Birmingham headlines 31 October: Micro-artist creates smallest poem ever
Here are your latest Birmingham headlines.
Here are your latest Birmingham headlines.
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00:00 Hi I'm Iona May and these are your latest Birmingham headlines.
00:03 Two men have been charged with firearms offences after West Midlands Police recovered pistols
00:08 and ammunition in a car they stopped on the M40.
00:12 Both men were charged with possession of a firearm and possession of ammunition for a
00:17 firearm without a certificate and will appear in Birmingham Crown Court.
00:23 Next a new study has identified which five UK airports are worst at dealing with lost
00:28 luggage. Birmingham Airport came fifth on the list with over 5% of baggage cases being
00:32 mishandled. London Heathrow came first with almost 50%.
00:38 Finally Graham Short, a micro artist from Birmingham has written the world's smallest
00:42 poem after etching 'In Flanders Fields' on a speck of his war hero grandfather's military
00:47 badge. Short spent 300 hours engraving 405 letters onto a piece of metal.
00:53 And that's you all up to date.