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Nick McCarthy

Nick McCarthy

Birmingham band The Musgraves have musical instruments stolen

Unsigned Birmingham band The Musgraves had all their instruments stolen hours before their big TV break on Graham Norton's chat show. Read

Birmingham double murder: Suspect Rimvydas Liorancas had worked at Carole and Avtar Kolar's home

Murder suspect Rimvydas Liorancas, who was accused of killing Birmingham couple Avtar and Carole Kolar, had previously carried out building work on the couple’s home. Read

Leonardo da Vinci exhibition in Birmingham set to smash visitor expectations

The first Leonardo da Vinci works to ever go on show in Birmingham are set to smash visitor number expectations.Read

Tributes to Warwickshire chip shop owner found dead near reservoir

A Midland village has been united in grief after a chip shop owner was found dead near a reservoir.Read

Tributes to Midland chip shop owner

A Midland village has been united in grief after a chip shop owner was found dead near a reservoir.Read

Bromsgrove licensing committee Tory banned after car crash

A Conservative councillor and licensing committee vice chairman has been banned from driving for 12 months after he crashed into two parked cars in Worcestershire.Read

Call for taxi drivers with excessive licence points to be banned

A Birmingham City Councillor is urging the courts to dish out driving bans to private hire drivers who stack up as many as 18 points and still keep their licence.Read

£57m Royal Shakespeare Theatre lands Heritage Award

Stratford-upon-Avon’s Royal Shakespeare Theatre has won a prestigious award from the Institution of Structural Engineers.Read

New safety measures called for after near miss at Birmingham Airport

Air accident investigators have made four safety recommendations after a plane lost contact with air traffic controllers at Birmingham Airport as it came in to land.Read

Lecturer dressed down to mingle with rioters in Birmingham

An academic from Birmingham has told how he mingled with rioters who brought chaos to the city’s streets in a bid to achieve a better understanding of the disorder.Read

Birmingham Women's Hospital bosses stand down

The chief executive and acting chairman of Birmingham Women’s Hospital have left within hours of each other following an annual general meeting.Read

West Midlands hospital trusts defend private finance schemes

Four Midland NHS trusts identified as struggling to pay for their hospital rebuilds under the private finance initiative have defended their schemes.Read

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

A retired company director is being sued by Birmingham City Council in an £18,000 wrangle over his disabled mother’s care home costs.Read

West Midlands Police to cut £750k from budget for translators

West Midlands Police is to cut 40 per cent off the £1.8 million a year it spends paying interpreters to communicate with non-English speaking offenders.Read

Birmingham kickboxer accused of murder to be extradited to Thailand

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

Home Secretary approves extradition of Birmingham kickboxer accused of murder in Thailand

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

Former BBC presenter Ashley Blake to publish his prison diaries

Former BBC newsreader Ashley Blake, who was jailed for attacking a teenager with a wooden pole, is publishing his prison diaries.Read

Former BBC presenter Ashley Blake publishes his prison diaries

Former BBC newsreader Ashley Blake, who was jailed for attacking a teenager with a wooden pole, is publishing his prison diaries.Read

Droitwich teenager admits trying to incite riot through Facebook

A 16-year-old boy has admitted trying to incite riots by posting messages on Facebook during the violence that hit Birmingham this month.Read

Aston Villa European Cup heroes to be honoured at Football Hall of Fame

Aston Villa's 1982 European Cup winning team is set to be inducted into football’s prestigious Hall of Fame.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.