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'It's time to spread the love for England's patron saint!' Why the West Midlands should all be putting out the flags for St George's Day

What are you doing for St George's Day, then? Nothing much? Well I don't suppose you will be alone. One of the things that has made me increasingly...

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Mark Andrews: Ditch the hair-shirt and spread the love - why we should all be putting out the flags for St George's Day

What are you doing for St George's Day, then? Nothing much? Well I don't suppose you will be alone. One of the things that has made me increasingly...

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"It's time to spread the love for England's patron saint" - why the West Midlands should all be putting out the flags for St George's Day

What are you doing for St George's Day, then? Nothing much? Well I don't suppose you will be alone. One of the things that has made me increasingly...

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How battery farms and solar farms could reshape our countryside

Dan Levy is keen to talk about the benefits of the new battery farm, about to be built on the Black Country green belt. Watch more of our videos on...

22.04.2025 10

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Mark Andrews: British Steel - the next chapter, philistines at Toby Carvery, and the latest brainwave from the human-rights lobby

Mark Andrews: British Steel - the next chapter, philistines at Toby Carvery, and the latest brainwave from the human-rights lobby

Mark Andrews takes a wry look at the week's news Here's my hunch about how the Government's plan to rescue British Steel will pan out.  1. Billions...

20.04.2025 2

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Mark Andrews: British Steel - the next chapter, philistines at Toby Carvery, and the latest brainwave from the human-rights lobby

Mark Andrews: British Steel - the next chapter, philistines at Toby Carvery, and the latest brainwave from the human-rights lobby

Mark Andrews takes a wry look at the week's news Here's my hunch about how the Government's plan to rescue British Steel will pan out.  1. Billions...

20.04.2025 2

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

Mark Andrews takes a wry look at the week's news Twenty years ago this week, the administrators were called in at the end of the MG Rover group,...

13.04.2025 4

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

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

Mark Andrews takes a wry look at the week's news Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.comand on Freeview 262 or Freely 565 It's now a major incident....

06.04.2025 3

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

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

Mark Andrews takes a wry look at the week's news Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.comand on Freeview 262 or Freely 565 It's now a major incident....

06.04.2025 4

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

Spring is in the air. The sky is blue, the blazing sun is licking the glistening paintwork of the brown Kia. What glorious weather for a drive out....

02.04.2025 10

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

Mark Andrews takes a wry look at the week's news Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.comand on Freeview 262 or Freely 565 While using a self-scanning...

30.03.2025 3

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

Mark Andrews takes a wry look at the week's news Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.comand on Freeview 262 or Freely 565 Got your emergency kit...

23.03.2025 6

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

Mark Andrews takes a wry look at the week's news Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.comand on Freeview 262 or Freely 565 Got your emergency kit...

23.03.2025 8

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

Adrian Jackson sounded a defiant tone. As theatres across the country were ordered to close their doors indefinitely, the boss of Wolverhampton Grand...

23.03.2025 4

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

Stephen Kinnock speaks of his admiration for the work of hospice staff. Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.comand on Freeview 262 or Freely 565 "I...

20.03.2025 5

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Hospice

Stephen Kinnock speaks of his admiration for the work of hospice staff. Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.comand on Freeview 262 or Freely 565 "I...

20.03.2025 5

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

Mark Andrews recalls how he discovered the virus people talked about on the news was no laughing matter Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.comand on...

19.03.2025 4

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

It barely made a footnote in the news bulletins. Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.comand on Freeview 262 or Freely 565 As Nigel Farage and his...

18.03.2025 4

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

Mark Andrews takes a wry look at the week's news Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.comand on Freeview 262 or Freely 565 The Prime Minister is said...

16.03.2025 3

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

Mark Andrews takes a wry look at the week's news Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.comand on Freeview 262 or Freely 565 The Prime Minister is said...

16.03.2025 4

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

Mark Andrews takes a wry look at the news and events of the past week Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.comand on Freeview 262 or Freely 565 From...

09.03.2025 3

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

Mark Andrews takes a wry look at the news and events of the past week Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.comand on Freeview 262 or Freely 565 From...

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Mark Andrews takes a wry look at the news and events of the past week Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.comand on Freeview 262 or Freely 565 From...

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

Mark Andrews takes a wry look at the news and events of the past week Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.comand on Freeview 262 or Freely 565 From...

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

Mark Andrews takes a wry look at the news and events of the past week Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.comand on Freeview 262 or Freely 565 From...

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Mark Andrews takes a wry look at the news and events of the past week Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.comand on Freeview 262 or Freely 565 From...

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

That didn't last long, did it? I've had waits in A & E for almost as long as the time that Mike Amesbury spent in the clink for giving a constituent a...

02.03.2025 9

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

That didn't last long, did it? I've had waits in A & E for almost as long as the time that Mike Amesbury spent in the clink for giving a constituent a...

02.03.2025 10

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

It's back to the 80s. Ozzie Osbourne's playing at Villa Park, Bergerac's back on telly, and by the time you read this, the former Kipp's wine bar in...

02.03.2025 10

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

22.02.2025 6

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

22.02.2025 6

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

15.02.2025 10

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

15.02.2025 10

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

09.02.2025 8

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

08.02.2025 6

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

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

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Mark Andrews: Helping the public? How last century

04.02.2025 3

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Mark Andrews: Helping the public? How last century

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

25.01.2025 10

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

25.01.2025 10

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

18.01.2025 10

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

18.01.2025 10

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

18.01.2025 10

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

18.01.2025 10

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

11.01.2025 6

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

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

10.01.2025 2

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

10.01.2025 10

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Mark Andrews: Snitching on bad drivers, and why can't we invest in green energy and North Sea gas?

Mark Andrews takes a wry look at the week's news During Joseph Stalin's 'Red Terror' purges in the 1930s, a youngster named Pavel Morozov became...

04.01.2025 3

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