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Senior news writer for the Shropshire Star specialising in in-depth features and commentary, investigative reporting and political matters.

March 29, 2025

Mark Andrews: Raging against the machines and Rachel Reeves the flower-power queen

News|16 hours ago

March 22, 2025

Mark Andrews: How to survive a nuclear strike, super-councils, NHS rules, and the dilemma facing Tesla owners

Mark Andrews|Mar 22

How Covid brought down the curtain on our theatres - but the show still went on

Features|Mar 22

March 21, 2025

Armed forces can play a role in easing youth unemployment, says Wrekin MP

Politics|Mar 21

March 19, 2025

'I saw so much care and compassion' - minister Kinnock hints at extra funding for hospice sector during visit to Stafford's Katharine House

March 18, 2025

Help save a life and win a glove signed by Barry McGuigan - tickets still available for charity draw

From joking in the pub to six weeks in isolation: How I realised Covid was no laughing matter

Features|Mar 18

March 17, 2025

Covid five years on: How the awful reality unfolded in just a few weeks

Long Reads|Mar 17

March 15, 2025

Mark Andrews: Piers Morgan, conspiracy theories, and the biggest beneficiary of the NHS shake-up

Mark Andrews|Mar 15

March 13, 2025

Artist Jackie's work on sale at famous Lichfield gift shop

Business|Mar 13

March 12, 2025

We need to talk about incontinence, Dudley MP tells Parliament

Politics|Mar 12

March 9, 2025

A third of new train drivers are women, says rail company

Transport|Mar 9

March 8, 2025

Mark Andrews: Justice becomes a joke, Meghan's name change, and train company tackles sex inequality

Mark Andrews|Mar 8

March 5, 2025

Wolves ask fans: Should we bring Old Gold back?

Telford MP backs link-road plans

March 1, 2025

Mark Andrews: It's Bergerac, Jim, but not as we know it

Mark Andrews: James Bond under Amazon, Amesbury walks free, and is Donald Trump the world's cleverest comedian?

Mark Andrews|Mar 1

February 24, 2025

West Midlands motorway link road 'would take 19,000 cars and lorries off congested road' - if the Government funds it

South Staffordshire|Feb 24

February 22, 2025

Mark Andrews: Comedy on prescription, banking scams, HS2, and the 'foetus' comes of age

Mark Andrews|Feb 22

February 19, 2025

Couple who spent 67 years bringing music to the people of Walsall

Features|Feb 19

February 15, 2025

Man who oversaw construction of Wolverhampton landmark joins fight to stop it being demolished

Mark Andrews: Work-from-home border czar, villains for hire, and who is the real-life Cliff Barnes?

Mark Andrews|Feb 15

February 13, 2025

Dudley;'s father of the Industrial revolution the subject of history talk

February 10, 2025

Shropshire MP calls for lifetime bans for those who threaten football referees

Politics|Feb 10

February 8, 2025

Mark Andrews: Planes, trains and automobiles - why are they all so boring?

Mark Andrews|Feb 8

Mark Andrews: Lego falls foul of the woke mob, dirty T-shirts, and rude acronyms in council reports

Mark Andrews|Feb 8

February 7, 2025

200 jobs to go as Dudley Council seeks to balance the books

Tributes from city leaders as Wolverhampton-born Black Rod retires

February 6, 2025

Extra £2.65 billion for flood defences including in Bewdley - but no sign of whether Shropshire will benefit

February 5, 2025

We go behind the scenes inside Wolverhampton's famous Beatties building - this is what we saw

'Rushed and incoherent' grey belt won't help Government meet housing targets, say peers

'It's all very worrying' - Lecturer's union outlines concerns about University of Wolverhampton shake-up

February 2, 2025

'It's a massive increase in costs': West Midlands pub landlord fears the price of a pint will rise even further - here's why

February 1, 2025

Mark Andrews: Helping the public? How last century

Mark Andrews|Feb 1

January 31, 2025

'It is an architectural masterpiece. A thing of great beauty' - why campaigners want to save Wolverhampton University's School of Art

Wolverhampton|Jan 31

January 29, 2025

Wolverhampton landmark to disappear and Telford campus to close as university enters new era

University of Wolverhampton to close Telford campus after 32 years in town

January 26, 2025

Dudley's father of the Industrial Revolution could have become a brewer

Dudley nostalgia|Jan 26

January 25, 2025

Mark Andrews: No inquiry will ever stop dangerous people doing dreadful things

Mark Andrews|Jan 25

January 24, 2025

Taking on the Nimbys, or government striking a blow against people power?

In-depth|Jan 24

January 22, 2025

Countdown to astronaut Tim Peake's appearance in the city

Science & Technology|Jan 22

January 18, 2025

Mark Andrews: Evil rap music, why we don't need another inquiry, and Brewdog boss hits the nail on the head

Mark Andrews|Jan 18

Mark Andrews: Never mind Blue Monday, we've got to get through another two months of this

Mark Andrews|Jan 18

January 16, 2025

Dudley car parking charges debated in parliament

January 14, 2025

Black Panther: Looking back at 50 years since Donald Neilson kidnapped Bridgnorth teenager Lesley Whittle

Features|Jan 14

'Extremely disappointed' - Chair of Shropshire maternity inquiry speaks of 'two wasted years' in wake of scandal

January 13, 2025

Thousands of illegal vapes seized in Shropshire as Shrewsbury shop owner is fined more than £30,000

January 11, 2025

Mark Andrews: Frozen fountains, Mad Lizzie eases the winter blues, and Trump's promises suffer with inflation

Mark Andrews|Jan 11

January 10, 2025

Crooked House public inquiry moves a stage closer

MP welcomes extra £1m for home adaptions for disabled people in Dudley