Local Headlines from Monday, March 2nd, 2026

A council has rejected plans that would allow a car dealership to stay after it opened without permission last year.

A councillor for Dudley town centre says crime is on the rise and causing decline in the area.

The Birmingham Gay Symphony Orchestra, proud to be the LGBT orchestra of the Midlands, presents ‘Stone to Sky’ at St Paul’s Cathedral in the Jewellery Quarter.

Plans to restore the planters in Tanhouse are set to move ahead after funding for the project was secured by the Liberal Democrats in Dudley Council’s recent budget.