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  • Council to plant tree for every child starting school

    PLANS to plant 15,000 trees in Sandwell – one for every child who starts school in the next two years – have been approved by senior councillors. Cabinet members gave the green light to the £90k scheme to create new woodlands starting with 4,900

  • Plans for new PSCOs on streets backed

    TEN new Police Community Support Officers are set to pound the beat in the Dudley borough after a plan was backed by councillors.  Members of the cabinet supported a scheme which will see Dudley Council spend £750,000 on five PCSOs over three years

  • Dudley Council house rent rise plan called in for scrutiny

    A PLAN to increase council house rents in the borough has been called in for scrutiny. Finances bosses have suggested a 2.7 percent increase in rent charges on social housing across the borough, as a national government on social rents is lifted

  • Villagers invited to join Wall Heath Residents Association

    COMMUNITY event organisers in Wall Heath are inviting more villagers to get involved and help with future fundraising and fun projects. Natalie Neale from the Wall Heath Residents Association is encouraging people to attend the group’s next meeting