Brumspotting: how to see Birmingham (and Coventry) from the Cotswolds

For each pair of pictures, the one on the left is a wide view from a viewpoint with an arrow pointing to the city, the one in the right is a Brum-hanced (or Cov-hanced) close-up. Click on any image for a larger version. Continue reading “Brumspotting: how to see Birmingham (and Coventry) from the Cotswolds”

Minister destroys national identity register

Damian Green has marked the end of the identity card scheme by feeding its drives into an industrial shredder in Essex

After years of debate, hours of a parliamentary time and millions of pounds, I saw minister Damian Green feeding some of the hard drives behind the ID cards system into an industrial shredder in Essex. It was certainly an unusual press trip – see images below.

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