Local Headlines from Thursday, October 2nd, 2025

Much-loved series Peaky Blinders will return with a bang to the BBC and Netflix, telling the story of a new generation of Shelbys, from writer and creator Steven Knight.

Police arrested two teenagers following a knifepoint robbery in Dudley on Wednesday after they were alerted to a bike being taken from a man in Greenfields Road, Kingswinford, at just after midday.

Dudley libraries and the Archives and Local History Service will again be staging the Dudley History Festival from 11-31 October.

Plans to reduce the price of short term parking for visitors to borough town centres have been approved.