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Nick McCarthy

Nick McCarthy

Alleged arsonist evicted from Birmingham home

A COUNCIL tenant who allegedly terrorised a Birmingham community by causing a series of fires and explosions has been evicted from his home. Read

£450m Digbeth canal regeneration plans unveiled

PLANS for a £450 million canalside regeneration scheme that will create 5,000 new jobs have been submitted to the city council. Read

Driver narrowly escapes van fire

A VAN burst into flames moments after its driver was hurled from the vehicle in an horrific accident in Birmingham. Read

Higher cost to M-way works

WORK to repair a busy two-mile stretch of the M6 motorway through Birmingham has been brought forward and the budget has rocketed by £1.6 million. Read

Girls Aloud, NIA

GIRLS Aloud were suspended 12ft above me on Friday night in thigh high boots, black spandex bondage gear and superhero capes. It was a tough job but someone had to do it! Read

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

Cerys Edwards

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

Bus crash

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

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.

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