Local Headlines from Monday, October 27th, 2025

Workers must get back to the ‘real world’ by returning to the office according to Dudley Council leader, Patrick Harley.

Stalled plans for an Eton college in Dudley have prompted calls from a leading councillor for the scheme to be scrapped.

Police have been investigating after a property in Netherton was broken into last month, and a sound bar was taken along with a games console, controller, and games.

West Midlands Police have arrested a man after a woman was raped in Walsall in what they are treating as a racially aggravated attack.

The owner of Halesowen Mini Market & Butchers pleaded guilty to six offences under food hygiene and safety legislation at Dudley Magistrates’ Court last week.