UK News

VIDEO: COMEDIAN RICHARD BLACKWOOD UNDERGOES DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION TO RAISE AWARENESS OF PROSTATE CANCER

Earlier today comedian Richard Blackwood underwent a potentially life saving rectal examination live on This Morning as part of the Stand By Your Man campaign, which aims to raise awareness of prostate cancer. According to studies men of African and African Caribbean descent are three times more likely to get  prostate cancer than Caucasian men of the same age. When asked why he agreed to go through with the producer Richard said: “Men have this phobia of being checked, of being vulnerable, so I’m showing []

NEW UK WEB SERIES (COMEDY): ‘REAL BABY MOTHERS OF BRIXTON’ COMING SOON!

Real Baby Mothers of Brixton (RBOB) is a comedy web series created by the chocolate sisters, Donica Campbell, Shamara Roper and Aedenya Knight. This video is a little introduction of Jade one of the baby mothers in the series. For updates like their facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/chocolatesisters [Thanks Jay] Hahaha – This looks like it’s going to be funny. I look forward to watching this web series.

UK NEWS: COMEDIAN RICHARD BLACKWOOD TO HELP RAISE PROSTATE CANCER AWARENESS

It has been reported that comedian and actor Richard Blackwood has agreed to under go a  digital rectal examination (DRE) live on This Morning as part of the Stand By Your Man campaign, which aims to raise awareness of prostate cancer. Blackwood said: “I believe it’s vital to raise awareness for all men — regardless of  background — of the importance of being diagnosed early. Quite recently I  learned that my mother has been diagnosed with cancer and that’s really left me  thinking []

TWEETS OF THE DAY: MIKE GLC HAILED AS THE “FOUNDER OF UK HIP HOP”…”500,000 MIXTAPES SOLD”

35 year old rapper Mike GLC’s profile went up a notch last weekend after tabloid rag The Sun exposed him and his good friend 24 year old N-Dubz star and former X-Factor judge Tulisa Contostavlos in an “alleged” drugs sting (CLICK HERE) and (CLICK HERE). Tulisa, who is currently hiding out in her rented £6 million mansion and Mike have both been released on bail. Since then their fans and fellow artists have come out in support to protest their innocence and have even gone []

UK NEWS: YOUTUBE REMOVE GANG VIDEOS AFTER NEWHAM COUNCIL REQUEST

BBC News reports that YouTube has removed removed dozens of videos promoting gang violence after a request from an east London council. Newham Council has created a special unit within its enforcement team to trace videos it believes could be used to recruit new gang members. The scheme, which has been running since January, has indentified about 500 videos and 76 of them have so far been removed. Other London councils are looking at the scheme with a view to adopting it. []

ANNUAL LICKFEST: GLAMOUR WOMEN OF THE YEAR 2013 – “THE WINNERS”

On Tuesday night glossy Glamour Magazine hosted their lavish annual lickfest, the Glamour Women Of The Year awards in London. Check out the winners list below. WOMAN  OF THE DECADE: Victoria Beckham FILM  MAKER: Rashida Jones SOLO  ARTIST: Rita Ora THEATRE  ACTRESS: Helen McCrory SPORTSWOMAN:  Nicola Adams PANDORA BREAKTHROUGH: Samantha Barks BAND: The Saturdays WRITER: Miranda Hart FASHION  DESIGNER: Clare Waight Keller RADIO  PERSONALITY: Jameela Jamil TV  PERSONALITY: Nicole Scherzinger (video acceptance) PRESENTER:  Clare Balding UK  TV ACTRESS: Joanne Froggatt ENTREPRENEUR:  Myleene Klass INTERNATIONAL  TV ACTRESS: Zosia Mamet ACCESSORIES  DESIGNER: []