Media Releases

Pens Meadow school was officially opened this week (18 March)

The director and a manager of Top UKs Fried Chicken Halal Ltd were ordered to pay a combined sum of more than £7,000, following a hearing at Dudley Magistrates Court last week.

Plans to build an ice rink in Dudley town centre are expected to take a major step forward tomorrow.

A married couple have been jailed for three years each for their involvement in the execution of a fraudulent £175,000 will for a pensioner in their care.

A proposal for Dudley Council to buy Ladies Walk in Sedgley - securing the future of library and health facilities in the town - has been given the green light.

Dudley Council has agreed a deal in principle for Ladies Walk in Sedgley, the leader of the authority has revealed.

A crown court judge hailed Dudley Council trading standards officers after they exposed a £175,000 fraud that led to a former borough care home manager being put behind bars.

Dudley Council’s trading standards team has won a national award for its record-breaking work in shutting down shops linked to organised crime.

A butcher in Lye was temporarily shut down after environmental health officers discovered evidence rats were in the shop, a court was told.

A council chief has hailed the authority’s “superb” trading standards team after its latest high-profile court victory.

The owner of Halesowen Mini Market & Butchers, Mr Farouk Rasoul, pleaded guilty to six offences under food hygiene and safety legislation at Dudley Magistrates’ Court last week (Wednesday 22 October).

A Dudley-based estate agent who lost a tribunal appeal has been hit with a hefty fine, following a case brought by Dudley Council’s trading standards team.