Trinity Mirror to close eight Midlands titles

Trinity Mirror is set to close eight weekly titles in the Midlands and turn the Birmingham Post into a weekly or biweekly paper.

The group’s regional plans, which will see expenditure reduced by as much as £2.5 million, could also include turning evening title the Birmingham Mail into a morning paper.

The National Union of Journalists claims to have seen “internal company documents” highlighting Trinity’s drastic plans, which would follow on from the publisher’s £2 million cuts in 2008.

A Trinity spokesperson said: “We are constantly reviewing our business, particularly in the current challenging economic environment. As always, if we do have any plans to announce, our staff would be the first to know.”

The NUJ today called on Trinity to make the plans public.