from Dudley Council next week to help with living costs.

A fraudster, who conned Dudley borough homeowners out of thousands of pounds for work he never intended to do, has been handed a lengthy sentence behind bars.

A car crashed into a building on Mucklow Hill in Halesowen this morning meaning delays for rush hour traffic.

Applications for the BBC Gardeners’ World Live Beautiful Borders competition, a chance to share your garden design talent with tens of thousands of gardening enthusiasts, close on 23 January.

A venue has been accused of ”blatantly disregarding public safety” for allowing unmuzzled XL bullies at a ‘family’ dog show.

The future of Dudley’s council-run leisure centres is secure for five years according to the council’s leader, despite the authority’s financial woes.

Wolverhampton Grand Theatre is celebrating its most successful pantomime season following the final performances of Beauty and the Beast.

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.