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Mark Andrews

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

February 7, 2025

New tram line will boost Dudley's economy, says transport secretary

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

Robin Shields, left, and John Corser, right, present the cheque to Russell Tipson as Terry Astley demonstrates how the exercise machines are helping his rehabilitation

All ale and hearty as Dudley beer festival raises £750 for cardio charity

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

Protesters against plans to hand Dudley's leisure centres to a private company

Company looking at taking on Dudley's leisure centres greeted by protesters

February 4, 2025

Wolverhampton's nine-storey School of Art has been a landmark for 55 years

Petition to save Wolverhampton School of Art breaks 3,500 barrier

Wolverhampton|Feb 4

The proposed new entrance to the home

Dudley nursing home wants to double in size, with 40 extra bedrooms

February 3, 2025

Concerns are growing about the state of the former Beatties department store in Wolverhampton

Beatties owner says restoration of famous Wolverhampton landmark will start soon

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

How the new extension will look

Bilston school gets go-ahead to build new classroom block for 150 extra pupils

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

This house in Harrowby Road could become a children's home

Wolverhampton children's home scheme

January 30, 2025

West Midlands Mayor Richard Parker

Mayor welcomes £385 million devolution deal for West Midlands

Part of the new shop front

Wolverhampton supermarket's shop front can stay, say planners

Wolverhampton|Jan 30

January 29, 2025

Wolverhampton's nine-storey School of Art has been a landmark for 55 years

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

Wolverhampton|Jan 29

Wolverhampton University's School of Art is also set to disappear

Wolverhampton landmark to vanish and Telford campus to close in radical university shake-up

Wolverhampton|Jan 29

Work has halted on the former Wolverhampton Eye Infirmary

Developer says renovation of Wolverhampton landmark will still go ahead, despite dissolution threat

Wolverhampton|Jan 29

Wolverhampton's brightest stars of stage and screen to offer career tips

Wolverhampton|Jan 29

January 27, 2025

Some of the illegal tobacco products purchased during the operation

Investigators discover illegal cigarettes in every single Wolverhampton shop they visited - with packs selling for just £2.50

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

'I searched for the last pub in Wolverhampton selling Bank's cask mild - here's where I found it'

Wolverhampton|Jan 24

Walsall Council to 'review procedures' in wake of Southport stabbing

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

In-depth|Jan 24

January 23, 2025

Pooja Kanda, mother of murdered Ronan Kanda, visited Lanesfield Primary School, Wolverhampton, to talk to children about knife crime.

Ronan's mother speaks of heartbreak as 12-year-old stabbed to death

January 22, 2025

Tim Peake - coming to Wolverhampton

Countdown to astronaut Tim Peake's appearance in the city

Science & Technology|Jan 22

Sarah Coombes during the debate

'Knife crime is leaving people afraid to leave their homes,' MPs are told

Politics|Jan 22

January 21, 2025

European Food Express, in Dudley High Street

Jailed: Dudley supermarket boss who made £400,000 selling counterfeit cigarettes

Boss fined after three mice found at 'dirty' Kingswinford pub

Kingswinford|Jan 21

Region's knife crime to be debated in parliament

Wolverhampton's regeneration boss to leave the city

Wolverhampton|Jan 21

Wolverhampton Central Baths

Wolverhampton council chief rules out closing swimming baths as part of £32.5 million cuts

Wolverhampton|Jan 21

January 20, 2025

Plans to turn the Castle Street end of Dudley market into a dining area have been approved

Food court plan for Dudley market gets approval

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

January 16, 2025

Concerns are growing about the state of the former Beatties department store in Wolverhampton

Former Beatties owner appears in court over £60m fraud charges

Wolverhampton|Jan 16

Dudley car parking charges debated in parliament

January 14, 2025

Lesley Whittle was snatched from her bedroom 50 years ago

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

Wheelie Thirsty, Old Hill

Celebrated Black Country micropub closes for final time

Cradley Heath|Jan 14

The Hogshead provides a place for food and drink throughout the day. Photo: Google Street Map

One of Wolverhampton's best-known pubs on market for £2.4 million

Wolverhampton|Jan 14

January 13, 2025

88,000 illegal vapes seized across the West Midlands as a Dudley shop owner escapes jail

January 11, 2025

A frozen fountain in Trafalgar Square

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

Mark Andrews|Jan 11

Dudley’s Very Light Rail test track, beneath Dudley's Castle Hill

Going underground - the wonders that lie beneath the West Midlands

Features|Jan 11

The Bush Inn in Dudley

'Residential institution' planned for Dudley pub

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