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UK NEWS: CHERYL COLE ‘SPENDING NEW YEARS EVE WITH “NEW LOVE INTEREST” TAIO CRUZ

This is right up there as being one of the funniest/suspect “showbiz” stories of 2011. A “source” has disclosed to fading OK Magazine that Cheryl Cole will be spending New Years Eve with rumoured “love interest”  British singer, songwriter and producer Taio Cruz. The source who is really Chezza’s desperate publicist added, “Taio is starting to sort out his New Year’s Eve and if he’s performing, like he did last year, he wants to party with Cheryl. Taio is hoping to lay on a night []

UK NEWS: MAN STABBED TO DEATH ON OXFORD STREET

A man said to be in his late teens/early twenties was stabbed to death today in broad daylight on Oxford Street during the height of the Boxing Day sales.  A number of arrests have been made. Via The Guardian The victim is believed to have been stabbed outside the Footlocker shop at the junction of Stratford place. The stabbing caused chaos on the busy shopping street on the opening day of the post-Christmas sales after police cordoned off much of the area, []

UK NEWS: FOOTBALLER JOHN TERRY POSES IN HAMLEYS TOY STORE WITH A BLACK BABY

According to the RIDICULOUS Daily Mail “this is the picture that shows the caring side of John Terry as he poses in Hamleys with a black baby”. Yes that’s right Chelsea star and England captain John Terry who was caught on camera “allegedly” calling Anton Ferdinand a “f**king black c**t” during a match several months ago, and has now been charged with racially abusing a fellow player. He will appear in court on February 1st. First photographs of John laughing, joking and dancing []

JUMP OFF TV UK (DEBATE): HAS BRITISH MUSIC PROGRESSED SINCE ‘TEAM UK’ WAS COINED?

Those of you who visit Mad News on a regular basis and follow me on Twitter already know how I feel about “TEAM UK” and it’s “characters”. I love this debate! Friday Hip Hop Report Panel discuss how the term ‘Team UK’ has affected the music scene. Here are some questions that were raised and discussed. – Should we support local music solely because it is from the UK? – Are UK artists too focused on ‘Team UK’? – Was the term []