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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 4

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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 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 3

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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 2

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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 8

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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 3

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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 6

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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 3

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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 4

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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...

24.04.2025 8

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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...

24.04.2025 9

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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...

24.04.2025 4

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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 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 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 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 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...

09.03.2025 3

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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...

09.03.2025 2

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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 10

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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...

09.03.2025 10

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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...

09.03.2025 3

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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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