Updated 12:11pm 16 February 2012:

Get involved

RSS news for you | Forums
Send your stories

Powered by Google

Satellite broadcaster has strong local ambitions Jun 24 2011

Dear Editor, Last week you published a letter by Michael Bradley, of Solihull, about the closure of BBC Television Centre as an opportunity for Birmingham’s creative and marketing sector to fill the void.Read

M6 Toll road was doomed to failure Jun 17 2011

Dear Editor, Every morning, Monday to Friday, I clamber into my car and head off into the congestion on the M6 between junctions 7 and 6, from Walsall to Birmingham, then come the evening the same journey in reverse. This stretch of motorway is one of the busiest in Europe, and don’t those of us that use it daily know it.Read

Birmingham should cash in on the closure of BBC Television Centre Jun 16 2011

Dear Editor, The announcement this week by the BBC that Television Centre in west London is to be sold for commercial development, presents Birmingham with a last opportunity to reclaim its position as a centre for television production. The last decade saw Birmingham lose its ITV production complex on Broad Street (still waiting to be demolished) and the BBC’s own Pebble Mill has been nothing more than a memory since 2004.Read

Cash crunch at heart of Academic competition Jun 10 2011

Dear Editor, Councillor Les Lawrence is right (Birmingham Post, June 3) to express concern that academies will hand the bill for redundant staff to the council.Read

Combine road tax and insurance Jun 10 2011

Dear Editor, With the latest action being taken by authority to ensure all road vehicles (except SORN certificated) are properly insured an important barrier will be raised against irresponsible drivers who have no intention of accepting any third party burden.Read

More high speed hurry will probably mean less haste Jun 10 2011

Dear Editor, “Just arrived on that new high-speed train from London have you, sir?Read

If speed is not the essence of HS2 why muddle the issue? Jun 10 2011

Dear Editor, I have become an avid reader of the Birmingham Post’s business section.Read

HS2 is about the greater needs of UK Jun 03 2011

Dear Editor, Jerry Marshall’s suggestion (Post May 26) that High Speed Rail could be brought directly to New Street or Birmingham International does not address a number of important issues.Read

High speed rail is needed, but opponents still have a point Jun 03 2011

Dear Editor, At a time when High Speed 2 attracts such highly polarised viewpoints from those opposing the scheme and those in favour, the well reasoned points made by Glyn Pitchford (Post, May 12) are most welcome.Read

Litter louts are getting away with it scot free Jun 03 2011

Dear Editor, It seems the battle to keep our roadsides clear of litter is never ending.Read

Forget status, Birmingham just needs to get on with it Jun 03 2011

Dear Editor, I may be unusual for a born and bred Brummie, but I have been unimpressed by the tiresome debate over Birmingham’s so called Second City status. I am unclear what benefits this status has brought us over the years.Read

New city library is already too overpowering Jun 01 2011

Dear Editor, It is early days, but I note with dismay the growing carbuncle that is the Library of Birmingham in Centenary Square.Read

Councillors need to care for their people – not the needs of business May 27 2011

Dear Editor, In March Birmingham City Council welcomed HS2 as an investment in the future, and urged all to pledge support by signing up to their Chamber of Commerce action group.Read

An effective alternative to HS2 exists May 27 2011

Dear Editor, The choice concerning HS2 is not HS2 or nothing. There is a high speed rail (HSR) alternative to HS2.Read

Academy status will destroy local authority system in name of profit May 27 2011

Dear Editor, The head teacher of Harborne Academy is wrong to claim (Post 19 May, p24) that its achievements are due to it becoming an Academy.Read

Swipe at India seemed misleading and ungracious May 27 2011

Dear Editor, I thought Mr Fitzpatrick’s letter about India (I’ll stick with sweet Paris, thank you, Post May 19) rather ungracious and misleading.Read

Who needs friends like Lord Digby Jones? May 27 2011

Dear Editor, So Lord Jones has had yet another swipe at the city he supposedly loves so much?Read

Mayoral proposals are not yet set in stone May 20 2011

Dear Editor, As a retired English teacher, I do object to Paul Dale’s reference to Mike Whitby becoming “Birmingham’s first directly elected mayor” after the election for leader of the minority Conservative Group (32.5% of the council). (Post, May 12)Read

Chief constable has been forced into a corner May 20 2011

Dear Editor, There is something very perverse in forcing a police officer into early retirement and then offering him a job as an unpaid hobby bobby.Read

We need to sell the story of our great city May 20 2011

Dear Editor, For the second consecutive week now The Independent has published articles questioning the second city status of Birmingham, the latter prompted by comments from Lord Digby Jones of Birmingham, who really should know better than to slate the city he may one day wish to stand for.Read

Quick Links

Your Letters

send your views

Email your letter to the Editor

Restaurant reviews

Restaurants

The great - and not so great - places to dine out

Motors