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Heather Large

Special projects reporter

Senior reporter and part of the Express & Star special projects team specialising in education and human interest features.

February 25, 2024

Meet the business owners helping people to reduce the amount of plastic in their weekly shop

Meet the Staffordshire landscape painter inspired by the beauty of nature

February 18, 2024

Behind the scenes of Cannock artisan coffee roasting company and cafe that started as hobby

Paloma Faith on music, motherhood and moving on

February 11, 2024

Meet the dance teacher who is setting up a new vocational dance college in Brierley Hill

February 4, 2024

Meet the Codsall hairdressers living their dream at their own salon

Food review: Dishes perfect for a winter's night at Massala Corner in Aldridge

Dining out|Feb 4

Meet the Wolverhampton magician who is also a tarot card reader

January 28, 2024

Meet the team at an award-winning chocolate shop - with a theatrical extra touch

January 21, 2024

Meet the Staffordshire artist inspired by mid-century design

January 14, 2024

Top tips to banish Blue Monday as January's gloomiest day approaches

January 13, 2024

Dreams come true for Jason Dovovan

Features|Jan 13

Gladiators: Modern reboot of TV's toughest test returns but pays homage to 90s original

Features|Jan 13

January 7, 2024

Meet the woman who knows just how to help you plan the holiday of a lifetime

Meet the social enterprise founder helping to fund educational projects around the globe

January 1, 2024

Flashback to 2000: First British women reach South Pole

Nostalgia|Jan 1

December 19, 2023

New series of eco-craft workshops on way

What's On|Dec 19, 2023

December 17, 2023

Meet Weston Park's 30-year-old head chef who has led her team to a prestigious AA Rosette

Features|Dec 17, 2023

Heather Large: My Christmas tree test for a mountaineering moggie

Weekend|Dec 17, 2023

December 13, 2023

Bad Education: A Christmas Carol – Three ghosts and a funeral in a musical extravaganza

Features|Dec 13, 2023

December 9, 2023

End of the road for Audi's iconic TT

Features|Dec 9, 2023

Christmas is All Wrapped Up for Stourbridge singer Susy Wall

Weekend|Dec 9, 2023

December 3, 2023

The Big Debate: Sandwiches – how do you cut yours?

Features|Dec 3, 2023

December 2, 2023

How a bookshop owner is helping children to develop a love of reading

Weekend|Dec 2, 2023

November 26, 2023

Remembering final flight of aviation icon Concorde

Weekend|Nov 26, 2023

November 21, 2023

The day an earthquake shook the Black Country

Long Reads|Nov 21, 2023

November 19, 2023

Chance meeting for two Cheslyn Hay writers has led to friendship and their first author event

Weekend|Nov 19, 2023

November 17, 2023

Flashback to 1995: Boots, Bond and a visit from rugby legend in a busy month

Nostalgia|Nov 17, 2023

Film talk: Emotions run high in The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

Entertainment|Nov 17, 2023

November 13, 2023

Flashback to 2002: Green Goddesses in action in the West Midlands as firefighters’ strike begins

Nostalgia|Nov 13, 2023

November 12, 2023

Heather Large: My love-hate relationship with technology

Weekend|Nov 12, 2023

Alfie Boe: From opera to classics of rock

Features|Nov 12, 2023

November 6, 2023

Flashback to 1997: Thousands protest against the loss of Kidderminster Hospital's accident and emergency unit

Nostalgia|Nov 6, 2023

November 5, 2023

Explore the colourful world of Codsall pattern maker and handprinter Rachel Winsper.

Weekend|Nov 5, 2023

October 30, 2023

Flashback to 1989: The start of Wallace and Gromit's stop motion adventures

Nostalgia|Oct 30, 2023

October 29, 2023

Halloween work is such a scream for Stafford College students

Weekend|Oct 29, 2023

October 28, 2023

Family turn their West Bromwich home into a scare maze for charity

Weekend|Oct 28, 2023

October 23, 2023

Flashback to 2011: Air raid shelter is rebuilt at RAF Cosford Museum

Nostalgia|Oct 23, 2023

October 22, 2023

Heather Large: Get behind the annual campaign to celebrate black and black-and-white cats.

Weekend|Oct 22, 2023

Love blossoms in Newport author's wartime mystery

Weekend|Oct 22, 2023

The Wolverhampton charity providing a safe sanctuary for women and children for 50 years

Wolverhampton|Oct 22, 2023

October 11, 2023

Debo puts faith in yoga sessions to help reduce isolation in Wolverhampton

Weekend|Oct 11, 2023

October 8, 2023

Jude Bellingham is back where it all began

Features|Oct 8, 2023

Big Cheers for the return of our favourite TV psychiatrist

Weekend|Oct 8, 2023

September 20, 2023

Simon is always ready to rumble: What it's like to be a pitch-side announcer at Walsall FC

Weekend|Sep 20, 2023

September 10, 2023

Shania's still the one to inspire

Features|Sep 10, 2023

September 3, 2023

Friends who met as music teachers in the 80s now producing their own songs

Music|Sep 3, 2023

What it's like to set up an estate agency: Husband and wife team using business as a force for good

Weekend|Sep 3, 2023

Paul Young talks about his career highlights and capturing them in his new book

Features|Sep 3, 2023

August 27, 2023

Flashback to 1994: People rush to the shops as Sunday trading is legalised

Features|Aug 27, 2023

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