Mills bomb Britain adopted grenades that contained segmented coiled wire in smooth metal casings. The No. 36M Mk.I remained the standard grenade of the British Armed Forces and was manufactured in the UK until 1972, when it was completely replaced by the L2 series. The 36M remained in service in some parts of the world such as India and Pakistan, where it was manufactured until the early 1980s. Mills bombs were still being used in combat as recently as 2004 e.g. the incident which killed US Marine Jason Dunham and wounded two of his comrades. The Mills bomb was developed into a
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;