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Dudley, West Midlands, UK.
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@dudleymbc
Dudley Council
2 years
Upper Gornal and Woodsetton - Labour and Co-operative Party GAIN #LocalElections22
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@dudleymbc
Dudley Council
2 years
We were delighted to host the European champions @Azzurri at The Dell Stadium this morning for a behind closed doors session ahead of their clash with England at Molineux!. Want to play on the same hallowed turf as Donnarumma and co? Find out more at
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Dudley Council
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Today marks 63 years since the tragic and untimely death of Dudley's most famous footballing son, Duncan Edwards. He was just 21. A statue and now a museum in Dudley town centre ensures his legacy will live on for future generations. A real local hero, we won't forget him ❤️
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Dudley Council
4 years
We did it! The Black Country is a @UNESCO Global Geopark.Our geological heritage is now recognised internationally! In the words of the leader…” This is a truly a momentous occasion for the Black Country.” Read more about what this means here –
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Dudley Council
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The Mayor of Dudley today laid a wreath at the Duncan Edwards statue in Dudley town centre to mark the 65th anniversary of the star’s tragic death. Full story:
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Dudley Council
2 years
. @birminghamcg22 batonbearer @GianiSukhaSingh at Wrens Nest National Nature Reserve #QBR2022
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Dudley Council
4 years
Look out for these to see which direction you should be watching for the firework show... starts at 8 but stay at home! #LightUpDudley
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Dudley Council
4 years
If you enjoyed the fireworks don't forget you can donate to @DudleyMayor charities - @bcfoodbank Victim Support and @sja_dudleyarea - by text. Details here #lightupdudley
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Dudley Council
5 years
A beauty spot home to one of the richest collections of rare brightly coloured mushrooms in the country will be protected for future generations. @NaturalEngland has declared The Leasowes a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). Full story here:
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Dudley Council
4 years
Cavendish House - going, going…and very nearly gone!
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Dudley Council
4 years
Thank You NHS - Russell's Hall Hospital lit up as part of our spectacular fireworks and lighting display tonight to say thank you to the borough's Covid heroes. Fireworks let off at 8pm - PLEASE watch safely from your doorsteps and gardens and don't travel out - and enjoy!
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Dudley Council
4 years
We're pleased to announce green waste collections are to be reinstated across the borough later this month. The service is set to be reinstated from April 27.
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Dudley Council
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Dudley’s new £18m leisure centre will be named after Duncan Edwards, it was revealed today. Council chiefs said it would be called The Duncan Edwards Leisure Centre in honour of the borough’s most famous sporting son. News release:
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Dudley Council
4 years
Cavendish House has finally disappeared from Dudley’s skyline – forever! Contractors have today (Mon) completed work to fully knock down the eyesore building, nearly a week ahead of schedule.
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Dudley Council
5 years
All set up and ready for tonight's BBC Question Time, which is being filmed at Dudley Town Hall! See it on BBC One at 10.35pm!
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Dudley Council
4 years
A special Happy Black Country Day message from the Prime Minister, @BorisJohnson ! #BCfestivalonline #BlackCountryDay #MadeInTheBlackCountry #BlackCountry
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Dudley Council
4 years
Dudley Town Hall lit up for @officialBCday - dow it look bostin! Hope you've all had a great day celebrating who yow am and where yow'm from. Keep owt the oss road. #BCfestivalonline #BlackCountryDay #MadeInTheBlackCountry
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Dudley Council
5 years
The parade gets underway in #Dudley ahead of today's #Remembrance Day service
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Dudley Council
6 years
After receiving Freedom of Dudley Borough @RAF_Cosford march through #Dudley town centre to a special service to honour heroes from the Battle of Britain
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Dudley Council
6 years
Hundreds of people are already gathered at Mary Stevens Park in Stourbridge for the arrival of Prince William, who is officially unveiling a new statue of Frank Foley at the park today.
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Dudley Council
6 years
Dudley remembers Duncan Edwards with a minute's applause by his statue this afternoon, on the 60th anniversary of the Munich air disaster which cut his life so tragically short.
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Dudley Council
4 years
We're suspending car parking charges for three months on all our car parks to help frontline staff who still need to travel to work during the coronavirus crisis. It comes into force tomorrow (Thursday).
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Dudley Council
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📍 Constituency: STOURBRIDGE 📊 Result: LABOUR WIN 🗳️ Turnout: 58.6% Full results 👉 #GE2024 #GeneralElection #DudleyElections
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Dudley Council
6 years
Prince William has just left Mary Stevens Park - with a final compliment for the beautiful cakes in the coffee lounge!
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Dudley Council
3 years
HAPPY BLACK COUNTRY DAY! We've got a huge announcement to make at 12.30pm today so look out for that - in the meantime have a bostin' day celebrating who yow am and wheere yow bin from! #blackcountryday
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Dudley Council
7 years
Great turnout in Dudley for a minute's silence today remembering those who tragically lost their lives in the Manchester terror attack.
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Dudley Council
5 years
£449m of funding just approved by @WestMids_CA for the Wednesbury to Brierley Hill metro link - the catalyst for new homes, commercial opportunities, jobs and more @TransportforWM @DudleyBusiness1 @sandwellcouncil @WolvesCouncil
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Dudley Council
5 years
🥳 HOORAY! Saltwells has been elevated to National Nature Reserve Status! ➡️ Full story here: 👏 Dudley Nature Reserves, @NaturalEngland , The Friends of Saltwells Nature Reserve & @Cllrkaddy !
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Dudley Council
4 years
Our waste operatives are out collecting your waste and recycling. THANK YOU for everyone's assistance during this difficult time. Could you please put bins/boxes/bags on the edge of your property by 6:15am on collection morning. Collection times may vary from normal 👈
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@dudleymbc
Dudley Council
6 years
Good news for drivers 🚗 who like to shop 🙋‍♀️🛍️👠! Two hours 🕑 of free parking will be introduced in town centres across the borough from the start of next month. The offer will be available on all council-owned car parks. More info here 👉
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Dudley Council
5 years
Dudley borough....AS SEEN ON NATIONAL TV!!! Who's just seen some familiar sights on the telly during the ad break for Emmerdale? Himley Hall and Park, @RedhouseCone , @dudleyzoo , @BCLivingMuseum , @DCTTrips , @BoroughHalls and @DudleyMuseum all feature! #discoverdudley
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Dudley Council
5 years
Our fab @DiscoverDudley film showcasing all the borough's top tourist attractions is on telly TONIGHT! ITV at 7.15pm! @RedhouseCone , @dudleyzoo , @BCLivingMuseum , @DCTTrips , @BoroughHalls & @DudleyMuseum all feature! #DiscoverDudley
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Dudley Council
2 years
WHAT A DAY! Thousands lined the streets of the borough to celebrate the Queen’s Baton Relay passing through en route to @birminghamcg22 . Baton bearers moved from Halesowen to its final stop at The Waterfront via Stourbridge, Brierley Hill and Dudley.
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Dudley Council
6 years
Fantastic turnout today for the Remembrance Service in Dudley. Thank you to all who came. #DudleyRemembers
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Dudley Council
6 years
The parade gets under way #DudleyRemembers
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Dudley Council
2 years
Dudley Council House is lit up in blue and yellow – the colours of the Ukrainian flag – for tonight’s Full Council meeting to show solidarity with the people of Ukraine.
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Dudley Council
4 years
Tag Dudley borough's NHS, key or care workers in this post! We are putting messages of thanks down on our roads to show them how much we appreciate all that they do @Cllrkaddy @DudleyGroupNHS ❤️🌈
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Dudley Council
2 years
Three cheers from Dudley for King Charles III - rounded off with a friendly bark from a local pup
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@dudleymbc
Dudley Council
4 years
Here are some of the buildings we've added some colour to tonight as part of our fireworks thank you to the #NHS and frontline staff. Stay at home to watch the show though! starts at 8pm
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Dudley Council
2 years
We are deeply saddened by the death of Her Majesty The Queen, the nation's longest serving monarch. Our condolences are with her family. The Union Flag will be flying at half-mast at the Council House today to mark her passing.
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Dudley Council
8 years
Connie Talbot switches on the #dudley lights with dudley mayor and Father Christmas
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Dudley Council
5 months
The @DudleyMayor today laid a wreath at the Duncan Edwards statue in Dudley town centre to mark the 66th anniversary of the @ManUtd star’s tragic death.
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Dudley Council
4 years
At 8pm people joined each other safely on their doorsteps to applaud our frontline heroes - the NHS, social care workers, the voluntary sector and all those saving lives. We thank you. Did your street join in? Post your videos and tag us in, we'll share them! #ClapForCarers
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Dudley Council
1 year
Happy #BlackCountryDay everyone! Lots going on in the borough today to celebrate including British Cycling’s Dudley Grand Prix...
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Dudley Council
6 years
A wreath was laid at 3.04pm by @DudleyMayor at the Duncan Edwards statue on the 60th anniversary of the tragic Munich air disaster. It marked the time of the crash which killed eight @ManUtd players including Duncan, Dudley’s most famous footballing son.
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Dudley Council
4 years
Please remember we are in national lockdown. Enjoy the fireworks from your own garden or front step from 8pm tonight. Details gov advice
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Dudley Council
4 years
Grease is the word at Himley Hall’s first drive-in cinema!
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Dudley Council
5 years
There was a fantastic turnout for the Remembrance Service in #Dudley today. Thank you to everyone who came. #Remembrance
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Dudley Council
5 years
🏊‍♂️Kids will be able to swim for free during all Dudley Council school holidays at borough leisure centres, starting Easter! Registration opens on Apr 1, though children and parents who registered last summer do not need to sign up again. Full story here:
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Dudley Council
4 years
💬 👏 We did it! The #BlackCountry is a @UNESCO Global Geopark. Our geological heritage is now recognised internationally! Find out more 📲
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Dudley Council
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#RemembranceDay2023 in Dudley marked with a parade, service and laying of wreaths at Dudley Cenotaph. We will remember them
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Dudley Council
6 years
Children will be able to swim for FREE at leisure centres in Dudley, Stourbridge and Halesowen over the summer holidays! Children up to and including the age of 16 who reside in the Dudley borough are eligible. More info here 👉
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Dudley Council
4 years
Have a look at this wonderful 'April Active Coping' calendar by @actionhappiness to help us find ways to keep calm, stay wise & be kind ♥️🌎 Will you be joining in? #StayHomeSaveLives
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Dudley Council
2 years
WATCH: A video montage of our wonderful Batonbearers as the @birminghamcg22 Queen's Baton Relay passed through Dudley borough yesterday! Thanks so much to all the thousands of you who turned out!
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Dudley Council
5 years
A blueprint to demolish the eyesore Cavendish House in Dudley town centre will go before planners next week. Developers want to put an £82m mix of shops, restaurants, bars, offices, homes and hotels on the land.
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Dudley Council
7 years
The @DudleyMayor lays a wreath at today's #RemembranceDay17 service in Dudley #WeWillRememberThem
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@dudleymbc
Dudley Council
4 years
HAPPY BLACK COUNTRY DAY! Have a bostin' day celebrating who yow am and where yow'm from, and dow forget to share yower pics using the hashtag #BCfestivalonline ! #BlackCountryDay #MadeInTheBlackCountry
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Dudley Council
7 years
Cutting the ribbon at the new @dudleymuseum
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Dudley Council
7 years
Our gritting crews have been out overnight but people still need to drive carefully #wmgrit
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Dudley Council
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Happy #BlackCountryDay !Let's shout about what makes the #BlackCountry a fantastic place to live,work and do business #madeintheblackcountry
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Dudley Council
7 years
£250m Metro extension from Brierley Hill to Wednesbury given the go-ahead by @theresa_may - and leader of @dudleymbc hails it as “a real game changer” for the borough. Speaking to @bbcmtd , Patrick Harley said it would help create thousands of jobs.
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Dudley Council
4 years
Today marks 62 years since the tragic Munich air disaster which decimated @ManUtd 's superbly talented Busby Babes. Dudley born Duncan Edwards, the focal point of the team, would die from injuries in the crash a couple of weeks after. A real local hero, we won't forget him.
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Dudley Council
1 year
Cradley and Wollescote (by-election) Lib Dem gain
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Dudley Council
4 years
Our colleagues @dudleyzoo are also flying the rainbow flag for International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia #IDAHOBIT2020 #IDAHOBIT #LovefromDudley
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Dudley Council
6 years
Hello. I am lost! I had been at Himley Hall & Park today but my owners seem to have forgotten me. I am well looked after and need to get home. Does anyone know my owners? They were at the Vintage Transport & Country Fair today. Call 07815 828224 or message to this post to help.
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Dudley Council
6 years
⚽ An official Duncan Edwards Day is to be celebrated every year in Dudley on his birthday, it was revealed today. @MUFCduncan6 said it would take place on October 1 every year to ensure the @ManUtd and @England star would never be forgotten. ⚽ 👉
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Dudley Council
4 years
Demolition work at the eyesore Cavendish House is gathering pace - here are the last official pictures you'll see from inside! #RegeneratingDudley
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Dudley Council
4 years
Volunteers have been hailed for delivering nearly 6,000 lunches in just over a week to pupils in the borough who would usually receive free school meals. #CouncilsCan #coronavirus #COVID19 #schoolsclosure #VolunteersAgainstCovid19
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Dudley Council
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Raising the rainbow flag at Dudley Council House today to mark International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia #IDAHOBIT #LovefromDudley
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Dudley Council
4 years
😷🚑 Rob Moore @wmasrobmoore from West Midlands Ambulance Service @OFFICIALWMAS shows you how to wear your face covering correctly. ✅It must cover your nose and mouth!
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Dudley Council
4 years
A huge image of the Black Country flag will be beamed onto the walls of Dudley Town Hall tomorrow night (Tue) to finish Black Country Day with a bang. It will be lit up on Tuesday night – and pictures have been released today showing how it will look.
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Dudley Council
4 years
The leader and deputy leader of the council were delighted to join @MSHospice in #Halesowen this afternoon for the official launch of Black Country Monopoly. What a bostin' board game! #BCfestivalonline #BlackCountryDay #MadeInTheBlackCountry
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Dudley Council
4 years
A short walk down Stickley Lane in Lower Gornal, where residents were out at 8pm saying their thanks to those on the frontline in the NHS and working in social care in the fight against coronavirus. We continue to salute you. #ClapforCarers #COVID19Pandemic #clapforkeyworkers
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Dudley Council
4 years
We want everyone who can to enjoy being active in the outdoors during the coronavirus outbreak and that is why we have suspended parking charges at Himley Hall and Park until further notice
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Dudley Council
6 years
Prince William has arrived in Stourbridge!
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Dudley Council
3 years
The flag is flying at half mast above the Council House today as a mark of respect to Capt. Sir Tom Moore who sadly died yesterday from Covid aged 100. His efforts and achievements have inspired so many and won't be forgotten.
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Dudley Council
4 years
A very happy #StJohnsDay2020 to the volunteers at Dudley's 6 @stjohnambulance units, later we'll turn the Council House and Town Hall green to say a big thank you. #LightItGreen Brierley Hill, Hill & Cakemore, @dudley_asu @SJA_Sedgley @SJAHalesowen @ASUStourbridge @SJAWMIDS
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@dudleymbc
Dudley Council
3 years
Today marks 63 years since the tragic Munich air disaster which decimated the @ManUtd superbly talented Busby Babes team. Dudley's Duncan Edwards, the star of the team, would die from injuries sustained in the crash shortly after. A real local hero, we won't forget him.
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Dudley Council
6 years
Looking for something to do this summer? Get inspiration from the Discover Dudley film as there's so much to offer. Travel miles of navigable canals, go fossil hunting, visit places of natural beauty, learn about history & make a treasured heirloom.
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Dudley Council
4 years
Thank you #Dudley residents for sharing your #rainbowsinwindows as a symbol of hope and unity during the #coronavirus outbreak ♥️🌈 #Dudleyrainbow #StayHomeSaveLives #StaySafe
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Dudley Council
2 years
Flags are flying high today in Dudley to celebrate the momentous achievement by the @Lionesses Congratulations from everyone in Dudley borough on being #EuropeanChampions @England 👏👏👏👏👏👏
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Dudley Council
1 year
Wollaston & Stourbridge Town - LAB GAIN #dudleyelections2023
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@dudleymbc
Dudley Council
4 years
Thanks @tonyjuniper and @NaturalEngland for your support in making Saltwells a National Nature Reserve #saltwellsnnr Green space is so important, for mind, body and soul and we're so proud to be part of the National Nature Reserve Network @DudleyNature @unescouk @BCgeopark
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Dudley Council
7 years
Really looking forward to the grand opening of the new Dudley Museum by Jordanne Whiley MBE on Sat 30 September
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Dudley Council
6 years
The 20 and 28 mile ramblers just been sent on the way on Dudley Trail with @DudleyMayor
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Dudley Council
2 years
Baton bearer @redhousecone #QBR2022 off to Dudley next!
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Dudley Council
2 years
A fantastic atmosphere as crowds cheer on the batonbearers at Mary Stevens Park #stourbridge #QBR2022 👏👏👏
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Dudley Council
8 years
Congratulations @StourbridgeFC through to the 3rd round of the #facup
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Dudley Council
8 years
Well done @StourbridgeFC you made us all proud... Let's enjoy the goal celebration again
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Dudley Council
5 years
It's bluebell season at our nature reserves - here are some fabulous pics taken by our brilliant volunteers at #Saltwells #Dudley #bluebells #nature
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Dudley Council
3 years
Flags are flying at half-mast today in #Dudley as a mark of respect following the sad death of the Duke of Edinburgh.
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@dudleymbc
Dudley Council
4 years
Dudley Town Hall went blue and green tonight in honour of the NHS and key workers keeping our borough safe and well. #clapforcarers #DudleyStaysHome
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Dudley Council
6 years
Gritters out over night and are just leaving the depot for another run. Please drive carefully! Updates here
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Dudley Council
3 years
Our gritting crews were out throughout the night, are out this morning and will continue to operate 24 hours a day. Please take care on the roads if you have to make an essential journey – there will be ice and snow, even on gritted surfaces.
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Dudley Council
3 years
A time capsule buried underneath a borough library which was unearthed during the process of moving it brick by brick to @BCLivingMuseum has been opened. Full story:
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@dudleymbc
Dudley Council
5 years
A People’s Panel made up of 50 local people starts this weekend to look at what communities and the council can do together to make Dudley and Brierley Hill town centres thrive. Watch the sessions at:
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