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Calls for action in Colley Gate after triple ambulance delay
DUDLEY Council is facing demands for action after emergency crews suffered delays getting into a Colley Gate housing estate. The main route into the estate via Highfield Road was closed after a police chase resulted in a car crashing into a building
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Sir Keir Starmer says Dudley Labour has a plan for cost-of-living crisis
SIR Keir Starmer says Labour’s push for power in Dudley’s council house is based on tackling the cost-of-living crisis. The Labour leader was in Dudley on March 28 to launch his party’s campaign for local elections across the UK. Local elections
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Suzanne Webb MP visits new knife bin outside boxing gym
Suzanne Webb MP has visited a brand new knife bin outside a Brierley Hill boxing gym. The Stourbridge MP, who is campaigning to combat knife crime, saw the police knife bin in the flesh at Team Pumpkin Gym. Ms Webb is working with a series
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One in eight homes in Dudley deemed ‘non-decent’
ONE in eight homes in Dudley failed to meet decent standards, new figures show. The Government’s English Housing Survey has revealed 3.6 million homes across the country were deemed ‘non-decent’ because they could either pose a risk to residents
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Alcohol-related hospital admissions in Dudley costing the NHS £13.2 million
ALCOHOL-related hospital admissions in Dudley are costing the NHS £13.2 million a year, new figures suggest. Alcohol Change UK said the number of people affected by alcohol harm is rising. The charity called for more alcohol care teams across hospitals
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Happy Easter from the Bishop of Dudley Rt Rev Martin Gorick
WE live in a time of division. We are passionate about what we believe in, but all too easily despise those we don’t agree with. Instead of asking ‘I wonder’, we can find that our mind is made up by whatever we see on social media, on TV or in our
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Amateur boxing club becomes latest home of new weapon surrender bin
A boxing club is celebrating becoming the latest site of a weapon surrender bin in the Black Country. The new bin at Team Pumpkin Amateur Boxing Club, in Brierley Hill, takes the total number of weapon bins to 31 across the region, with as many
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Young Reporter Empowering Women in the Worlds of sports Olivia Golde-Thompson SFC
Traditional stereotypes involving women’s capabilities in sport would suggest that they are inferior to males when it comes down to their performance, resulting in women having to work so much harder to gain the same amount of recognition that men