The Culture Secretary, Maria Miller, may not be aware that the BBC and ITV have been making so many cutbacks in the region over many years. She may not know that there is no televsion studio these days in the Midlands at either the BBC or ITV. She should be concerned if Midlands licence payers think their region is being sidelined.

She may wonder why the British Broadcasting Corporation is not representing England's second largest city or its second most important economic region. Of course, with such a wide remit, Ms. Miller will have many other issues in her in-tray, so what is needed here is volume: many people speaking loudly in support of the Midlands.

In this case, a written letter (the old fashioned way) will have more impact. Get the printer out for this one.

Rt Hon Maria Miller MP
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport.
Department of Culture, Media and Sport.
2 - 4 Cockspur Street,
London. SW1Y 5DH.

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