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Stourbridge and Gornal crematoriums to close to visitors
STOURBRIDGE and Gornal crematoriums are to close to visitors from Good Friday in a bid to protect residents during the coronavirus crisis. Bosses at Dudley Council have decided to close the two local-authority run crematoriums in line with government
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Coronavirus death toll in Dudley reaches 110
A FURTHER four patients who tested positive for COVID-19 have died at Russells Hall Hospital. Dudley hospital chiefs confirmed today the deaths of four patients, aged between 76 and 86-years-old. All four patients had underlying health conditions
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Dudley hospitals have 'sufficient supplies' of personal protective equipment, boss says
DUDLEY'S hospital chief has moved to reassure people that hospitals have sufficient supplies of personal protective equipment to keep staff safe from Covid-19. Diane Wake, chief executive of the Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust which runs Russells
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Unexploded bomb discovered in Stourbridge woods
AN unexploded bomb has been discovered in woodland in Stourbridge. Bomb disposal experts carried out a controlled explosion of the device this morning (Thursday, April 9). The Royal Logistics Corps were spotted at the beauty spot today, along
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Police dog helps chase suspected stolen van
A SUSPECTED stolen van was tracked down in Pensnett by officers and a police dog. The force's dog unit pursued van, which was suspected to be stolen and running on false plates, to Swan Street on Wednesday night (April 8). Police say the driver
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Coronavirus: Black Country and national news (April 9)
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Red House Glass Cone to be lit up in support of carers
THE Red House Glass Cone at Wordsley is to be lit up again tonight (Thursday) as part of the weekly ‘Clap for Carers’ movement. Production manager Ryan Barnsley at Ian Livie.com- Concert & Corporate Lighting, who provide specialist lighting equipment
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£400 fine warning over fly-tipping in Sandwell as cases surge
PEOPLE who dump their rubbish during the coronavirus pandemic are being warned they will be fined £400. Several incidents of fly-tipping have been reported across Sandwell over the past week. The council has suspended green bin collections and
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Letter from Westminster: Stourbridge MP Suzanne Webb
This week I thought I would begin by giving you an insight into my life as a Westminster politician during the unprecedented crisis that is the invisible killer, coronavirus. Before the House rose for recess social distancing was implemented in