Austin backs Dudley’s city status bid  

Dudley MP Ian Austin is backing the council’s bid to turn the borough into a city. One borough in Britain will be granted city status to mark the Queen’s Jubilee next year and Dudley is in the running after submitting a bid last week. Austin has thrown his weight behind the council’s campaign and is urging local people to back the bid too, saying it could raise Dudley’s profile and help bring much-needed investment to the area. Ian Austin said: “Dating right back to the Doomsday Book, through the civil war, with......