Updated 11:57pm 25 May 2013

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Nick McCarthy

Nick McCarthy

Night-time closure of busy Birmingham flyover to make it safe

One of Birmingham’s main city centre routes is to be closed for eight months as part of major repair works.Read

Birmingham bogus charity collector jailed for £350,000 scam

A bogus charity collector who pocketed nearly £350,000 from street collections which he said were for disadvantaged children has been jailed for four-and-a-half years.Read

Rising road repair bill needs an extra £1.5m

Birmingham City Council will be asked for another £1.5 million next week to help pay for emergency repairs to the city’s road network.Read

Dad at trial of Worcestershire woman in river boarding tragedy

The father of a 21-year-old woman who died while river boarding will travel to New Zealand on Sunday for the trial of an adventure sport company that is accused of breaching safety laws.Read

Midlands former soldier claims troops smuggle weapons to gangs

British troops are smuggling guns and drugs into the UK and Europe and selling them on to criminal gangs, a former soldier from the Midlands has claimedRead

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, at Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton

I don’t know who was more impressed by the flying car, me or my five-year-old nephew.Read

Family pays tribute to murdered Birmingham taxi driver

The family of a 36-year-old taxi driver found fatally injured by a road side have spoken of their loss.Read

NHS watchdog says Mid-Staffordshire Trust still has issues to address

A three month progress report by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) warned that there was an urgent need for new equipment and more nurses at the trust.Read

Future of Fire Service Grade II listed building in limbo

The future of Birmingham’s historic former Fire Service Headquarters remains unclear as the owners admitted that they had no plans to develop the listed site.Read

Sutton Coldfield now alcohol-free after yob assaults

Sutton Coldfield has become a completely alcohol-free town after council licensing chiefs approved public alcohol exclusion zones in Four Oaks and New Hall following issues of anti-social behaviour.Read

Village's spontaneous tribute as bodies are brought home

The people of Wootton Bassett have stood in silence 79 times, but yesterday thousands of mourners spontaneously clapped home eight British soldiers who fell on Britain’s bloodiest day in Afghanistan.Read

Baggage handlers strike looms over Swissport's failure to honour deal

Angry airport workers look “almost certain” to ballot for disruptive industrial action after bosses continued to refuse to pay an agreed wage increase.Read

Private Robert Laws, 18, of Bromsgrove, killed in rocket attack in Afghanistan

Tributes have been pouring in for a Bromsgrove soldier who was killed at the weekend in a rocket attack in Afghanistan.Read

Six members of Midland family in immigrant marriage cons

Six members of the same family took part in one of the biggest sham marriage scams the Midlands has seen, wedding illegal immigrants desperate to stay in the country.Read

Pilot killed in Warwickshire glider crash

Air accident investigators are trying to find what caused a glider crash that killed the pilot in Warwickshire on Saturday.Read

109 new swine flu cases confirmed in West Midlands

Another 109 cases of swine flu have been confirmed in the West Midlands over the weekend.Read

Lichfield MP promotes John Lewis ‘for constituents’ benefit’

Lichfield MP Michael Fabricant has admitted promoting one of Britain’s biggest retailers in Parliament, but he insists that it is only for the benefit of his constituents.Read

Birmingham airport strike threat over pay

Birmingham airport workers could hold disruptive summer strikes after bosses said they “did not have the money” for pay rises that were agreed last year.Read

Councillors sorry after Castle Bromwich phone mast error

Councillors have apologised to residents after a mobile phone firm legally installed a mast three years after the council refused permission.Read

Solihull MP Lorely Burt calls for more transparency on claims

Solihull MP, Lorely Burt, is the latest Midland MP to open up her detailed expense claims to the Birmingham Post in an effort to prove that they have nothing to hide.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.