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Nick McCarthy

Nick McCarthy

Engineers fear for 'crumbling' Spaghetti Junction

WORRIED Highways engineers are mounting an hourly watch on part of Birmingham's iconic Spaghetti Junction which they admit is crumbling. Read

The No 84 bus after it collided with a tree on Pershore Road South in Kings Norton.

Police investigate why Birmingham bus smashed into a tree

POLICE and bus officials were today investigating how a runaway double-decker packed with terrified passengers ploughed into a tree in Birmingham after the driver apparently left the vehicle. Read

The cup presented to Aston Villa founder member Jack Hughes.

Cup presented to Aston Villa founder member Jack Hughes is back with his family

IT MAY not take up the biggest space in the trophy cabinet but a 133-year-old cup kick-started Aston Villa's glorious trophy trail. Read

A traffic jam

Aston Expressway slip road in Birmingham is closed indefinitely

MOTORISTS face massive traffic delays after the A38 city-bound slip road on to Aston Expressway into Birmingham was closed "indefinitely" by the Highways Agency. Read

Funeral of Archbishop Maurice Couve de Murville in Birmingham

MOURNERS crammed in to Birmingham's St Chad's Cathedral to bid a final farewell to Roman Catholic Archbishop Maurice Couve de Murville, who served for 17 years. Read

Steve Bruce

Blues fans: You can't blame Bruce

BIRMINGHAM City fans today sympathised with Steve Bruce's decision to leave St Andrew's with many feeling he had been left with little option by the club. Read

Rachel Turner

Birmingham student Rachel Turner dies in Ibiza fall

POPULAR Birmingham student Rachel Turner has died after falling from a building while working in Ibiza. Read

Neighbours hits back over golf course closure threat

STAFF at a Birmingham golf course are being forced to make DIY repairs to keep it open, it was claimed today. Read

Ammonia leak alert at Sainsbury's

THOUSANDS of shoppers found empty shelves at Sainsbury's when ammonia leaked at a major food distribution centre near Birmingham. Read

End of the road for Digbeth Coach Station

THE last coach pulled out of Birmingham's crumbling Digbeth Coach Station today ahead of a £15 million cash injection that could bring 200 jobs to the area. Read

TV licence cheats are caught out

BIRMINGHAM investigators have caught nearly 8,000 television licence evaders in just nine months. Read

Richard Turner

Tributes to Birmingham lad found hanged in park

TRIBUTES have been pouring in for a Birmingham teenager who was found dead in Sutton Park. Read

Law and order.

Rat droppings firm is fined £22,000

A FOOD company must pay a £22,000 fine for supplying coriander seed packets containing rat droppings to three Birmingham stores. Read

Birmingham Council House

People go with Mail campaign

A BBC street poll from The Politics Show revealed overwhelming support for the Birmingham Mail's campaign for a referendum on an elected mayor. Read

Niki Evans

Niki's mum: Please keep on voting

THE mum of Midland based X Factor finalist Niki Evans today called for even more support from Birmingham Mail readers. Read

Fire and rescue.

Emergency services plan for city disaster

THEY are the city scenes we hope will never happen, but which emergency services have to be prepared for. Read

Birmingham Coroners Court

Alarm call after recluse OAP dies in fire tragedy

AN elderly Birmingham recluse died of smoke inhalation when clothes hanging from a wardrobe were set alight by an electric heater, an inquest heard. Read

Sir Cliff Richard

Die-hard Cliff fans camp out for tickets

DIE-hard Cliff Richard fans spent a cold, wet night outside Birmingham's NIA to secure precious tickets which went on sale today for his shows in the city next year. Read

Blues superfan Rob Shannon.

Keeping right on for 33 years

FAMILY weddings, foreign holidays and finance mean little to football fanatic Robert Shannon. Read

West Midlands Fire Service

Anger at proposed fire service cuts

A FURIOUS city firefighter claims that the latest round of cash saving cuts are dangerous and demoralising. 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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