Media Releases

Dudley Council will join a national pilot project to help track down positive cases of coronavirus quicker and break chains of transmission.

Dudley Council is working with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to check and ensure borough businesses have Covid-secure measures in place to help tackle coronavirus.

A builder, whose workmanship was so poor that an extension he constructed at a Stourbridge property had to be demolished and rebuilt, has been prosecuted in a case brought by Dudley Council’s Trading Standards.

The previous owner of a retail butcher in Lye has pleaded guilty to eight food hygiene offences, following a food inspection from Dudley Council.

Residents across the borough are warned to be on their guard for bogus callers claiming to be following up on this year’s Census.

Businesses set to re-open next month have been urged to check their water systems to prevent the risk of Legionella.

The Mayor of Dudley is to open an online book of condolence for borough residents, a year after the country first went into lockdown due to coronavirus.

An innovative project to help dementia sufferers in the borough has been shortlisted for another national award.

There is “no evidence” to link the coronavirus vaccine to blood clots, Dudley borough’s health chief said today.

Businesses across the borough can now apply to test employees in the workplace to help prevent the spread of coronavirus.

Health bosses in Dudley are reminding residents of the need to continue to follow Covid restrictions, with the borough recording a slight increase in Covid-19 cases compared with last week.

Dudley Council has pledged an extra £175,000 for the voluntary and community sector in the borough through Dudley Council for Voluntary Services (DCVS) in recognition of the work the sector has done throughout the pandemic.