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As the Black Country UNESCO Global Geopark reaches its first birthday, Dudley Council’s regen boss looks at how the Geopark will benefit from the borough’s £1billion regeneration programme.

Dudley Leisure Centre will be running two, one-week intensive swimming courses over the summer holidays.

A new coronavirus testing centre is being set up on the Royal British Legion car park on Ruiton Street, Lower Gornal this week following community feedback.

The Mayor of Dudley has written to the Queen outlining her chosen charities for the year ahead, a choice inspired by the work of the Royal family.

Anyone aged 18 and over is urged to grab a jab at the covid vaccine van when it returns to the borough this week.

More than £720,000 will be spent on making the borough’s roads safer for pedestrians and drivers.

Dudley Council’s telecare service, which provides round the clock support to thousands of borough residents, has retained its quality mark for the 14th year running.

Residents will get the chance to have their say on a major housing plan for Dudley borough with the leader of the council hailing their views as “central” to the work.

Two new Public Space Protection Orders (PSPOs) are proposed and could come into force in parts of the borough later this month to tackle issues of anti-social behaviour.

A new coronavirus test site will open in Sedgley to boost testing capacity in the north of the borough as cases continue to rise.

A consultation to extend legislation banning motor vehicles, motorbikes and quadbikes on a number of green spaces has launched this week.

The Lead for Law and Governance and the wider Democratic Services team have both been shortlisted as part of the Lawyers in Local Government Awards