Pixabay DEDICATED Dudley bereavement services staff went over and above, often working 12-hour days, to ensure cremations could take place promptly as the Covid pandemic took its toll on the borough. Most families would expect cremations to take place on the same day as the funeral service but keeping up with the demand at the height of the coronavirus crisis proved very challenging - one of Dudley s senior councillors has admitted - especially as one of the borough s two crematoria was closed for four months last year for an upgrade. Dudley Council’s hardworking bereavement services team, however, worked long hours including Bank Holidays to try to find solutions to the problem.
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The Fiddlers Arms PLANS to demolish a historic Lower Gornal pub and replace it with homes have been withdrawn after attracting a string of objections. An application to flatten The Fiddlers Arms in Straits Road with a cul-de-sac of 12 houses had been submitted to Dudley Council. But the developer has now withdrawn the application, after the council s Historic Environment team recommended it be refused saying it was a poor design and that more effort should be made to save the pub building, which dates back to 1860. It said that alternative uses for the building should be explored. The application, for eight detached homes and four semi-detached houses, had led to a series of objections including concerns over the historic importance of the locally listed boozer.
Evergreen For full details and addresses of pharmacies taking part or to book a test at a pharmacy go to 1centralhealth.co.uk/covidscreen. A separate lateral flow rapid testing site, also part of the pilot, is also planned for fire service crews but this will not be open to the public. Health chiefs say the super fast tests will play a huge part in breaking the chain of infection so it’s important that people use them. Olutayo Arikawe, pharmacist at Priory Pharmacy, said: The tests are quick and simple to do and people get their results really quickly. Taking one of these tests when you are symptom free is a big step in terms of breaking the chain of the virus and reducing transmission.