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Martyn Smith

Reporter · GB

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Aug 11, 2026
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  1. Article · Aug 11, 2026 · Martyn Smith

    Dudley people have their say on proposed £9m ice rink (opens the original)

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    Find, save and share Public Notices that affect you in the area. The Public Notice Portal carries statutory public notices published in local newspapers and is the fastest and most effective way of finding out what is happening in YOUR neighbourhood. Dudley people have been having their say on plans for a new ice rink after developers announced a planning application is due soon. Developer Icities expect to make an application in the autumn for a 2,000 capacity arena on a site on Flood Street in

  2. Article · Aug 11, 2026 · Martyn Smith

    Budget cuts and weather leave Dudley streets unkempt (opens the original)

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    Dudley Council’s cabinet is to be told the weather played a part in streets getting into a shabby state. A report for the committee, which meets on August 13, lifts the lid on how the authority’s Street Scene teams struggled to keep the borough looking its best over the last two years. The council merged its Green Care and Street Cleansing services in 2023 but budget cuts meant service levels could not be maintained and were adjusted. The cabinet report, signed by Nick McGurk, Dudley group direc

  3. Article · Jul 26, 2026 · Martyn Smith

    Council to 'call out' firms which hike prices during school holidays (opens the original)

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    Dudley Council aims to ‘call out’ companies which jack up holiday prices to make extra profits when schools are closed. At a meeting of the full council on July 13, an amended motion was approved which recognised inflated prices could affect working-class families and force them into debt. The original motion, from Cllr Steve Edwards of The Black Country Party, recommended the council demand a change in the law to allow children to be taken out of school for up to ten days in term time for holid

  4. Article · Jul 21, 2026 · Martyn Smith

    Bar and grill loses licence over illegal worker (opens the original)

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    A bar and grill has been stripped of its licence after employing an illegal worker. Sandwell Council revoked the licence for Tiger Tavern Pub and Grill in Powis Avenue, Tipton, following a hearing carried out at the request of the Home Office. The bar and grill was fined £45,000 last year after a visit from immigration officials revealed a dishwasher had been employed with no right to work in the UK. Licensing chair Matt Lloyd told owner and manager Gurminder Singh on July 10 that he had failed

  5. Article · Jul 20, 2026 · Martyn Smith

    Dudley council leaders trade 'maggot' insults amid claims of personal abuse (opens the original)

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    Tensions between the big beasts at Dudley Council are hotter than July’s heatwave after group leaders exchanged insults. Dudley Council leader, Cllr Patrick Harley has been reported to the authority’s standards watchdogs by the borough’s Reform UK leader, Cllr Marco Longhi. Cllr Longhi is unhappy after the Conservative leader described him as ‘a maggot’ in a social media post. Cllr Longhi said: “Patrick Harley is entitled to disagree with me, criticise my politics or challenge my performance – e

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