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Russells Hall Hospital.

Call to scrap Dudley hospital car parking charges

A Dudley councillor has backed calls to permanently scrap all hospital parking fees and slammed the ‘scandal’ of making ‘our NHS Heroes pay a fortune for risking their lives to save ours.’

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'Get writing' challenge to local children

Children across the Black Country are being invited to enter a creative writing competition at the start of a big reading campaign backed by top authors and publishers.
The cortege at the church

Ray's Taxis: From thousands of weddings to a funeral

A cortege including three very special cars meant Dudley's Ray Boxley got a fittingly stylish send off on his last journey.
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Fit and healthy Dudley delivery man, 48, dies of Covid

A Dudley family are still struggling to come to terms with the loss of a fit and healthy 48-year-old who died of Covid.

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The Beacon Centre in Sedgley. Image: Google Maps.

Dudley charity's £5 plea to cover devastating funding loss

A Dudley charity losing nearly £10,000 a week has launched a ‘Fiver Fortnight’ appeal with the hope of raising £1.3m to keep it running for another year.
Foster parents playing with baby.

Search is on for more foster parents in Dudley

THE SEARCH for new foster carers in Dudley is continuing – online.
Domestic abuse is on the increase in Dudley due to lockdown, warns a women's refuge. Picture posed by models

Lockdown sparks increased domestic abuse in Dudley

A REFUGE dealing with growing levels of domestic abuse across Dudley has been given a welcome boost.
The Beacon Centre in Sedgley. Image: Google Maps.

The event that didn't happen raises £9,000. for Dudley charity

A Dudley sight loss charity that has taken a battering from Covid has just been given a major boost – from a soccer tournament that didn’t take place!
Anthony Hill sent in this picvture from the 60s

Revealed: How we grew up in Dudley

THOSE were the days, weren’t they?

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On the shop floor

Dudley firm signs up to Real Living Wage

A DUDLEY business which has been growing strongly despite the pandemic decided it should ‘give something back’ – so it signed up to pay the Real Living Wage to staff.