Science and invention in Birmingham pen nibs per week. 1915: William Mills develops the first "safe grenade" meaning it is safe for the soldier throwing it rather than his opponent. It is named the Mills bomb, and is adopted by the British Army as its standard hand grenade in 1915. 75,000,000 grenades are supplied during The Great War. 1918: Much work is carried out by Oliver Lucas's company on the design and improvement of the military search light, he also designs a signalling lamp after experiences at the Somme and the design is later used by the British Army. 1920: Charles Henry Foyle invents the
Media in Birmingham the "Sunday Mercury", all owned by Reach plc (formerly Trinity MIrror). In 2018, the "Birmingham Mail" rebranded their online digital operations as "BirminghamLive". Reach plc additionally own "What's On Magazine Group", running since 1986 and currently producing six monthly regional entertainment titles, including "What's On Birmingham" and LGBT+ publication "Midlands Zone". Reach plc is contracted to publish "Forward" (formerly "Birmingham Voice"), the Birmingham City Council's free newspaper distributed to homes, community centres and public buildings. Reach plc previously published the now defunct "Birmingham News", a weekly freesheet distributed to homes in the suburbs. Birmingham has two mainstream digital-only news publishers;