Editor of the Birmingham Mail and Editor-in-Chief, Trinity Mirror Midlands. Brookes was appointed editor of the Birmingham Mail in November 2009 following 30 years as a journalist in the West Midlands, including editorships on the Coventry Telegraph and Sunday Mercury. Questioned at the Inquiry on Lord Black’s proposals for contractual obligations of newspapers, Brookes said he believed the proposal could be workable and still allow for freedom of the press.
