UK news - https://dudleylive.co.uk Your Dudley. Your News. Fri, 04 Nov 2022 15:53:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://dudleylive.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/cropped-DUDLEY-32x32.jpg UK news - 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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]]> Teenager stabbed mother more than 100 times, inquest told https://dudleylive.co.uk/teenager-stabbed-mother-more-than-100-times-inquest-told/ Mon, 14 Dec 2020 22:50:44 +0000 https://birminghamtimes.co.uk/?p=15891 Rowan Thompson, 17, dialled 999 and told police to ‘bring a body-bag’ after killing Joanna Thompson, inquest hears

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]]> Scotch eggs: 10-fold surge in demand for ‘substantial meal’ https://dudleylive.co.uk/scotch-eggs-10-fold-surge-in-demand-for-substantial-meal/ Mon, 14 Dec 2020 12:25:49 +0000 https://birminghamtimes.co.uk/?p=15859 The snacks were deemed by ministers last week to be sufficient to order alongside alcohol in tier 2-area pubs

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]]> Birmingham council considered deporting 11-year-old after her mother died https://dudleylive.co.uk/birmingham-council-considered-deporting-11-year-old-after-her-mother-died/ Thu, 10 Dec 2020 20:42:11 +0000 https://birminghamtimes.co.uk/?p=15729 Ombudsman upholds complaint as council pays £1,000 to girl for her distress and £1,000 to kinship carers

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]]> Scrap rapid Covid tests in England’s care homes, experts urge https://dudleylive.co.uk/scrap-rapid-covid-tests-in-englands-care-homes-experts-urge/ Fri, 04 Dec 2020 07:43:19 +0000 https://birminghamtimes.co.uk/?p=15500 Figures from Liverpool programme reveal lateral flow tests missed 30% of those with a high viral load

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]]> Snow and ice forecast to hit parts of UK towards end of week https://dudleylive.co.uk/snow-and-ice-forecast-to-hit-parts-of-uk-towards-end-of-week/ Thu, 03 Dec 2020 21:35:58 +0000 https://birminghamtimes.co.uk/?p=15488 Travel disruption expected as warnings issued for Scotland, north of Belfast, Lake District and Pennines

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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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]]> Stonehenge tunnel will square the circle https://dudleylive.co.uk/stonehenge-tunnel-will-square-the-circle/ Sun, 29 Nov 2020 20:17:11 +0000 https://birminghamtimes.co.uk/?p=15319 Criticism of the A303 tunnel beneath the Stonehenge world heritage site is rejected by Kate Mavor, Hilary McGrady and Duncan Wilson of English Heritage, the National Trust, and Historic England

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]]> UK motorists more likely to speed during spring lockdown, data shows https://dudleylive.co.uk/uk-motorists-more-likely-to-speed-during-spring-lockdown-data-shows/ Wed, 25 Nov 2020 22:11:10 +0000 https://birminghamtimes.co.uk/?p=15173 Proportion of drivers exceeding 60mph increased from 10% to 17% from April to June

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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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