Features - https://dudleylive.co.uk Your Dudley. Your News. Fri, 04 Nov 2022 15:53:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://dudleylive.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/cropped-DUDLEY-32x32.jpg Features - https://dudleylive.co.uk 32 32 England’s new Covid variant: should we be worried? https://dudleylive.co.uk/englands-new-covid-variant-should-we-be-worried/ Mon, 14 Dec 2020 22:58:51 +0000 https://birminghamtimes.co.uk/?p=15894 Dr Zania Stamataki sets out the key factors … and says there is no need to panic

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]]> Is long Covid contagious and can children get it?: your questions answered https://dudleylive.co.uk/is-long-covid-contagious-and-can-children-get-it-your-questions-answered/ Tue, 01 Dec 2020 10:46:29 +0000 https://birminghamtimes.co.uk/?p=15373 You put your long Covid questions to us. Here are the answers

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]]> Has Britain’s second largest city reached breaking point? https://dudleylive.co.uk/has-britains-second-largest-city-reached-breaking-point/ Sun, 22 Nov 2020 21:02:26 +0000 https://birminghamtimes.co.uk/?p=15041 Covid-19 has dealt a heavy blow to Birmingham’s glitzy city centre led by retail – and it’s revealing other deep fault lines

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]]> ‘I worry about the future’: workers fearful despite furlough extension https://dudleylive.co.uk/i-worry-about-the-future-workers-fearful-despite-furlough-extension/ Tue, 03 Nov 2020 08:28:24 +0000 https://birminghamtimes.co.uk/?p=13997 Firms are scrambling to put staff back on the scheme but it is too late for those made redundant

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]]> ‘Everyone’s got bills to pay’: facing up to end of furlough scheme https://dudleylive.co.uk/everyones-got-bills-to-pay-facing-up-to-end-of-furlough-scheme/ Thu, 29 Oct 2020 16:47:52 +0000 https://birminghamtimes.co.uk/?p=13794 Workforces in Birmingham and Hounslow have been hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic. We find out how they are coping

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]]> Pizza delivery man, 89, gets $12,000 tip – what’s wrong with this story? https://dudleylive.co.uk/pizza-delivery-man-89-gets-12000-tip-whats-wrong-with-this-story/ Mon, 28 Sep 2020 20:51:59 +0000 https://birminghamtimes.co.uk/?p=10656 TikTok followers showed their generosity to Derlin Newey but the tale is as troubling as it is heartwarming

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]]> Are Britons too ‘freedom-loving’ to follow Covid rules? https://dudleylive.co.uk/are-britons-too-freedom-loving-to-follow-covid-rules/ Thu, 24 Sep 2020 09:50:12 +0000 https://birminghamtimes.co.uk/?p=10255 Boris Johnson’s explanation doesn’t chime with polls or the opinion of experts, who say people in UK prefer to follow rules

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]]> Fear and fatalism in Birmingham as Covid cases surge https://dudleylive.co.uk/fear-and-fatalism-in-birmingham-as-covid-cases-surge-2/ Sun, 23 Aug 2020 15:04:39 +0000 https://birminghamtimes.co.uk/?p=7681 Some say the young are flouting the rules, others doubt the statistics. Most are anxious about what a lockdown will bring

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]]> UK campaigners call for action to tackle surge in Covid-19 fly-tipping https://dudleylive.co.uk/uk-campaigners-call-for-action-to-tackle-surge-in-covid-19-fly-tipping/ Sun, 26 Jul 2020 20:42:04 +0000 https://birminghamtimes.co.uk/?p=6010 Widespread illegal dumping during lockdown prompts outrage among communities

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]]> Zero-waste warriors: meet the people whose household rubbish fits in a jam jar https://dudleylive.co.uk/zero-waste-warriors-meet-the-people-whose-household-rubbish-fits-in-a-jam-jar/ Wed, 06 May 2020 13:39:25 +0000 http://birminghamtimes.co.uk/?p=2170 From making their own toothpaste to foraging locally for edible plants, more and more people are learning to cut the amount of rubbish they throw out. Here’s how they do it

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