UK News

UK NEWS: JADE GOODY SPEAKS TO MOTHER FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE

August 3, 2009

Jack with the late Jade Goody Another classic news item involving the late Jade Goody, her mother Jackiey Budden and widower Jack Tweed… Via The Daily Mail He claimed to be racked by guilt following that one-night-stand just weeks after Jade’s funeral – but Jack Tweed is still partying hard. And, according to one psychic, Jade is disgusted with the behaviour of the very merry widower. During a seance held by medium Jayne Wallace and Jade’s mother Jackiey Budden, Jayne claimed the […]

UK NEWS: TEENAGERS ATTACK MOTHER OF TWO WITH BLEACH

July 30, 2009

Via The Metro A mother-of-two was seriously burnt when she was attacked with bleach in front of her family after asking a group of youths to be quiet during the new Harry Potter film, police said today. The 46-year-old woman was watching the film with her husband and two children at a cinema when she asked the group of five or six teenagers, including at least one girl, to stop making a noise. After the film, two of the group followed the […]

UK NEWS: JADE GOODY’S MOTHER SAYS ‘I’LL HAVE A BABY GIRL FOR JADE’

July 29, 2009

Via The Metro Jade Goody’s mother plans to fall pregnant so she can have the girl her daughter always longed for. Jackiey Budden, 51, said she was confident she could conceive naturally and didn’t ‘even need to think about IVF’. She added: ‘Jade would be over the moon for me if I got pregnant and I think it would be a wonderful tribute to her.’ Budden is expected to recruit the services of new boyfriend Jason Cooper, 36, who is considering having […]

UK NEWS: MODEL’S MURDERER JAILED FOR LIFE

July 28, 2009

Murderer: Ricardo Morrison Via BBC News A man jailed for life for murdering his model girlfriend is “dangerous beyond words”, a judge has said. Ricardo Morrison, 22, from Birmingham, must serve a minimum of 24 years for killing Amy Leigh Barnes, 19, in Farnworth, near Bolton, last November. Manchester Crown Court heard Miss Barnes was stabbed nine times and found bleeding to death by her father. Sentencing Morrison, Mr Justice MacDuff said he was an “evil man” with a history of abusing […]

UK NEWS: RICHARD BLACKWOOD TO STAR ALONG SIDE JAMES EARL JONES WHEN HIT THEATRE PRODUCTION ‘CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF’ COMES TO LONDON

July 28, 2009

[Thanks Nessa] Richard Blackwood, Derek Griffiths and Nina Sosanya will join the previously announced Sanaa Lathan, Adrian Lester, Phylicia Rashad and James Earl Jones in Debbie Allen’s sell-out Broadway production of Tennessee Williams’ Cat On A Hot Tin Roof.  Produced by Stephen Byrd and Alia Jones for Front Row Productions, Cat On A Hot Tin Roofwill run at the Novello Theatre from 21 November to 10 April 2010. The cast is Richard Blackwood (Brightie), Guy Burgess (Lacey), Claudia Cadette (Nanny), Peter De […]

UK NEWS: ORGANISERS DEFEND MISS ENGLAND VOTE

July 22, 2009

I don’t know whether to let out one big howling laugh or to shake my head in despair….. Via Yahoo News The organisers of the Miss England contest have defended the competition after it emerged that the first black winner and the niece of Olympic gold medal-winning sprinter Linford Christie, won with only nine votes from the public. Angie Beasley, director of Miss England, said the public played only a part in the contest, choosing one of the 15 top finalists with this vote amounting […]

UK NEWS: LINFORD CHRISTIE’S NIECE BECOMES FIRST BLACK MISS ENGLAND

July 21, 2009

Via The Daily Mail Linford Christie’s niece was crowned the first black Miss England in the competition’s history today. Rachel Christie, 20, who is also on course to appear at the London 2012 Olympics, chased down the competition to claim the prestigious prize at the event in central London. The Londoner who specialises in the heptathlon and was competing as Miss London City, was one of the bookies’ favourites to win the competition. Continue Reading….. Having a famous relative can really open doors. […]

UK NEWS: TEENAGE BOY STABBED AT BERMONDSEY CARNIVAL / ALEXANDER O’NEAL PERFORMANCE CANCELLED

July 13, 2009

Singer Alexander O’Neal Via The London Paper A teenage boy has been stabbed at a festival in south London, leading to the cancellation of a performance by US soul singer Alexander O’Neal. Continue Reading….. First off,  Bermondsey Carnival???? When did the borough of Bermondsey start organising carnivals?  It’s the first I’ve heard of this event! And the organisers managed to book Alexander O’Neal for this event?  He apparently flew in especially for it…. Wow times must be hard. I remember when Alex was […]

UK NEWS: HONEY TRAP GIRL GUILTY OF MURDER

July 8, 2009

16 year old Samantha Joseph Murderers: The defendents belonged to a gang in South London. Look at the state of them…. Via BBC News A teenage girl has been convicted of murdering a boy of 16 who was lured to his death in a “honey trap” plot. Shakilus Townsend was stabbed to death by members of a gang in Thornton Heath, south London, last July after being lured to flats by Samantha Joseph, 16. Joseph admitted persuading Shakilus to go to the […]