UK News

UK NEWS: MAN 25, JAILED FOR 4 YEARS FOR HAVING SEX WITH GIRL AGED 12

Via The Daily Mail A paedophile who hid in a 12-year-old girl’s  bedroom and had sex with her for two days while her unknowing parents sat downstairs has been jailed. Leigh Arendse, 25, of Brunswick Park, Barnet,  groomed the innocent youngster on an internet chat room before going from London  to her Cambridgeshire home to meet  her. He then spent 48 hours in her bedroom  watching DVDs and having sex with her – and hid behind the door when her mum  went []

UK WEB SERIES: DEAR JESUS (SEASON 2 – CASTING CALL)

Dear Jesus is back for the second season of the real and raw web series. WONDERLONDON FILMS is looking for new characters to begin production on February 4th 2012. Auditions take place this Sunday 27th February from 11am to 1pm. WONDERLONDON FILMS are looking for performers to be involved in the second season of the online web series. We are looking for the following leading roles : Aaron 24-30 year old black or mixed raced man. He is handsome, strong but secretive. []

EUROPEAN TEENS JOIN FORCES TO TACKLE GANG VIOLENCE

Via The Evening Standard London teenagers who have been caught up in youth violence are to work with gang members from elsewhere in Europe under a new scheme that aims to stop more young people suffering. The youths from Westminster will produce posters and a website with counterparts in Cordoba in Spain and the Italian city of Pescara. They will draw on their experiences to promote an anti-street violence message. The scheme, funded by a £330,000 EU grant, will also lead to []

UK NEWS: HELICOPTER CRASHES INTO CRANE IN LONDON, PILOT NAMED

Via The Daily Mail The pilot who crashed his helicopter into a  newly-built tower in central London, killing himself and a second person on the  street below, was today named as experienced aviator Pete Barnes. He had requested to divert via Heathrow air traffic control and land at Battersea Heliport,  due to bad weather conditions, when the  helicopter hit a construction crane at the top of the tower near Vauxhall Bridge  at 8am. Mr Barnes, 50,  who flew a helicopter for James []

UK THEATRE: ONE MONKEY DON’T STOP NO SHOW (TRAILER)

In 1970s Philadelphia, the Harrisons are the most respectable middle-class Black family in the suburbs – until their young niece from the rural South turns their polite, Christian life on its head. The Cosby Show meets Restoration Comedy in this hilariously outrageous play about how hard we try to hide who we really are. CLICK HERE to purchase tickets.  

UK MUSIC NEWS: SO SOLID CREW ANNOUNCE REUNION TOUR

Groundbreaking early noughties group the So Solid Crew announced in a press conference this morning that their reunion tour will kick off on March 21 at the IndigO2 in London. Expect to see Megaman, Lisa Mafia, Romeo, Harvey, Asher D, and Oxide and Neutrino performing the hits. Tickets will go on sale on Friday January 18. Check out So Solid’s 2002 performance at the Brit Awards. … After all these years So Solid FINALLY get the go ahead to perform in their own country. Congratulations. I hope the tour []

UK TV: CNN DOCUMENTARY – ‘WHO IS BLACK IN AMERICA?’

The documentary ‘Who Is Black In America’ originally aired on CNN on December 9th 2012. It will now air here in the UK tomorrow (January 14th) on CNN  at 2am and 10am. What defines you? Maybe it’s the shade of your skin, the place you grew up, the accent in your words, the make up of your family, the gender you were born with, the intimate relationships you chose to have or your generation? Soledad O’Brien discusses her new documentary, “Who is []