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FIVE elected officials with a combined total of more than 100 years’ service on Dudley Council are to be honoured. Former Mayor of Dudley Dave Tyler and long-serving Quarry Bank councillor Bryan Cotterill - who both stood down this year after serving 21 and 22 years respectively - are to be made honorary aldermen of the borough. The title is one of the highest honours awarded by Dudley Council and recognises outstanding service to the borough. Les Jones, a former leader of the council, and Hilary Bills, a former deputy mayor, are to be awarded the freedom of the borough. Both also...

LONG-SERVING councillors Les Jones and Dave Tyler have said a fond farewell to Dudley Council after more than 20 years of service each.

Cllr Patrick Harley, leader of Dudley Council. DUDLEY'S Conservative Group has turned the borough overwhelmingly blue this morning after giving Labour a beating at the polls. The Tories now hold 46 seats on Dudley Council and have finally gained the majority that has eluded them in recent election battles. Councillor Patrick Harley, leader of Dudley's Conservative Group and Dudley Council, described the results as "unbelievable" and he added: "It's been a long-time coming." Just three Labour councillors managed to hang onto their seats after voters went to the polls for the 2021 local...

Pic: Google A SCHEME to demolish 15 garages and replace them with two bungalows in Quarry Bank is being opposed by residents who say they are still needed and in use. The application to tonight's (Wednesday March 10) meeting of Dudley Council's development control committee has sparked objections from neighbours who say if the garages go the lack of parking will increase congestion.  Cllr Byan Cotterill, who represents Quarry Bank and Dudley Wood ward, is backing the residents’ opposition to the plans on Belle Vue Road. Writing to the committee he has said: “Considering the ov...

JOB losses created by Covid could see poverty in Dudley become ‘rampant’ as the number of benefit claimants increase over the coming months, it has been claimed. Council officers predict new claims for council tax reductions from those on low wages or unemployed could reach 17,500 at the end of July before falling off later this year.  In a discussion on Dudley’s proposed budget council tax increase of 4.99 per cent, Quarry Bank and Dudley Wood councillor Bryan Cotterill told a meeting of the Corporate Scrutiny Committee that poverty could become ‘unimaginable’. He said: ...