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Nick McCarthy

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Sutton Coldfield Cancer Support Centre launches new calendar

The free night at the pub, on Chester Road, will include music, a raffle and a chance to buy the calendar, which features submitted photographs of Sutton Park and is available for donation of £5.Read

Selly Oak MP Steve McCabe in charity appeal

The Labour MP has helped launch the CSV Make a Difference Day day of volunteering on on Saturday, October 29.Read

Sutton Coldfield-based Prostate Support Group meeting date

The meet will be held in the Partnership Learning Centre at the Rectory Road Hospital from 2.30pm.Read

Appeal to trace witnesses to fatal late-night Wylde Green crash

The rider, who has not been named, was fatally injured following the collision on Sutton Road, in Wylde Green, on Sunday night at 10.55pm.Read

Tamworth driver jailed for deliberately driving his car at another man.

A MOTORIST has been jailed for four years for deliberately driving his car at another man. Read

Drayton Manor Theme Park to see out the season with a bang

The 30-minute displays will start at 7pm and some rides will be open until 9pm. For information visit www.draytonmanor.co.uk or call 0844 472 1960.Read

Sutton Coldfield's Trinity singer to host charity concert are Brassington Avenue URC

SUTTON Coldfield’s Trinity Singers will be hosting a charity concert in aid of the Banners Gate Counselling Centre.Read

Kings Arms pub to hold charity quiz night

A SUTTON pub hosts a quiz night in aid of Breast Cancer Awareness on October 25.Read

Cancer organisation to hold charity fashion show in Sutton Coldfield

Spire Little Aston Hospital hosts the show on Wednesday. For more details, and tickets, which are £5, call 0121 353 3055.Read

RAF Cosford holds week of helicopter-themed events

Between October 24 and 28 the Staffordshire museum will have a replica air ambulance cockpit and staff on hand from a search and rescue team and the US Air Force.Read

Artifex gallery to hold Lawrie Williamson exhibition

AWARD-winning artist Lawrie Williamson will exhibit his paintings at Sutton Coldfield’s Artifex Gallery throughout November in Weeford Road.Read

Police raid innocent teenager's Kings Norton home after suspecting she was a rioter

Aaliyah Longmore was mistakenly identified as a looter at Carphone Warehouse in the city centre at the height of the disorder on August 9.Read

Birmingham's most lavish dinner at £200!

BIRMINGHAM’S most lavish dinner kicked off a ten-day new look food festival last night at St Martin’s Church in the Bullring.Read

Tragic Erdington teenager Chanel Lee Easy dies in her sleep

A “KIND, caring and thoughtful” sixth former died suddenly in her sleep, aged just 16.Read

Sparkhill market trader ordered to pay back £328,000 of illegal income

A BIRMINGHAM market trader who was jailed for selling counterfeit goods in 2009 has been ordered to pay back £328,000 of illegally earned income.Read

Birmingham City Council scraps bonfire at Pype Hayes fireworks celebration

BIRMINGHAM’S last remaining official celebration of Guy Fawkes Night could be a damp squib – cost cutters have axed the bonfire.Read

Sutton Coldfield dad Ian Dodd raises £26,000 with 3,000 mile bike ride

A SUTTON dad who cycled 3,000 miles across America has raised £26,000 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation.Read

Royal British Legion calls for Poppy Appeal collectors

The legion celebrates its 90th anniversary this year, and aims to smash the 2010 total of £36million.Read

Jubilee Debt Company to hold youth night at University of Birmingham

The justice not charity night will include comedy, live performances and a panel of speakers at St Francis Hall on November 3.Read

Bartley Green Football Club to host Children In Need fundraiser

The family fun night will include a disco, raffle, fancy dress and face painting at Bartley Green Football Club in Jiggins Lane. Tickets are £1 for adults and 50p for children. Call 07807457789 for details and tickets.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.