Media Releases

Council bosses in Dudley today thanked the thousands of people who took part in a major consultation on the future of housing and employment land across the Black Country.

Plans to invest more than £50 million across housing services will go before Dudley Council’s cabinet when it meets next week (October 28).

People can enjoy all the fun of the fair at Stevens Park centenary event on Wednesday 27 October from 11am.

A new piece of artwork commemorating the work of inventor Abraham Darby the First who pioneered the production of pig iron during the Industrial Revolution has been unveiled in his birthplace, Wrens Nest, Woodsetton.

Dudley Council’s transport chief has welcomed a £50,000 pot of cash to scope out possible investment to the A461 between Dudley, Brierley Hill and Stourbridge.

Dudley’s regen boss visited a Stourbridge-based company earlier this week to find out how they are creating pioneering building equipment to support developing countries.

Work is due to start on Monday which will see hundreds of extra burial spaces created at Gornal Wood Cemetery.

The three-month countdown is on to Dudley’s official submission for city status as part of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations next year.

A new fly-through video has been released showing how the face of a key gateway into Dudley town centre will change thanks to a new £25 million “university park”.

A time capsule buried underneath a borough library which was unearthed during the process of moving it brick by brick to Black Country Living Museum has been opened by experts at Drakon Heritage.

The pool at Halesowen Leisure Centre is closing at the end of the month for an extended period as part of a multi-million pound revamp of the site.

The popular leisure pool at Stourbridge’s Crystal Leisure Centre will re-open tomorrow (Sat) following eye-catching improvement works.