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

February 28, 2024

Miners' strike 40 years on: A tale of two coalminers

Nostalgia|Feb 28

February 27, 2024

Miners' strike 40 years on: Battle lines drawn as dispute spreads to the Midlands

Nostalgia|Feb 27

Patrick Cormack, a politician who stood by his principles

Politics|Feb 27

February 26, 2024

Miners' strike 40 years on: Battle in Brum sowed the seeds of what was to come

Features|Feb 26

February 24, 2024

Co-operation likely to be crucial in making newly funded transport schemes work

Transport|Feb 24

Mark Andrews: While civilisation burns, our leaders argue about the name of an imaginary ceasefire

Mark Andrews|Feb 24

February 23, 2024

Italian tenor in Mario Lanza tribute concert

'Unfailing effort and devotion': Tributes to founder of transport museum, who has died at 76

Nostalgia|Feb 23

February 22, 2024

Two Shropshire bookshops in running for prestigious award

Church Stretton|Feb 22

Weekend trains cancelled while tracks are replaced

Shrewsbury|Feb 22

February 21, 2024

Scrapped: Direct Shrewsbury-to-London rail service is to end

Transport|Feb 21

Best Kept Village competition to be held in county for first time

North Shropshire|Feb 21

February 20, 2024

Rail company defends menopause gift bags after union uproar

Transport|Feb 20

February 17, 2024

Mark Andrews: Trump gets something right, deepfake Biden, and Rishi stops the boats, TikTok style

Mark Andrews|Feb 17

February 11, 2024

It's a game of two halves as details of classic Wolves picture goes to VAR

February 10, 2024

Mark Andrews: Rolling your eyes is not an act of aggression, it's one of humanity

Mark Andrews – roll up for the Liz Truss comeback tour, Mr Bean rides again, and why trees are now part of our colonial legacy

Mark Andrews|Feb 10

February 7, 2024

Local government in Shropshire to get £5.1m boost - but leader says it won't cover rising costs

Could the next Top Gear come from the Black Country? Stars say new TV car show will be bostin'

February 3, 2024

Mark Andrews: Ray of sunshine at the BBC, crowd trouble at the derby, and why 5G isn't worth turning Britain into the set of Blake's 7

Mark Andrews|Feb 3

February 2, 2024

Queen Elizabeth's custom-made Range Rover - built in West Midlands - is up for sale

MP raises Shropshire council funding in Commons

Special needs pupils travelling too far to school, says Shropshire MP

January 31, 2024

Bestival: Paloma Faith, The Darkness, Rick Astley and Faithless among star acts at 2024 festival

Entertainment|Jan 31

Avanti West Coast apologises for cancelled trains after less than half ran on time over Christmas

Transport|Jan 31

January 27, 2024

How a joke with a taxi driver set a journalist on a 13-year quest for Post Office justice

In-depth|Jan 27

Mark Andrews: I'm ready for battle, just not sure about the aliens

Mark Andrews|Jan 27

January 25, 2024

Group fighting to protect two historic cottages built by the Duke of Sutherland meet with Shropshire MP

Donnington|Jan 25

January 23, 2024

County NHS reveals £130 million hole in finances

January 21, 2024

Mark Andrews: Never mind Dry January, tuck into your Christmas tree

January 18, 2024

Future Fit hospitals shake-up an 'unstoppable train' - chief

Shropshire MP calls on Fujitsu to compensate Post Office Horizon scandal victims

Politics|Jan 18

January 17, 2024

This is how your Shropshire constituency would vote if there was a general election now - according to latest poll

Politics|Jan 17

January 13, 2024

Mark Andrews: No way to treat a hero, 15-minute cities, and the race to find the country's worst town

Mark Andrews|Jan 13

January 12, 2024

Dozens of properties could still be bought along scrapped HS2 line - with taxpayers' money

Business|Jan 12

January 11, 2024

Residents told village's 120-year-old cottages will not be demolished to create access road

Donnington|Jan 11

Post Office insisted computer system was reliable, says Black Country MP who was minister at time of Horizon scandal

January 9, 2024

Post Office Horizon scandal: TV drama shames PM into action

Wrongly accused Post Office workers speak of their ordeals

January 8, 2024

MPs give their thoughts as our State of the Nation survey shows mood of scepticism with few who believe that Rishi Sunak is doing a good job

January 6, 2024

Mark Andrews: Pitfalls of Luke's fame, Post Office scandal, and all-year-round fairy lights

Mark Andrews|Jan 6

January 5, 2024

The five issues that could determine how Shropshire and Mid Wales votes at the next General Election

January 4, 2024

'Very emotional': Mr Bates vs The Post Office drama praised by victim wrongly jailed over £11,000 'theft'

January 1, 2024

Celebrating 200 years of road cut through The Rock

Nostalgia|Jan 1

December 30, 2023

Mark Andrews: The post-Christmas hangover, and the wait for a new dawn

Weekend|Dec 30, 2023

Mark Andrews: What councils mean by 'consultation' and the towering inferno that wasn't

Mark Andrews|Dec 30, 2023

December 27, 2023

In pictures: Shropshire Woolworths stores on their last days 15 years ago and what’s happened since

Features|Dec 27, 2023

The unsung heroes who keep Severn Hospice running

Features|Dec 27, 2023

December 26, 2023

Shropshire's most prolific speed camera catches a motorist every hour in 2023

Features|Dec 26, 2023

December 23, 2023

Mark Andrews: Talking to lamp posts, Tony Blair to the rescue, and vice trade deserts the city centre

Mark Andrews|Dec 23, 2023

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