DUDLEY Council is hosting a series of ‘your home, your forums’ events this month - giving people chance to speak to councillors and police and have a say on local issues.

The Dudley meeting for people in Castle and Priory, St James’s, St Thomas’s, Netherton and Holly Hall, Quarry Bank and Dudley Wood, will be on October 7 at The Savoy Centre, Northfield Road, Netherton.

The Brierley Hill meeting, for people in Brierley Hill, Brockmoor, Pensnett, Wall Heath, Kingswinford and Wordsley, will be on October 9 at Brierley Hill Methodist Church, Bank Street.

The Dudley North meeting, for anyone living in Coseley, Sedgley, Gornal, Upper Gornal and Woodsetton, will be on October 24 at Lower Gornal Royal British Legion, Ruiton Street, Dudley.

On October 28, people in Belle Vale, Hayley Green, Halesowen, Cradley and Wollescote are invited to a meeting at Halesowen Town Hall, Hagley Street, Halesowen.

On October 30, the Stourbridge meeting for people in Amblecote, Lye, Stourbridge North, Norton, Pedmore, Stourbridge East, Wollaston and Stourbridge Town will be held at Wollaston Village Hall, Bridgnorth Road, Wollaston, Stourbridge.

Councillor James Clinton, the council's cabinet member responsible for the community meetings, said: "This is the first time residents will have had the opportunity to come along to a forum and meet with councillors who were elected in May.

"As councillors and as a council, it’s really important we get to know our residents and learn more about the issues and ideas at the heart of our communities.

"We would love to see as many people at the meetings as possible."

To register attendance visit https://www.dudley.gov.uk/council-community/your-home-your-forum/

The forums are informal, giving people chance to have their say about their local area, with a chance to talk to police and local councillors.

The forums run from 6.30pm to 8.30pm.