Mills bomb rifle grenade by attaching a metallic rod to its base. This rod-type rifle-grenade had an effective range of about 150 yards. The operating procedure was to insert the Mills bomb rod down the barrel of a standard rifle, put a special blank cartridge in the rifle's chamber, place the rifle stock on the ground, then pull the Mills bomb's safety pin, releasing the safety spoon and immediately fire the rifle. If the soldier did not launch the grenade quickly, the grenade's fuse would time out and explode. The British soon developed a simple cradle attached to the rifle's bayonet lug
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;