UK News

UK WEB SERIES: UNFAMOUS (TEASER TRAILER)

‘Unfamous’ is a new black British web series based on the Unfamous eBook by Scotty Unfamous. Based on the hit online eBook by Swear Down TV’s Scotty Unfamous, set deep in the heart of London’s elitist urban youth-society, ‘Unfamous’ follows the story of Rio Greene’s first year in university. Tired of being overlooked by her peers, Rio devises a plan to make herself bait or as she likes to call it ‘Unfamous’ but along the way her past catches up with her and drives []

UK NEWS: BRITAIN’S TOP PUBLICIST MAX CLIFFORD ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF SEXUAL OFFENCES

The Guardian reports that Britain’s top publicist Max Clifford has been arrested on suspicion of sexual offences. Via The Guardian Max Clifford, one of the best known publicists in Britain, has been arrested by officers investigating sexual abuse claims against Jimmy Savile and others. The Metropolitan police said on Thursday morning that officers working on Operation Yewtree arrested “a man in his sixties” at his Surrey home at 7.04am “on suspicion of sexual offences”. Clifford, 69, is the arrestee. He has been taken []

UK SHORT FILM: TIGHT JEANS ( FILM WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY DESTINY EKARAGHA)

Winner of The London Rushes Soho Film Festival Awards for Best Newcomer, Tight Jeans is the debut film from the UK’s Director/ Writer Destiny Ekaragha, and produced by Tamana Bleasdale for Pollibee Productions. as seen on Channel 4 in 2011. Tight Jeans had a major impact when it was first shown at The London Film Festival in 2008, so much so that it propelled Destiny from unknown into an overnight success. The film went on to receive praise from the critics all over the []

UK MUSIC NEWS: ESTELLE RECEIVES GRAMMY NOMINATION

It has been announced that British artist Estelle has received a Best R&B performance Grammy nomination for her single Thank You. At first I was confused because I don’t remember Estelle releasing any new music this year. But then I rarely pay that much attention to what’s going on in the music industry these days. Anyway packing her bags and relocating to the country where dreams can come true really did pay off. … Thank You sounds decent and has a Sade vibe going on. Even though for some baffling reason []

JUMP OFF TV (UK) DEBATE SHOW – UK RAP CASH KINGS 2012 (HAHAHAHAHAHAHA)

Following on from Forbes’ US Cash Kings 2012 List (Hip-Hop’s Top Earners) the Jump Off UK debate team decided to create their own  UK Rap Cash Kings 2012 list, with hilarious and questionable results. … I bet this debate stirs up some controversy within UK rap circles come tomorrow morning. I can hear it all now.. “Why wasn’t I on the list?”, What does she mean I shouldn’t be on the list?” and “What the f**k? I made more money then MC Harvey”. []

UK NEWS: PUB LANDLORD TELLS TV CHEF LORRAINE PASCALE ‘ALL NIGGERS SHOULD GO HOME’

During a visit to a country pub popular TV chef Lorraine Pascale was told by the pub landlord that “all niggers should go home”. The presenter of Baking Made Easy tweeted: I don’t know who angers me the most. The racist pub landlord or Lorraine Pascale who after being racially abused still put money in the landlord’s pocket by purchasing his stinking pork scratchings. Why would you still go ahead and purchase the cretin’s goods after that outburst? I would have thrown the pork scratchings down, walked out of []

UK NEWS: SCHOOL APOLOGISES FOR ‘MORALLY REPUGNANT’ SLAVERY LESSON

This is why it is important for parents to teach their children the truth about our history and not to leave it up to teachers who have an agenda. Via The Evening Standard A school was today forced to issue an apology for a history lesson in which  pupils were asked to imagine they were slave traders. The students aged 13 and 14 were shown manacles, a whip, thumb screws and iron brands and asked to come up with a business proposal for how they []

UK NEWS: UKIP ELECTION CANDIDATE WINSTON MCKENZIE SAYS ‘GAY ADOPTION IS CHILD ABUSE’

The culture spokesmen for The UK Independence Party (UKIP) Winston McKenzie has said that placing children with gay or lesbian couples is “child abuse”. The former boxer who is currently standing in the Croydon North by-election on Thursday, told the Metro newspaper: To say to a child, ‘I am having you adopted by two men who kiss regularly but don’t worry about it’ – that is abuse. “It is a violation of a child’s human rights because that child has no opportunity to grow up []