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Nick McCarthy

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Sutton Coldfield Sub Aqua Club open day

SUTTON Coldfield Sub Aqua Club is hosting an open day to celebrate its 40th anniversary.Read

Oscott elderly offered help with home and garden jobs

Local councillors have awarded £9,000 towards the garden help and handy man schemes, which are run with Age UK.Read

Birmingham City Council staff set to strike over new contracts

THOUSANDS of Birmingham City Council workers are set to strike in the latest walkout over new contracts which they claim will slash some salaries by 30 per cent.Read

Birmingham man in legal battle with city council over disabled mother's care home costs

THE son of a 92-year-old disabled woman is being sued by Birmingham City Council in an £18,000 wrangle over her care home costs.Read

X Factor finalists Belle Amie to entertain crowds at the first ever FA WSL Continental Cup Final

The match pits Arsenal Ladies against league runners-up Birmingham City Ladies, on Sunday September 25 at Burton Albion FC.Read

Birmingham Children’s Hospital patients handed free tickets to the Ben 10 Monster Truck Mania show at the NIA

The children are being treated for cancer and leukaemia at Birmingham Children’s Hospital.Read

Free black history month talk at Birmingham Uni

PROFESSOR Carl Chinn will host a free talk on the origins of people in Birmingham on Wednesday October 5.Read

Yardley Thai murder accused to appeal against extradition

A BIRMINGHAM-born kickboxer has appealed against the Home Secretery’s decision to extradite him to Thailand to stand trial for murder.Read

Racoon found in the garden of a home in the West Midlands

VETS in south Birmingham have treated a wild racoon that was found in a back garden in Dudley.Read

Birmingham 10K walk, run and cycle for charity

The charity, which is based in Bordesley, supports homeless, isolated and vulnerable people.Read

Police hunt Kingstanding cigarette thief

POLICE in Kingstanding have released CCTV images of a man they want to trace in connection with a burglary at a shop.Read

Birmingham hero soldier wrongly accused of rape spent seven months behind bars

A HERO soldier wrongly accused of rape has told of his ordeal to clear his name – after spending seven months behind bars on remand.Read

Blood donor sessions to be held in Sutton Coldfield Town Hall

THE blood service will collect blood at Sutton Coldfield Town Hall, in Upper Clifton Road, on Wednesday from 1pm and 4.30pm.Read

Fentham Photographic Society hosts an open day today

FENTHAM Photographic Society hosts an open day today.Read

Arthritis Research urges people to think about charity wills

Gifts in wills provide up to 70 per cent of the charity’s funding. Remember a Charity Week takes place from September 12 and will include the first ever Legacy Day on September 13.Read

Neighbourhood watch meeting in Kingstanding confirmed

THE Kingstanding north zone neighbourhood watch scheme will hold a meeting tomorrow at Elim Church.Read

New Hall Mill opens for last time this year tomorrow

NEW Hall Mill will hold its last open day of the year tomorrow.Read

Trade unions in Birmingham rallying call against cuts

TRADE Unions made a rallying call to support a Birmingham march against coalition Government cuts at a meeting last night.Read

Caught On Camera: Racist thug attacks neighbour in Birmingham

THIS is the shocking moment that a racist thug attacked her neighbour in Birmingham and then chased after her nine-year-old daughter who captured the incident on video.Read

Yardley kickboxer Lee Aldhouse to be sent to Thailand to face murder charge

THE Home Secretary has approved the extradition of a Birmingham-born kickboxer who is accused of murdering a former US soldier in Thailand.Read

Author Profile

Nick McCarthy was born and raised in Birmingham and he joined the Birmingham Mail in 2007. He joined the weekly Sutton Coldfield News in 2004 and qualified as a senior journalist in 2006. Before working as a journalist he completed an undergraduate degree in sport and a masters degree in sociology.