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Trainers on grass

Wordsley Park improvements

Volunteers at Wordsley Park have welcomed section 106 funding for improvements totalling almost £25,000.

driving at night

Council to begin enforcement action

Drivers in Stourbridge are being warned that Dudley Council and West Midlands Police are planning to take enforcement action along the High Street.

Carl Southall and Michael Edwards from the green care team with Councillor Damian Corfield

Borough spring clean-up

Residents across the borough are being thanked for their support in keeping the borough clean and green, as Dudley Council undertakes its spring and summer spruce up.

Cllr Damian Corfield with Zoe Norton at the new South Road zebra crossing

New crossing is welcomed by residents

Residents have welcomed work from Dudley Council to make road safety improvements in the Norton area of Stourbridge.

Cllr Damian Corfield with lead contractor Nicky Day at the night time blitz on potholes in Peartree Lane, Netherton

Council working nights to blitz potholes

Council contractors are working nights to blitz potholes on roads across the borough.

Jenni Newton, Cllr Paul Bradley and Rob Wright

Tree planting for festivities

Christmas celebrations in Dudley borough are going green, with 12 trees having been permanently planted in central locations across the borough this week.

fresh fruit and veg

New waste and recycling plans announced during Food Waste Action Week

Dudley Council has revealed new waste and recycling plans to coincide with this year’s Food Waste Action Week.

Cllr Damian Corfield - green bin collections

Nearly 25,000 sign up for garden waste collections

Nearly 25,000 households have signed up for garden waste collections in just over a fortnight – and it is not too late to register.

Young people from the King's Trust at Saltwells NNR

Get Ready for Careers in Nature Conservation with The King’s Trust and Saltwells National Nature Reserve

Dudley Council Countryside Service has teamed up once again with The King’s Trust (formerly Prince’s Trust) to deliver training for 18 to 30 year olds in practical conservation.

Councillor Damian Corfield, cabinet member for higways and environment with a newly installed public electric vehicle charging point (2)

First on-street electric chargers for the borough

The first public electric vehicle charge points have been installed as part of a borough-wide strategy to make electric vehicles more accessible.

STREET RACING BANNED

Black Country street racing injunction remains in place

The injunction banning street racing in the Black Country has been permitted to continue by the High Court following a hearing in Birmingham yesterday (Wednesday 26 February, 2025) – with judge, The Honourable Mr Justice Ritchie, finding it to be "very effective".

Car Parking Meter on Tower Street, Dudley cropped

Car parking charges to be frozen for five years

The cost of charges on council-owned car parks across the borough will be frozen for five years, it was revealed today.