Local Headlines from Saturday, April 18th, 2026

Council candidates set to slug it out across Dudley

Dudley politicians are gearing up for hotly contested elections which will shape how the borough is run for the coming year.
Former Dudley leader says ‘think outside the box’

Dudley Council needs to rethink how it spends taxpayers cash according to the leader of a party with an anti-cuts agenda.
No shame in ‘potholes by postcode’ deals

Dudley’s Liberal Democrat leader is making no apologies for doing ‘potholes by postcode’ deals with council leaders.