North Solihull is north of the border

NORTH Solihull should be considered part of the North of England, at least according to a new university study.
Experts at Sheffield University have drawn a line which they think offers the best approximation of which areas of the UK should form part of the North and those which fall in the South.
The team admit that areas like the Midlands, which has never associated strongly with either grouping, presented something of a problem.
As it is local counties find themselves either side of the line, with the likes of Stratford-Upon-Avon and Rugby being placed in the South, while Solihull borough is positioned just north of "the border".
Danny Dorling, former professor of geography at Sheffield University, said: “That such an exact line can be drawn is, of course, a fiction but it is also fair to say that moving from North to South is not that gradual an experience.”