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Toby Neal

Feature Writer

A journalist in Shropshire for 40 years, mainly writes features and columns, especially about aspects of Shropshire history. Lives in Telford.

January 18, 2025

Starmer may want us to embrace AI - but where does that leave us? - Toby Neal asks

January 11, 2025

'Child Abuse Bill may have opposite effect - and cancelling at Elon Musk and Donald Trump's criticism won't move us forward' - star columnist Toby Neal warns

January 10, 2025

Wolverhampton's "white elephant" civic hall can trumpet decades of success

Features|Jan 10

January 6, 2025

Mid tournament snow failed to checkmate Shropshire's premier chess event which set a new record for entries

January 4, 2025

Need a New Year's resolution? Hug a rightwinger and live life outside your phone camera

December 31, 2024

Shropshire's premier chess tournament has hit a new record for the number of entries amid a surge in interest in the game.

News|Dec 31, 2024

December 22, 2024

'Stan's the man' - Toby Neal looks back on Wolves glory days with a new manager in place

Nostalgia|Dec 22, 2024

December 15, 2024

In the weeks before Christmas, refugees arrived - and Midlanders welcomed them

News|Dec 15, 2024

December 14, 2024

'Get it in quick so they blame the Tories' - Toby Neal on the Prime Minister's plans for pensioners this winter

News|Dec 14, 2024

December 7, 2024

'Tis the season to update your Christmas songs - Toby Neal's 2024 take on traditional tunes

Toby Neal|Dec 7, 2024

December 5, 2024

World Champion body builder from Shrewsbury 'Mr Universe' dies aged 72

News|Dec 5, 2024

November 30, 2024

The vandalism of Scrooge's gravestone could be a hate crime, says columnist Toby Neal

Toby Neal|Nov 30, 2024

November 23, 2024

Comment: 'Countryside Clobberer' Kier Starmer's inheritence tax plan means hard working people with pay the price for the public purse

Voices|Nov 23, 2024

November 13, 2024

Toby Neal talks the 1960s and the birth of budget air travel in the West Midlands

Nostalgia|Nov 13, 2024

November 11, 2024

Toby Neal on politics: American election inquest and how Rachel Reeves' 'working people' get by

Toby Neal|Nov 11, 2024

November 6, 2024

Clay subsoil spelt doom for Percy Thrower's magnificent Magnolias

Features|Nov 6, 2024

November 2, 2024

Comment: Rachel Reeves is "othering" non-workers believing they're modern-day graft dodgers

Opinions|Nov 2, 2024

October 19, 2024

Why I'm literally furious at our use of the English language – Toby Neal

Toby Neal|Oct 19, 2024

October 18, 2024

The amazing day 60s superstar Cliff Richard took to the pulpit to preach at Black Country church

Nostalgia|Oct 18, 2024

October 5, 2024

'I see a Tory Party delighted to be in a state of chaos' - Toby Neal column

Politics|Oct 5, 2024

September 27, 2024

Double disaster at West Midlands manor house which robbed the nation

Features|Sep 27, 2024

September 21, 2024

How Keir Starmer is bringing winds of change to Number 10 – Toby Neal

Politics|Sep 21, 2024

September 16, 2024

Memories of Spaghetti Junction's lost pub - the site today has a much more mundane use

Features|Sep 16, 2024

September 15, 2024

Remembering the Wolverhampton pub which once honoured WW2 heroes before being razed to the ground

Nostalgia|Sep 15, 2024

September 14, 2024

'Wish you were here' – expect a media frenzy on winter fuel cut as soon as cold snap arrives

Toby Neal|Sep 14, 2024

September 7, 2024

'I've got the hump with speed bumps in the West Midlands - here's why' – Toby Neal

Motors|Sep 7, 2024

September 3, 2024

Fancy dress and fines for not being fined: remembering the Black Country's eccentric 'cork clubs'

Features|Sep 3, 2024

August 31, 2024

'Gone has gone the sunlit uplands tone optimist Boris Johnson' – Toby Neal on doom-monger Keir Starmer

Politics|Aug 31, 2024

August 30, 2024

How we delivered a low blow to boxing kangaroo

Features|Aug 30, 2024

Vixen picture has got us foxed

Features|Aug 30, 2024

August 24, 2024

'Southport rioters are being handed out in-the-moment sentences to send out stern message'

Toby Neal|Aug 24, 2024

August 2, 2024

Wolverhampton street scene changed by the Blitz

Features|Aug 2, 2024

July 31, 2024

Spotlight on Black Country's mechanical marvels

Features|Jul 31, 2024

July 29, 2024

Revealed – the haunting legend of Wolverhampton Royal School's Long Dorm

Nostalgia|Jul 29, 2024

July 27, 2024

Toby Neal – The strange story of Bill of the Big Medal

Features|Jul 27, 2024

July 23, 2024

Cheering crowds for Churchill visit 75 years ago

Features|Jul 23, 2024

July 20, 2024

'Trump cannot lose as he is chosen by God' – Toby Neal

Toby Neal|Jul 20, 2024

July 15, 2024

Fatal flaw as school cracked up

Features|Jul 15, 2024

July 12, 2024

Death of former councillor and teacher who was colleague of prominent TV campaigner

Education|Jul 12, 2024

July 6, 2024

Toby Neal - 'It's a new dawn, but without the charisma'

General Election 2024|Jul 6, 2024

July 5, 2024

Work on Wolverhampton record-beater turns up a 200mph screwdriver

Features|Jul 5, 2024

July 3, 2024

The UK's last July General Election: Wolverhampton airman mulls over his vote in 1945

Features|Jul 3, 2024

June 22, 2024

'My Party of Truth manifesto for the 2024 general election' – Toby Neal

Toby Neal|Jun 22, 2024

June 17, 2024

Kingswood – A camp of children's laughter that rose again

Nostalgia|Jun 17, 2024

June 15, 2024

'Britain's most glamorous soccer manager' – Memories of football pioneer Phyllis back in 1967

Features|Jun 15, 2024

June 8, 2024

Incredible story of Wolverhampton's famous Sunbeam car that missed its land speed record target

Nostalgia|Jun 8, 2024

May 31, 2024

Mystery of Black Country's vanished Robin Hood

Features|May 31, 2024

May 27, 2024

Wolves FA Cup memories – Day crowd went wild welcoming home their heroes

Nostalgia|May 27, 2024

May 25, 2024

The rain would have stayed clear of Mrs T – Toby Neal column

Politics|May 25, 2024

May 20, 2024

Remarkable story of the house that helped those displaced by war feel at home in Wellington

Shropshire|May 20, 2024