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'Pop-up tips are poor value for money': Dudley MP calls for new deal with Wolverhampton Council to share its tip

Dudley MP Sonia Kumar has called on the council to drop its plan to reintroduce 'pop-up tips' in the north of the borough, and to instead negotiate a deal to use the tip in neighbouring Bilston

Dudley|2 hours ago
Supporting image for story: 'Pop-up tips are poor value for money': Dudley MP calls for new deal with Wolverhampton Council to share its tip
Supporting image for story: More than 300 empty Black Country homes brought back into use following work by a council
More than 300 empty Black Country homes brought back into use following work by a council
Property|4 hours ago
Supporting image for story: Birmingham bins strike reaches another milestone - one year since all-out indefinite strike declared
Birmingham bins strike reaches another milestone - one year since all-out indefinite strike declared
Environment|11 hours ago
Supporting image for story: 'Vibrant' and 'ambitious' West Midlands city named one of Europe’s fastest growing
'Vibrant' and 'ambitious' West Midlands city named one of Europe’s fastest growing
Politics|13 hours ago
Supporting image for story: 'Deteriorating' Smethwick leisure centre to be demolished to make way for homes
'Deteriorating' Smethwick leisure centre to be demolished to make way for homes
Property|Mar 10
Supporting image for story: 47 industry experts ‘alarmed’ by plans for Walsall Leather Museum write to council
47 industry experts ‘alarmed’ by plans for Walsall Leather Museum write to council
Education|Mar 10
Supporting image for story: ‘They don’t care about us’ – Walsall residents living next to proposed 1000-space school site speak out against plans
‘They don’t care about us’ – Walsall residents living next to proposed 1000-space school site speak out against plans
Environment|Mar 10

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Mystery surrounds councillor’s Reform departure in Staffordshire following racism row
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UK News

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Zoos call for changes to ‘misleading’ weather apps they say can deter visitors
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Fitness fans swap cardio for weights to ‘feel and look strong’, gym boss says
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Edinburgh International Festival to mark 250 years of American independence
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UK couple dead after being pulled from water at Australian beach
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Viral News

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Man’s ‘disbelief’ after five-year quest for rare book ends in local Oxfam shop
Viral news|Mar 5
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Inventive West Midlands dad turns car into amphibious vehicle by fitting 5ft snorkel
News|Feb 23
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'I was a shopaholic with £15k of debt - but now I get my dopamine hit from saving'
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Charity offers ‘extraordinary’ opportunity to work in remote part of Highlands
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World News

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