Second City

It was the thrashings that Smyth was giving boys with a notorious table tennis bat, dubbed "TTB", that led a parent to the door of Coltart, who worked at a law practice in Zimbabwe's second city, Bulawayo.

Los Angeles had recently passed Chicago to become America’s second city, but it still felt far behind with its puny skyline, suburban sprawl and relative lack of cultural sophistication.

About 25,000 people are waiting on Birmingham’s social housing register, meaning demand is at an all-time high in the UK's second city.

The way Birmingham projected a feel-good face onto England's second city shows the success the Games can be.

He mentioned a second city in Colorado, which right-wing commentators have falsely claimed is in the hands of a Venezuelan gang.