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Tyler Geren, of Chattanooga, and Daniel Houston, of Ringgold, Ga., are the initial plaintiffs in the suit against Chattanooga, and Drew Whitley, of Chattanooga, and Alicia Carico, of Lookout Mountain, Tenn., are the initial plaintiffs in the suit against Red Bank, records show. \"It is our contention that the municipal ordinances at issue were passed by Red Bank and the city of Chattanooga, respectively, at a time when they were contrary to state law,\" Mr. [Jonathan Guthrie] said. \"Therefore, since they were contrary to state law, they were unconstitutional when enacted. \"The state of Tennessee has since passed legislation authorizing red-light cameras,\" he said, \"but neither Red Bank nor the city of Chattanooga has re-enacted any such legislation.\" Chattanooga City Attorney Mike McMahan said the city would \"vigorously defend\" itself against the lawsuit, but he declined to comment further.

Ericsson is to close a research and development centre in Coventry with the loss of 700 jobs, delivering a blow to the weakened economy of the West Midlands city, writes Jonathan...

Insurers that provide trade credit cover, such as Euler Hermes, Atradius and Coface, are currently blinking under the media spotlight. This is because they have been cutting or reducing cover on the debts of such well-known businesses as General Motors, Ford and Woolworths. The implication that such large companies may be unable to honour their debts has deepened the economic gloom.

Avatar's expensively realised aliens may therefore struggle to outsell Stephen Spielberg's extra-terrestrial sock puppet.

Globalisation is eroding the cultural barriers separating the rest of the world from Great Britain. Yet Europe remains as physically isolated from the UK as when a national newspaper trumpeted ''Fog in Channel: Continent Cut Off''. Even on a clear day our national moat hampers communications. Fewer than 460,000 years ago, meltwater from retreating ice sheets topped the land bridge and carved out the Channel. Even then, for long spells Britain remained a pregnant bulge in the coastline of Europe. This reflected the low sea levels resulting from successive ice ages, according to Chris Stringer, a Natural History Museum palaeontologist. It was only 8,500 years ago - a gnat's gasp in the history of the planet - that the last glacial retreat created the island topography we now regard as immutable. If you would like to see your argument for change appear on this page, enter our essay competition and tell us ''What I would change''. For terms and conditions and details of how to enter, go to www.ft.com/essay. The winner will receive a made-to-measure men's or women's suit courtesy of Huntsman, Savile Row. The winning entry will be published in the FT early next year.

\"Manchester has surpassed Birmingham to merit the title of the UK's second city,\" said the author of one report. We Mancunians were never inclined to grant Birmingham that accolade, but Brum and its region have many merits. It is time, surely, to reassure Midlanders that they live in the heart of England, not just the region that puts the \"divide\" into north- south divide. So, to attest to the region's glory, here are my candidates for the top 10 people born in the Midlands, west and east, judged by their impact on business, politics and economics (excluding monarchs and, with one big exception, artistic figures).

Mr [Jones] said yesterday that he was \"over the moon\" at beating the Revenue in the High Court. He said his six-year struggle brought him and his wife \"a lot of stress\". Asked what his legal victory meant personally, he replied: \"It means I can return to anonymity.\"

Jonathan Guthrie, city centre partnership director at Edinburgh City Council, said new buildings would be created on Princes Street within five to six years as part of a scheme that would \"exceed every expectation\". He said: \"Edinburgh used to be renowned for Princes Street, but it is now slipping down the ranks as a shopping destination. We have developments happening outside Edinburgh and we need something to bring people back into the centre. There is no shortage of people - both developers and retailers who are wanting to get into Princes Street. Council leader Jenny Dawe said: \"A regeneration of Princes Street is desperately needed and the fact that there are people who have faith in it and want to invest is fantastic news. I have seen the String of Pearls concept and anything that will improve Princes Street is to be welcomed.

Today's special report - Doing Business In Birmingham and the Midlands - sets the pattern. Written principally by Jonathan Guthrie, the FT's enterprise editor, who is based in Birmingham, it starts with an analysis of the city in its regional context. This is followed by a focus on the economy, the arrival of locally-based but internationally-minded financial and professional services companies serving the growing entrepreneurial class, and the variety of businesses surviving or thriving in the locality - not just car manufacturing but film-making too.

National Grid plans to spend Pounds 10m on the installation near Corse in Gloucestershire. It would connect new supplies of gas brought onshore in liquefied form at Milford Haven in Wales with the national pipeline network. The aim is twofold: to compensate for declining North Sea supplies of natural gas and to reduce the UK's energy dependency on oil, whose price is highly sensitive to political turbulence in the Middle East. \"Local people are extremely angry,\" said Jasper Magloyden, a telecommunications engineer who lives in the village of Corse near the five-acre site. \"National Grid has told lies from the outset. First there would be three chimneys, then there would be six. Now there could be 12.\"