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Nick McCarthy

Nick McCarthy

Police have launched a major World Cup crackdown against known hooligans in the West Midlands.

POLICE have launched a major World Cup crackdown against known hooligans in the West Midlands.Read

EXCLUSIVE: Animal rights gyrocopter pilot fears reprisals

THE Gyrocopter pilot who was cleared of killing a hunt supporter in the Midlands says he fears reprisal attacks, and believes that his family might have been safer had he gone to prison.Read

US playboy Ryan LeVin charged over hit and run deaths of two Midland dads

A MILLIONAIRE US playboy has been charged with the hit-and-run deaths of two Midland businessmen after a year-long police investigation.Read

Khyra Ishaq trial: Tony Howell on holiday

THE man in charge of Birmingham’s children’s services was on holiday as even more harrowing details emerged about Khyra Ishaq’s death.Read

Family of Warwickshire hit-and-run businessman demand justice from US cops

THE heartbroken mother of a Midland businessman killed in a Florida hit-and-run is urging US cops to finally bring his ‘murderer’ to justice.Read

Birmingham man jailed for sexualty assaulting teenage boy has conviction quashed

A MIDLAND dad jailed for 38 years for raping and sexually assaulting a teenage boy has had his conviction quashed in the Court of Appeal.Read

Birmingham man jailed for sexualty assaulting teenage boy has conviction quashed

A MIDLAND dad jailed for 38 years for raping and sexually assaulting a teenage boy has had his conviction quashed in the Court of Appeal.Read

Were Birmingham pub bombings a 'mistake' by IRA?

ONE of the survivors of the Birmingham pub bombings has sensationally revealed that an IRA bomber told her the atrocity was a ‘mistake’Read

The Birmingham bank which refuses to take cash

In the depth of the recession one Brum branch is ...Read

Police probe over bogus Warwickshire escort agency

POLICE are investigating allegations that a bogus escort agency has been ripping off wannabe Midland escorts.Read

Man charged with Black Country nightclub shooting

A BIRMINGHAM man has been charged in connection with a shooting at a nightclub in the Black Country.Read

5FT alligator goes missing during show and tell

FLORIDA, USA: A wildlife officer lost a 5ft alligator after taking it into his daughter’s school for a show-and-tell.Read

The bank which refuses to take cash

In the depth of the recession one Brum branch is ...Read

Police probe over bogus Warwickshire escort agency

POLICE are investigating allegations that a bogus escort agency has been ripping off wannabe Midland escorts.Read

5FT alligator goes missing during show and tell

FLORIDA, USA: A wildlife officer lost a 5ft alligator after taking it into his daughter’s school for a show-and-tell.Read

Police probe over bogus Warwickshire escort agency

POLICE are investigating allegations that a bogus escort agency has been ripping off wannabe Midland escorts.Read

5FT alligator goes missing during show and tell

FLORIDA, USA: A wildlife officer lost a 5ft alligator after taking it into his daughter’s school for a show-and-tell.Read

5FT alligator goes missing during show and tell

FLORIDA, USA: A wildlife officer lost a 5ft alligator after taking it into his daughter’s school for a show-and-tell.Read

The bank which refuses to take cash

In the depth of the recession one Brum branch is ...Read

Prison release for millionaire owner of Porsche involved in crash which killed two Warwickshire businessmen

THE millionaire owner of a car that killed two Midland businessmen in a 100 mph hit-and-run road smash in Florida was released from prison on Friday, just three months after he was handed a two-year sentence.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.