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Great great grandmother gets on her bike to raise cash

A GREAT great grandmother who is fighting cancer has jumped on the back of a motorbike to collect charity cash from big-hearted Brummie bikers. Mamie Woolaston collected more than £235 from the bikers at their regular meet at Bassetts Pole, near Sutton Coldfield. Read

Neighbour from hell, 69, jailed

A PENSIONER who drove his van at a young dad at the peak of a two year campaign of terror against his neighbours has been jailed. Read

Grandad savaged by dog in city park

A GRANDAD of seven is lucky to be alive after he was savagely attacked by a vicious dog that "went wild" in a city park. Read

Summer of delays as roadworks start on M6 in Birmingham

BIRMINGHAM motorists face 11 weeks of summer traffic jams when resurfacing work begins on a 1.75-mile stretch of the M6. Read

Quick-thinking nurse is named local hero

A QUICK-thinking Birmingham nurse who used a belt to save a pub customer after a violent knife attack is the Birmingham Mail's latest local hero. Read

Brady's £1m move to Arsenal wrecked

A £1 MILLION move by Birmingham City boss Karren Brady to become the managing director of Arsenal may have been wrecked by the police probe into football corruption. Read

Repair work starts on Spaghetti Junction

VITAL work to repair Birmingham’s crumbling Spaghetti Junction will begin on Monday and last for 17 months. Read

Brummies bask in the sunshine

PEOPLE may be concerned over the credit crunch and struggling to meet the bills for rocketing food and fuel price hikes, but the sunshine appeared to banished their worries temporarily. Read

Schools Minister on mission at Erdington special school

THE Schools Minister made a whistle stop tour of a Birmingham special school to raise awareness about the 2012 London Olympics and Paralympics. Jim Knight was joined at the Wilson Stuart Special School, in Perry Common Road, Erdington, by paralympic swimmer Chris Holmes, and international volleyball player Denise Austin. Read

Uni's sporting a new village

BIRMINGHAM City University has been given the green light to build a student village in Perry Barr. Read

Birmingham City University sports a new village

BIRMINGHAM City University has been given the green light to build a student village in Perry Barr. Read

Change the law for Cerys

THE parents of Cerys Edwards, who suffered devastating injuries in a car crash, have launched an online petition to try to change the law. Read

Pledge to fix Spaghetti Junction cracks

LONG-awaited work to repair a crumbling section of Birmingham's iconic Spaghetti Junction will start within weeks. Read

Mayhem as bus crashes into house

FIFTEEN people had a miraculous escape when a bus wrote off three cars and then careered into a house in Birmingham. Read

R &B star Jay Sean opens school kitchen

A BIRMINGHAM school's new kitchen has been opened by R&B star Jay Sean. Read

Cab drivers to commemorate D-Day landings

THREE Brummie cabbies and their war hero passengers will land in northern France next week for a five-day trip to commemorate the D-Day landings. Read

Pupil named as ambassador for 2012 Olympics

A YOUNG pupil from Kingshurst’s City Technology College has rubbed shoulders with the biggest names in British sport in a two-year stint as a young ambassador for the 2012 London Olympics. Read

Police oppose 24-hour licence bid

POLICE have opposed a 24-hour booze licence bid by a Broad Street supermarket because they claim it will "increase crime and disorder." Read

Landmark pub hit by arsonists

A WELL-KNOWN Birmingham pub has been destroyed in a suspected arson attack. Read

Hero guide dog and owner support match in memory of tragedy

A HERO guide dog and her owner are supporting a charity rugby event in memory of a teenage player who died of a brain haemorrhage. Read

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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.