Media Releases

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Lateral flow tests

Businesses able to test workforce

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

Couple with young child near blossom tree

Protect your loved ones this Easter

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.

cllr steve clark

Funding to say thank you to DCVS for Covid support

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.

Court gavel

Dudley pub must pay more than £10,000 due to mice

The owners of a Dudley pub have been ordered to pay more than £10,000 by a court – after environmental health officers found evidence of mice in the premises.

Food store

Business supports vulnerable residents

A local business has been volunteering its time to help deliver essentials to vulnerable residents.

Cllr Nicolas Barlow

Rogue Roofer Found Guilty of poor workmanship

A rogue roofer whose workmanship was so poor that a new flat roof he fitted at a Halesowen home had to be replaced five months after installation has appeared in court.

Cigarettes

Online sessions offered on No Smoking Day

Smokers in Dudley Borough are urged to take the first step in giving up cigarettes for good with online support sessions being offered for No Smoking Day on Wednesday (10 March).

Councillor Ruth Buttery

Parents and pupils urged to participate in testing programme

As children prepare for the return to school next week, education and public health chiefs are urging people in Dudley borough to participate in NHS rapid testing for Covid-19.

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Support for residents now advised to shield

Around 7,000 borough residents who have been newly advised by the NHS to shield until the end of March are being contacted by Dudley Council.

Vaccines for Covid 19

Vaccination programme “progressing well” to protect most vulnerable

More than 95 per cent of people aged 70 and over in the borough have now received the first jab of the coronavirus vaccine, delighted health chiefs said today.

Inside cornbow hall

Shopping warning issued as nearly 100,000 visit Halesowen

People are being reminded that they should only be going shopping for essentials – after it emerged nearly 100,000 people visited Halesowen’s Cornbow Centre last week.

Lateral flow tests

Lateral flow tests still available at selected pharmacies

People in Dudley can still take advantage of symptom free Covid-19 testing in Dudley borough, with extended appointment times now available at some test centres.