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Nick McCarthy

Nick McCarthy

Solihull showbiz agent banned from booking acts

A showbiz agent has been banned from booking magicians and other acts – after making their cash disappear.Read

Showbiz agent banned from booking acts

A showbiz agent has been banned from booking magicians and other acts – after making their cash disappear.Read

Elvis impersonator charged with assault at Birmingham convention

One of the organisers of an Elvis Presley convention in Birmingham has been charged with attacking the son of the King’s guitarist after the event. Read

Elvis impersonator charged with assault at Birmingham convention

The organiser of a Birmingham Elvis Presley convention has been charged with attacking the son of the King’s guitarist in the city.Read

Parents plan to build free school in Sutton Coldfield

Parents have applied to build their own school because of cutbacks in education budgets.Read

Parents plan to build free school in Sutton Coldfield

Parents have applied to build their own school because of cutbacks in education budgets.Read

Acorns Children's Hospice launches Be A Star volunteer campaign

After battling a financial crisis, Acorns Children’s Hospice has launched a Christmas appeal for more volunteers. Nick McCarthy meets some of the families benefiting from the charityRead

More than half of West Midlands GPs refer patients to private sector

More than half of GPs in the West Midlands are referring patients to private hospitals for routine operations, according to a survey.Read

More than half of West Midlands GPs refer patients to private sector

More than half of GPs in the West Midlands are referring patients to private hospitals for routine operations, according to a survey.Read

University of Birmingham cancels open day because of protest

The University of Birmingham has been forced to cancel an open day because of planned protests against funding cuts and tuition fee hikes.Read

University of Birmingham cancels open day because of protest

The University of Birmingham has been forced to cancel an open day because of planned protests against funding cuts and tuition fee hikes.Read

University of Birmingham cancels open day because of protest

The University of Birmingham has been forced to cancel an open day because of planned protests against funding cuts and tuition fee hikes.Read

4am Project's Karen Strunks gets inside New York with social media

A blogging photographer from Birmingham will fly to New York next week to spend a month with 3,000 virtual travel companions. Read

Sutton Coldfield residents launch campaign against garden grabbing

Sutton Coldfield campaigners have launched a scathing attack on the coalition government for reneging on promises to outlaw “garden grabbing” housing developments.Read

New high speed rail route could cut through National Agricultural Centre

Plans to move the proposed high speed rail route from London to Birmingham away from picturesque Midland villages could see it cut through the National Agricultural Centre at Stoneleigh Park, it has been claimed.Read

Gravestones to be removed from Erdington church hit by arson

A Birmingham church that was devastated in an arson attack in 2007 is removing “unvisited, unsafe and derelict” gravestones as part of its redevelopment plans.Read

Review: V Festival, Weston Park, Staffordshire

Nick McCarthy experiences a mixed bag of music and weather at the Weston Park half of the V Festival. Read

Birmingham councillor's executive car hire cost taxpayers £2,500

A leading Birmingham city councillor has used thousands of pounds of taxpayers’ cash on chauffeur-driven trips to London in executive cars.Read

Major repair work begins at Spaghetti Junction

Major repair work will begin on a crumbling section of Spaghetti junction on Monday.Read

Anger as three priests are removed from Birmingham Oratory ahead of Pope's visit

Three popular priests have been “inexplicably” removed from the Birmingham Oratory ahead of the Pope’s visit to the city – sparking an online campaign for their reinstatementRead

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.