UK News

UK NEWS: BOY ACCUSED OF BEING A WITCH TORTURED AND DROWNED

January 6, 2012

Via The Voice A teenage boy was tortured and killed by his sister and her husband because they believed he was a witch, the Old Bailey heard yesterday (Jan 5). Eric Bikubi helped his wife Magalie, attack her brother Kristy Bamu, 15, with sticks, a metal bar, hammer and chisel, before drowning him in their bath. The victim and his sisters, who had come from France to spend Christmas with the couple, was said to have undergone a ‘prolonged attack of unspeakable […]

UK NEWS: THE SOCIETY OF BLACK LAWYERS SENDS OPEN LETTER TO THE EVENING STANDING DEFENDING DIANE ABBOTT

January 6, 2012

Yesterday Labour MP/Shadow Health Minister Diane Abbott caused OUTRAGE (yes it all kicked off folks!) after she tweeted that “white people love playing divide and rule. We should not play their game” during a conversation about the Stephen Lawrence murder trial, and then added that her comments were taken out of context – she was referring to 19th century European colonialism. Now the Society of Black Lawyers has stepped forward to publicly defend Abbott and sent this open letter to the Evening Standard. “The Diane Abbott row is a sideshow […]

UK NEWS: MP DIANE ABBOTT APOLOGISES OVER TWITTER ‘RACE ROW’

January 5, 2012

Oh dear.. Oh dear… that strange old bird Diane Abbott is in trouble again! I wonder if she will still have a job by the end of next week… Anyway during a Twitter conversation with journalist Bim Adewunmi about the Stephen Lawrence murder trial, Labour MP/Shadow Health Minister Diane Abbott tweeted, Read the full exchange below. Bin Adewunmi: I do wish everyone would stop saying ‘the black community’ though. WHICH ONE? Bin Adewunmi: Clarifying my ‘black community’ tweet: I hate the generally lazy thinking behind the […]

UK NEWS: NOEL CLARKE JOINS STAR TREK 2 CAST

January 4, 2012

Variety reports that actor, writer, producer, Godfather of UK Urban film and all around “good guy” Noel Clarke has landed a role in the forthcoming film Star Trek 2.  Clarke will apparently play a “family man with a wife and young daughter”. When I first heard this news I thought he had been cast as a Klingon. Congratulations Noel!

VIDEO: DOREEN LAWRENCE SPEAKS OUTSIDE THE OLD BAILEY AFTER “GUILTY” VERDICT

January 3, 2012

Gary Dobson and David Norris have been found guilty of the murder of teenager Stephen Lawrence in 1993. Stephen, 18, was killed in a racist attack by a gang of white youths in Eltham, South East London, 18 years ago. The trial into the black A-level student’s murder began at the Old Bailey on November 14 last year. There had been total silence in court as the foreman of the jury said “guilty” when asked if the four women and eight men […]

UK NEWS: ALESHA DIXON JOIN’S BRITAIN’S GOT TALENT

January 2, 2012

Earlier today it was announced that Alesha Dixon had quit as a judge on Strictly Come Dancing. Now it has been announced that the star will join the Britain’s Got Talent judging panel alongside Simon Cowell, David Walliams and Amanda Holden. Britain’s Got Talent is BORING but congratulations Alesha.

BROWN EYEZ 2011 AWARDS – WOMAN OF THE YEAR (VOTE NOW!!!)

January 2, 2012

UK website Brown-Eyez has posted it’s annual Woman Of The Year Award nominees list. And yours truly has also been nominated again. Thank you Brown Eyez 😀 Click HERE to view the full list of nominees and vote for the woman who you think made the most impact in 2011. Also click HERE to view the full list of nominees for Man Of The Year.

UK NEWS: ALESHA DIXON QUITS STRICTLY COME DANCING

January 2, 2012

It has been announced today that singer and Strictly Come Dancing judge Alesha Dixon has left the show Alesha won the fifth series in 2007 and later joined as a judge in 2009 replacing popular judge and choreographer Arlene Phillips. In response to Alesha quitting the show a BBC spokesperson said “We wish her all the best”. Alesha also fronts a Weight Watchers new TV ad campaign. This makes me laugh because she has NEVER been over weight or to my knowledge had issues with […]

MAD NEWS’ FAVOURITE EMBARRASSING MOMENT OF THE YEAR: SOCCER AM (TUBES) MEETS GUITAR HERO SLASH

December 30, 2011

Earlier this year Soccer AM funny man Tubes interviewed former Guns & Roses star Slash. Now for those who  are not so familiar with Tubes or popular  Saturday morning show Soccer AM Tubes always does weird and says funny things while interviewing REALLY famous faces, but Slash failed to see the funny side. This is just so embarrassing and the look on Slash’s bodyguard’s face – PRICELESS!!!! … I heard that afterwards the furious store owner asked the film crew to leave […]

VIDEO: JUMP OFF TV UK (DEBATE) – WHAT WAS THE BIGGEST POWER MOVE OF 2011 IN THE UK? / MY THOUGHTS

December 30, 2011

With the UK Urban scene slowly taking over, who is leading the way and making the biggest power moves? The debaters discussed who did it big in 2011. ……. My thoughts on a few of the ‘power movers’ mentioned…. When I first saw Lethal B promoting his ‘DENCH’ T-shirts alongside Arsenal star Emmanuel Frimpong I thought to myself ‘what FOOLISHNESS is this?’.  Then several months  later Emmanuel promoted his ‘DENCH’ T-shirt for all the world to see after a match which is against […]