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

April 12, 2025

Mark Andrews: Rover regrets, Harry's travels, and mis-spelled brand names

April 10, 2025

Deputy PM Angela Rayner, local government minister, accompanies Birmingham Council leader John Cotton during a visit to the city

'We all believe in public service': Minister's message to Birmingham's striking binmen during visit to city

Politics|Apr 10

April 8, 2025

Hero to zero - John Towers' was hailed the saviour of MG Rover when he took over in 2000

Longbridge 20 years on - end of the road for Britain's biggest car plant MG Rover

April 5, 2025

Drivers 'back higher taxes on SUVs' to fund pothole repairs, survey says

An enormous pile of bin bags and rubbish in Balsall Heath on Tuesday, April 1. Credit: Alexander Brock. Permission for use for all LDRS partners.

Mark Andrews: A 'major incident', rats the size of cats, and how to put equal pay claim to the test

Mark Andrews|Apr 5

April 1, 2025

We went on a 'pothole safari' around the Black Country - I lost count how many I saw on one street

March 31, 2025

The A442 from Telford to Bridgnorth

'Sort out the potholes!' Ravaged roads of the West Midlands in disrepair as RAC reveals huge cost to motorists

Politics|Mar 31

March 29, 2025

Rachel Reeves on Downing Street with her red ministerial folder under her arm

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

March 22, 2025

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

Features|Mar 22

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

Mark Andrews|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

The country was put in lockdown to stop the spread of the virus. Photo: Mike Egerton/PA Wire

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 Roberts with Bev Shepherd, manager of the Arthur Price factory shop

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

Marta Filipiuk, one of Avanti's new recruits, with the mural of Britain's first female train driver

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

Transport|Mar 9

March 8, 2025

Meghan's new series on Netflix

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?

Congestion on the A460 Cannock Road near Laney Green

Telford MP backs link-road plans

March 1, 2025

Bergerac is back after a 35-year hiatus

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

When Donald met Ali

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

Congestion on Cannock Road, near Laney Green

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

Donald Trump

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

The sculpture commemorating Abraham Darby, with sculptor Steve Field, near his birthplace in Dudley

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

Dudley Council House. Picture: Dudley MBC free for LDRS use

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

Catherine Lamond

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

Reclassifying poor-quality green-belt land won't help meeting housing targets, say peers

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

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

Wolverhampton School of Art pictured in 1974, for years after it opened

'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

In the longer term, the university hopes to sink the ring road beneath a tunnel, with a garden area linking Molineux Street and Wulfruna Street

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

Closing: Wolverhampton University's Telford Innovation Campus

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

January 26, 2025

Abraham Darby I

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

Dudley nostalgia|Jan 26

January 25, 2025

Axel Rudakubana

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

Tim Peake - coming to Wolverhampton

Countdown to astronaut Tim Peake's appearance in the city

Science & Technology|Jan 22

January 18, 2025

Jake Farhi

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

Cars driving in a snowy mountainous landscape

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

Mark Andrews|Jan 18