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Mark Andrews: Jog on! This is why the police don't have the resources to catch shoplifters

Mark Andrews: Jog on! This is why the police don't have the resources to catch shoplifters

Mark Andrews takes a wry look at the week's news I never thought I would say this, but I'm actually thinking of moving to Surrey. I always imagined it...

17.08.2025 4

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Mark Andrews: Jog on! This is why the police don't have the resources to catch shoplifters

Mark Andrews: Jog on! This is why the police don't have the resources to catch shoplifters

Mark Andrews takes a wry look at the week's news I never thought I would say this, but I'm actually thinking of moving to Surrey. I always imagined it...

17.08.2025 3

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Mark Andrews: Jellied eels or Greggs, guvnor? Civil service recruitment policy is patronising and unfair

Mark Andrews: Jellied eels or Greggs, guvnor? Civil service recruitment policy is patronising and unfair

In future, all Whitehall interns must come from working-class backgrounds, says Pat McFadden, the Black Country MP and PM's right-hand man. If only...

09.08.2025 7

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Mark Andrews: Jellied eels or Greggs, guvnor? Civil service recruitment policy is patronising and unfair

Mark Andrews: Jellied eels or Greggs, guvnor? Civil service recruitment policy is patronising and unfair

In future, all Whitehall interns must come from working-class backgrounds, says Pat McFadden, the Black Country MP and PM's right-hand man. If only...

09.08.2025 6

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Mark Andrews:: Youngsters leaving Britain, end of the road for Jaguar boss, and why the Lionesses remind me of low-alcohol beer

Mark Andrews:: Youngsters leaving Britain, end of the road for Jaguar boss, and why the Lionesses remind me of low-alcohol beer

Mark Andrews takes a wry look at the week's news I've got my tin hat on as I write this, and know I am opening a can of worms. But I have a confession...

03.08.2025 3

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Mark Andrews:: Youngsters leaving Britain, end of the road for Jaguar boss, and why the Lionesses remind me of low-alcohol beer

Mark Andrews:: Youngsters leaving Britain, end of the road for Jaguar boss, and why the Lionesses remind me of low-alcohol beer

Mark Andrews takes a wry look at the week's news I've got my tin hat on as I write this, and know I am opening a can of worms. But I have a confession...

03.08.2025 5

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Full steam ahead as thousands flock to Severn Valley Railway

Forgive the pun, but it was a truly moving occasion. The thousands of happy faces as the Severn Valley was able to fully reopen after the attraction's...

30.07.2025 7

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How much longer are people expected to wait for a driving test?

It used to be one of the great milestones in the coming of age. Every teenager yearned for their 17th birthday, when they would be finally old enough...

30.07.2025 5

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Mark Andrews: Doctors saved my life, but I can't back their pay claim - and Jeremy channels the Listening Bank

Mark Andrews takes a wry look at the week's news Dr  Ross Nieuwoudt, one of the ringleaders of the doctors' strike, is demanding a 29 per cent pay...

27.07.2025 5

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Mark Andrews: Doctors saved my life, but I can't back their pay claim - and Jeremy channels the Listening Bank

Mark Andrews takes a wry look at the week's news Dr  Ross Nieuwoudt, one of the ringleaders of the doctors' strike, is demanding a 29 per cent pay...

27.07.2025 5

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Mark Andrews: Prime Minister targets the Inbetweeners vote, Diane puts her foot in it, and 'protected characteristics' for the armed forces

Mark Andrews takes a wry look at the week's news After u-turning on winter-fuel payments, ripping up his tax pledges, and kicking his welfare cuts...

20.07.2025 3

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Mark Andrews: Prime Minister targets the Inbetweeners vote, Diane puts her foot in it, and 'protected characteristics' for the armed forces

Mark Andrews takes a wry look at the week's news After u-turning on winter-fuel payments, ripping up his tax pledges, and kicking his welfare cuts...

20.07.2025 3

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Mark Andrews: Gregg's underwear dilemma, why we will never see another Norman Tebbit, and how July 7, 2005 changed the country forever

Mark Andrews takes a wry look at the week's news So farewell Gregg Wallace, everyone's favourite celebrity cockney greengrocer, sacked by the BBC...

13.07.2025 5

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Mark Andrews: Gregg's underwear dilemma, why we will never see another Norman Tebbit, and how July 7, 2005 changed the country forever

Mark Andrews takes a wry look at the week's news So farewell Gregg Wallace, everyone's favourite celebrity cockney greengrocer, sacked by the BBC...

13.07.2025 4

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Benefits Street: The West Midlands neighbourhoods where 1 in 8 people claim disability benefits, and those with the lowest rates

Walsall, Sandwell and Telford are the disability hotspots of the West Midlands, with one in eight people claiming benefits. ...

08.07.2025 8

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Mark Andrews: Free cars, a bad finger, and wait until the robots start rocking up in Calais

Mark Andrews takes a wry look at the week's news It might be time to start looking through the car brochures. I don't really need another car, I've...

06.07.2025 3

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Mark Andrews: Free cars, a bad finger, and wait until the robots start rocking up in Calais

Mark Andrews takes a wry look at the week's news It might be time to start looking through the car brochures. I don't really need another car, I've...

06.07.2025 3

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Mark Andrews: Ghanaian drunkards get my vote, and why Marks & Spencer closure should serve as a wake-up call for our dying town centres

Mark Andrews takes a wry look at the week's news I'm not normally a fan of protest movements, at least not in free, liberal democracies where the...

29.06.2025 3

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Mark Andrews: Ghanaian drunkards get my vote, and why Marks & Spencer closure should serve as a wake-up call for our dying town centres

Mark Andrews takes a wry look at the week's news I'm not normally a fan of protest movements, at least not in free, liberal democracies where the...

29.06.2025 4

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Mark Andrews: 'Daddy' Trump, Kemi's secret hope, and the scandal of Michael Gove's pyjamas

After days of speculation about how much damage the US airstrikes actually caused to Iran's nuclear capabilities, Iran has now 'admitted' it was...

28.06.2025 5

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Mark Andrews: 'Daddy' Trump, Kemi's secret hope, and the scandal of Michael Gove's pyjamas

After days of speculation about how much damage the US airstrikes actually caused to Iran's nuclear capabilities, Iran has now 'admitted' it was...

28.06.2025 6

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Mark Andrews: A refreshing waste of public money, and crowds swarm to noodle bar

Don't get too excited, but something very special is going to happen. Sometime this month - so presumably between now and Tuesday - the new-look...

27.06.2025 7

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Mark Andrews: A refreshing waste of public money, and crowds swarm to noodle bar

Don't get too excited, but something very special is going to happen. Sometime this month - so presumably between now and Tuesday - the new-look...

27.06.2025 3

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Mark Andrews: Naked bike rides, and why Palestine Action are idiots but not terrorists

There are plenty of names I can think of for the idiots who broke into RAF Brize Norton and daubed paint over two RAF planes. Watch more of our videos...

26.06.2025 3

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Mark Andrews: Naked bike rides, and why Palestine Action are idiots but not terrorists

There are plenty of names I can think of for the idiots who broke into RAF Brize Norton and daubed paint over two RAF planes. Watch more of our videos...

26.06.2025 3

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Mark Andrews: Time running out for 'supreme leader', barking-mad doggy treats, and why bombing political prisoners is reprehensible

Almost two thirds of Britain’s 22 million pet owners celebrate their animal’s birthday, a study found, spending an average of £121 a time.. Watch...

25.06.2025 3

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Mark Andrews: Time running out for 'supreme leader', barking-mad doggy treats, and why bombing political prisoners is reprehensible

Almost two thirds of Britain’s 22 million pet owners celebrate their animal’s birthday, a study found, spending an average of £121 a time.. Watch...

25.06.2025 5

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Mark Andrews: Inappropriate emails, mobile phone etiquette, and why John Steed may not have been such a gent after all

Addressing male co-workers as 'gents' is 'old fashioned' and inappropriate in the workplace, according to judge Dawn Shotter, who presided over an...

24.06.2025 10

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Mark Andrews::The Donald goes soft, dark times in the Middle East, and enjoy the sunshine - because it's downhill all the way from here

"We know exactly where the so-called ‘supreme leader’ is hiding," said Donald Trump, when asked about his plan to bring peace in Iran. Watch more...

24.06.2025 10

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Mark Andrews: Inappropriate emails, mobile phone etiquette, and why John Steed may not have been such a gent after all

Addressing male co-workers as 'gents' is 'old fashioned' and inappropriate in the workplace, according to judge Dawn Shotter, who presided over an...

24.06.2025 10

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Mark Andrews::The Donald goes soft, dark times in the Middle East, and enjoy the sunshine - because it's downhill all the way from here

"We know exactly where the so-called ‘supreme leader’ is hiding," said Donald Trump, when asked about his plan to bring peace in Iran. Watch more...

22.06.2025 10

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Mark Andrews: Greta spreads the joy in the Middle East, Lammy's futile gesture, and why banning the burka is not very British

Mark Andrews takes a wry look at the week's news Imagine being one of the displaced people of Gaza. You have been forced to move probably two or three...

15.06.2025 10

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Mark Andrews: Greta spreads the joy in the Middle East, Lammy's futile gesture, and why banning the burka is not very British

Mark Andrews takes a wry look at the week's news Imagine being one of the displaced people of Gaza. You have been forced to move probably two or three...

15.06.2025 10

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Mark Andrews: How much 'courtesy or respect' do people who carry knives deserve?

Mark Andrews takes a wry look at the week's news "The panel found that PC Castle failed to act with self-control, did not treat the boy with courtesy...

08.06.2025 6

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Mark Andrews: How much 'courtesy or respect' do people who carry knives deserve?

Mark Andrews takes a wry look at the week's news "The panel found that PC Castle failed to act with self-control, did not treat the boy with courtesy...

08.06.2025 5

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Mark Andrews on how to humiliate fare dodgers, cracking down on shoplifting, and a lawyer who's all talk and no trousers

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 shy and retiring...

02.06.2025 5

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Mark Andrews on how to humiliate fare dodgers, cracking down on shoplifting, and a lawyer who's all talk and no trousers

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 shy and retiring...

01.06.2025 5

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Mark Andrews: Darth Vader in the NHS, unpacking the BBC buzzwords, and safe standing on aeroplanes

Mark Andrews takes a wry look at the week's news Lorna Rooke was working in the NHS Blood and Transplant service when she was sent on a stupid...

25.05.2025 9

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Mark Andrews: Darth Vader in the NHS, unpacking the BBC buzzwords, and safe standing on aeroplanes

Mark Andrews takes a wry look at the week's news Lorna Rooke was working in the NHS Blood and Transplant service when she was sent on a stupid...

25.05.2025 5

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Mark Andrews:The rise of the lanyard class is ruining everything

Mark Andrews takes a wry look a the week's news Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.comand on Freeview 262 or Freely 565 Halfway through my student...

18.05.2025 6

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Mark Andrews:The rise of the lanyard class is ruining everything

Mark Andrews takes a wry look a the week's news Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.comand on Freeview 262 or Freely 565 Halfway through my student...

18.05.2025 3

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VE Day memories of Shropshire folk

There weren't many British servicemen who were able to say they spent VE Day aboard a German U-boat. Roy Jones was one of them.  For the Special Boat...

16.05.2025 7

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Mark Andrews: The Trump trade deal in a nutshell, Reform declares war on green energy, and a generation that thinks VE Day is something to do with Rishi Sunak

Mark Andrews takes a wry look at the week's news The US trade deal for beginners. 1. Donald Trump imposes eye-watering tariffs on British exports to...

11.05.2025 10

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Mark Andrews: The Trump trade deal in a nutshell, Reform declares war on green energy, and a generation that thinks VE Day is something to do with Rishi Sunak

Mark Andrews takes a wry look at the week's news The US trade deal for beginners. 1. Donald Trump imposes eye-watering tariffs on British exports to...

11.05.2025 10

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'The moment a Nazi U-boat met us to surrender' - vivid VE Day memories from veterans in the West Midlands and Shropshire

There weren't many British servicemen who were able to say they spent VE Day aboard a German U-boat. Roy Jones was one of them.  Watch more of our...

07.05.2025 10

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Mark Andrews: 'I'll have a wee beer, please', cancel culture, and why Kneecap sound more Val Doonican than Bobby Sands

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 Sounds irresistible doesn't...

04.05.2025 10

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Mark Andrews: 'I'll have a wee beer, please', cancel culture, and why Kneecap sound more Val Doonican than Bobby Sands

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 Sounds irresistible doesn't...

04.05.2025 4

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What do the election results mean

Shropshire turns yellow, Staffordshire goes turquoise. But what next? Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.comand on Freeview 262 or Freely 565 Some...

04.05.2025 4

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The rise of Reform - Could Nigel Farage become Britain's next Prime Minister?

Shropshire turns yellow, Staffordshire and Worcestershire go turquoise. But what next? Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.comand on Freeview 262 or...

03.05.2025 20

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Mark Andrews: Cons go to Iceland, mad Steve's Maga comeback, and what will our towns do with their £2 million windfall?

Mark Andrews takes a wry look at the week's news The jailbirds are going to Iceland, then. Personally, I'd rather send them to Siberia - or Gaza City,...

27.04.2025 7

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