The Dudley News is a local free newspaper which has served the Dudley area of the West Midlands since February 1985. It succeeded the Dudley Herald and is currently in its 22nd year of circulation. Map sources for Dudley at grid reference SO9390 Dudley is a town in the West Midlands, England. ... // The West Midlands is an area of central England. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Although the newspaper was created 11 years after the creation of the modern Dudley borough, it only covers Dudley and the neighbouring towns of Sedgley, Coseley, Brierley Hill and Kingswinford. People living in the Stourbridge, Wordsley, Lye and Pedmore areas of the borough receive the Stourbridge News, while those living in Halesowen and Rowley Regis (which is actually located in neighbouring Sandwell) receive the Halesowen News. Sedgley is a town in the West Midlands of England, but formerly in Staffordshire. ... Coseley was originally a village in the ancient manor of Sedgley. ... Map sources for Brierley Hill at grid reference SO9286 Brierley Hill is a town in Dudley Metropolitan Borough, West Midlands, England. ... Kingswinford is a suburban area (formerly a village) in the West Midlands county but previously in Staffordshire. ... Stourbridge is a town in the West Midlands conurbation of England. ... Wordsley with Buckpool is a village now forming the south suburbs of Kingswinford in the West Midlands (county), England. ... Lye is a caustic solution used for glass and soap making. ... Halesowen is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, in the West Midlands, England. ... Map sources for Rowley Regis at grid reference SO9687 Rowley Regis is a town in the Sandwell borough of the West Midlands county, and a part of the Black Country. ... Sandwell is a metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. ...