Birmingham Post

Birmingham Post Comment: Is This the Tip of a Menacing Iceberg?

Ford's carefully choreographed announcement of its 'restructuring' plan for the Browns Lane Jaguar plant in Coventry was a master class in the art of making dreadful news appear palatable. And indeed there were some people who swallowed the line that transferring jobs to Castle Bromwich and Gaydon represented a sugar- coated pil.

Birmingham Post: The Spirit of the Law and Sterner Measures

Anti-social behaviour is a plague on too many communities across the country today. In some parts of the Midlands, residents complain of encountering loutish and aggressive behaviour at their local shopping centre, or simply outside their home, during the day. But even more dramatic is the situation in town and city centres at night, particularly at weekends.

Birmingham Post Comment: Commons Sense

Once again, security at the House of Commons has been shown to be a mess. The Sun reporter who worked in the catering department for 11 days claims that he could easily have smuggled bomb-making equipment into Parliament. The fact that he was able to bring items such as batteries, wire, a timer and modelling clay into the complex will not be a surprise to those who have experience of how Parliament's security works. People who are allocated a full pass are not checked or searched as they walk...

Birmingham Post Comment: Canary Pie

Every town and city needs a claim to fame. Coventry has Lady Godiva. Stratford produced Shakespeare. And Norwich can boast of giving Delia Smith to the world. It comes as no surprise then that the Norfolk city has topped the charts in a survey to answer the question football fans have been asking for years - who ate all the pies? Birmingham's home-grown dish might be the balti, but we'll admit it's hard to top a good steak and kidney pie.