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Toby Neal

Shropshire Star

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Growth and change for Albrighton and beyond - but you can't please everyone

Growth and change for Albrighton and beyond - but you can't please everyone

Driving around Albrighton, I was struck by the number of disused filling stations. Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.comand on Freeview 262 or...

30.03.2025 4

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Belfast’s Wallet Experiment: A lesson in community and honesty - but could residents in Telford or Wolverhampton say the same?

Belfast’s Wallet Experiment: A lesson in community and honesty - but could residents in Telford or Wolverhampton say the same?

As an experiment in Belfast, a television reporter this week "dropped" his wallet in various places in the city, containing both money and his phone...

23.03.2025 4

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'The greatest threat to is the climate politicians spouting nonsense' - Toby Neal talks pylon plans in the countryside

'The greatest threat to is the climate politicians spouting nonsense' - Toby Neal talks pylon plans in the countryside

Quote of the week comes from Ed Miliband. "The biggest threat to the countryside is the climate crisis." Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.comand on...

16.03.2025 5

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'The greatest threat to is the climate politicians spouting nonsense' - Toby Neal talks pylon plans in the countryside

'The greatest threat to is the climate politicians spouting nonsense' - Toby Neal talks pylon plans in the countryside

Quote of the week comes from Ed Miliband. "The biggest threat to the countryside is the climate crisis." Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.comand on...

16.03.2025 7

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'We should take Donald Trump literally and seriously' - Toby Neal warns

Don't take him literally, but do take him seriously. Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.comand on Freeview 262 or Freely 565 It has become a cliche...

09.03.2025 6

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'If Sir Keir was a backslapper he could give himself a good congratulatory backslapping' - Toby Neal's assessment of that meeting

When Perfect Peter Met Horrid Henry. Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.comand on Freeview 262 or Freely 565 High fives, knee squeeze, backslap......

02.03.2025 10

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Brexit, StarmerForce, and the UK's Role in Ukraine: A peacekeeper's dilemma

22.02.2025 7

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Toby Neal

Brexit, StarmerForce, and the UK's Role in Ukraine: A peacekeeper's dilemma

22.02.2025 6

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Toby Neal

'The younger generation have advancements we could only dream of - but I don't envy them at all'

15.02.2025 10

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Toby Neal

'The younger generation have advancements we could only dream of - but I don't envy them at all'

15.02.2025 10

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Toby Neal's take on the 'Rachel from accounts' misogny debate, council tax and Bonnie Blue's record-breaking OnlyFans career

04.02.2025 3

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Toby Neal

Toby Neal's take on the 'Rachel from accounts' misogny debate, council tax and Bonnie Blue's record-breaking OnlyFans career

04.02.2025 4

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Toby Neal

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

'Tis the season to be jolly, and sing some traditional songs. The lyrics have remained the same down the generations, so are ripe for updating to...

07.12.2024 5

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Toby Neal

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

'Tis the season to be jolly, and sing some traditional songs. The lyrics have remained the same down the generations, so are ripe for updating to...

07.12.2024 5

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

"I wish it could be Christmas every day" - so spoke the great Brummie prophet Roy Wood. And so it came to pass.  It's not even December until...

30.11.2024 6

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

"I wish it could be Christmas every day" - so spoke the great Brummie prophet Roy Wood. And so it came to pass.  It's not even December until...

30.11.2024 8

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The vandalism of Scrooges grave could be a hate crime, says columnist Toby Neal

"I wish it could be Christmas every day" - so spoke the great Brummie prophet Roy Wood. And so it came to pass.  It's not even December until...

30.11.2024 3

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Toby Neal

The vandalism of Scrooges grave could be a hate crime, says columnist Toby Neal

"I wish it could be Christmas every day" - so spoke the great Brummie prophet Roy Wood. And so it came to pass.  It's not even December until...

30.11.2024 5

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Peter Rhodes on clean power, a Church under attack and the nobility of the Tommies

No false modesty from Ed Miliband, Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero. Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.comand on Freeview 262...

11.11.2024 5

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

Cripes, what a terrifying, troubling, prospect. Four years of news organisations reporting on America with teeth so firmly clenched that their...

11.11.2024 4

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Toby Neal

Peter Rhodes on clean power, a Church under attack and the nobility of the Tommies

No false modesty from Ed Miliband, Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero. Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.comand on Freeview 262...

11.11.2024 7

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

Cripes, what a terrifying, troubling, prospect. Four years of news organisations reporting on America with teeth so firmly clenched that their...

11.11.2024 10

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

In the hit single Nine Million Bicycles by Katie Melua – who says I'm not up with modern pop? – the singer controversially asserted that "we are 12...

19.10.2024 6

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

Fire up the Tasers. Let the police dogs loose. Lock 'em up and throw away the key. Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.comand on Freeview 262 or...

24.08.2024 2

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