
I commend this post by my colleague Andrew McCann over on A Tangled Web to you. Andrew is able to listen to the atrocious 5LIve more than I and so he gets to endure the full-on bias from that particular broadcasting delight. Give it a read, I think he makes some excellent points.
Weekend 28th February 2026
My local newspaper front page today https://www.expressandstar.com/news/crime/2026/02/28/jailed-pair-locked-up-for-almost-80-years-after-opening-fire-in-black-country-street-leaving-three-women-injured/ [img]https://resizer.nationalworld.com/99dc2e7a-fd80-4cd0-a0b9-329297c08309.JPG?tr=w-1200%2Ch-900[/img] https://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/sandwell/smethwick/2026/02/28/black-country-man-jailed-after-police-seize-zombie-knife/ [img]https://resizer.nationalworld.com/1d7e7824-f1b7-45f2-adf6-ac28b6752372.jpg?tr=w-600%2Ch-450[/img] https://www.expressandstar.com/news/crime/2026/02/28/county-lines-drug-dealer-who-had-business-cards-jailed-over-west-midlands-class-a-supply-line/ [img]https://resizer.nationalworld.com/260b9dc2-3fad-4c8f-9940-498a2348d5fe.jpg?tr=w-600%2Ch-450[/img] https://www.expressandstar.com/news/crime/2026/02/28/face-of-detained-18-year-old-who-attacked-his-mother-in-smethwick/ [img]https://resizer.nationalworld.com/07062e32-f3c7-41e5-8b75-2a5425bfe8f8.jpg?tr=w-600%2Ch-450[/img]