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Councillor Patrick Harley, leader of Dudley Council has unveiled his new-look cabinet team. THE leader of Dudley Council has announced his new cabinet, outlining regeneration, supporting businesses and boosting tourism as their top priorities. At a meeting of the full council last night Councillor Patrick Harley said the authority will continue the £1 billion regeneration plan for Dudley, including the new Dudley Leisure Centre, Very Light rail and Metro. The leader also outlined plans to encourage people to “spend locally” to support town centres as part of the Dudley Deal initia...

For testing only - but new distro compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux getting close to release Tim Anderson Tue 4 May 2021 // 13:44 UTC Share Copy The Rocky Linux project, kicked off by original CentOS founder Gregory Kurtzer, has released RC1 of its distribution, which aims to be 100 per cent compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Rocky Linux was founded almost at the same moment when Red Hat, along with the CentOS board, stated last December that it was shifting its investment from CentOS Linux to CentOS Stream. CentOS Linux, a downstream build of the Red Hat...

A BID to build a detached house in Halesowen has been given the go-ahead despite a string of objections from neighbouring residents. People living on Wall Well in Hasbury were dismayed to see the return of the proposal to demolish a garage and build a detached three-bedroom house in its place. A previous application to build a four-bedroom home at the spot was turned down and a bid to get the decision overturned by the planning inspector in 2020 failed. Eleven objections had been submitted against the new proposal to Dudley Council - they prompted the plan to be amended again.

l-r Peter Dobb, Daniel Bevan and councillor Simon Phipps AN OVERGROWN Halesowen footpath is open for the first time in 30 years. The path, which links Hawne Lane to Hayseech along the old colliery boundary, has been cleared by Dudley Council's green care team. It is around half a mile long and will form part of a nine-mile route from Norton, Stourbridge to Leasowes and on to Illey and Lapal. Leaflets advertising the route are being prepared. Roy Burgess, of Halesowen Abbey Trust worked on the scheme, along with campaigners Daniel Bevan and Peter Dobb and councillor Simon Phipps. Roy...

Amid all of this, developers are taking a side: An open letter calling for his removal from all leadership positions has racked up signatures from almost 3,000 individuals and nearly 60 organizations at the time of publication, while an opposing letter in support of Stallman has racked up over 5,000 individual signatures (no organizations have signed).   The response to the return of Stallman— both the fierce backlash and the show of support — highlights how open source software is grappling with issues of accountability and power dynamics. On one side are those who say his behaviours s...