Mark Andrews

3 days ago | shropshirestar.com | Mark Andrews

Les Whitaker said he was completely unaware of extension plans for a major extension to a neighbouring house, including a large garage building right on the boundary with his property. Mr Whitaker, of Lonsdale Road, Shrewsbury, said he received no notification about the plans for neighbouring Field House, in Field House Drive, Meole Brace. "I came back from a month's holiday in India, and there it was," he said. "I had no knowledge about what was happening at all."

4 days ago | expressandstar.com | Mark Andrews

A service which provided scooters for disabled shoppers is to close, after being deemed no longer viable. The ShopMobility service, which operates out of Wolverhampton retail market, is being wound down over a three-month period, with the equipment being offered free of charge to customers. Surplus equipment will also be offered to military veterans through Staffordshire Regimental Association, with any remaining being donated to the council's adult social care service.

4 days ago | shropshirestar.com | Mark Andrews

The US trade deal for beginners. 1. Donald Trump imposes eye-watering tariffs on British exports to the US, sending UK manufacturing into shockwaves of panic. 2. President Trump agrees to cut the aforementioned tariffs in exchange for a raft of concessions, including opening up the UK market to American beef farmers. 3. President Trump graciously allows our Prime Minister to call him 'Donald' on speaker phone. The power of the Special Relationship.

4 days ago | expressandstar.com | Mark Andrews

It was also the year that Bruce George MP launched a charity bed push by Walsall's busmen, to raise £800 for emergency equipment at the town's general hospital. This week, in the first of a series of features looking through our picture archives, we focus on 1978 in Walsall and the surrounding areas. Leaving town was Dave Mackay, the former Scottish international midfielder, who had taken Walsall to sixth in the Third Division during his first season in charge at Fellows Park.

5 days ago | expressandstar.com | Mark Andrews

Richard Parker, elected as regional mayor for the West Midlands exactly a year ago, is staking his reputation on bringing bus services up to scratch. Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.comand on Freeview 262 or Freely 565His ambitious bus plan was the cornerstone of his pitch to the electorate last year, and he is acutely aware that his hopes of re-election may well hinge on whether or not he can deliver. "We've got a system that works for no-one currently," he says.