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Plans for a new multi-million-pound supported housing development in Brierley Hill are progressing as Dudley Council seeks a housing provider to run the scheme.

More than 50 people from Queens Cross Network have created a waterfall of poppies for display at a church in Amblecote ahead of Remembrance.

Dudley Council House is to be lit up in purple on Tuesday 25 October to raise awareness of a debilitating nervous system condition.

Covid cases are continuing to rise in Dudley borough, with the largest number of cases being seen in children and young people.

Dudley Council is organising two online events next week to help people who are struggling with loneliness to access local activities, community groups and support services.

People in Halesowen are being urged to get a Covid PCR test, however mild their symptoms, in response to a rise in cases in the area.

A drive-in coronavirus testing centre in Dudley borough is moving to a new location next week.

Free exercise instructor training is being offered to people who volunteer at Dudley Council’s popular Park Active sessions.

A “lifesaving” helpline which offered support to thousands of vulnerable and isolated elderly and disabled residents during the first lockdown has been nominated for a regional award.

A campaign which encouraged thousands of borough children to have the flu vaccine last year is set to return.

The role of volunteers have been hailed in the borough – as a special awards ceremony was held online to crown Dudley’s “Covid Heroes”.

Pregnant women in the borough are being urged to get their flu jabs as soon as possible.