Original sentence: Birmingham is second largest, both in terms of the city itself and its urban conurbation.These include:  Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, Newcastle, Sheffield, Bristol, Coventry, Leicester, , Nottingham and Hull
Edited sentence: Birmingham is the UK's second city as it is second largest, both in terms of the city itself and its urban conurbation.These include:  Leeds, Liverpool, Newcastle, Sheffield, Bristol, Coventry, Leicester, Manchester, Nottingham and Hull