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UK NEWS: MICHAEL JACKSON CALLS JADE GOODY

So now Michael’s offering words of comfort and sympathy…… Via Digital Spy Michael Jackson has telephoned Jade Goody to give the terminally ill reality TV star his support, it has been claimed. The pop superstar knew Goody after she starred alongside his brother Jermaine on Celebrity Big Brother in 2007, The Sun reports. A friend said: “He learned of Jade’s suffering and wanted to lend his support and comfort her at this awful time. “When she was told Michael was on the phone []

UK NEWS: TERMINALLY ILL REALITY TV STAR JADE GOODY CONFRONTED IN HOSPITAL BY WOMAN HOLDING HAMMER

Via BBC News Terminally ill reality TV star Jade Goody has been confronted in hospital by a woman leaning over her holding a hammer, according to her spokesman. Max Clifford said Ms Goody’s husband had left her for a few minutes when the intruder entered her room at the Royal Marsden Hospital in west London. The star was not hurt but had been left “very shaken up”, he added. A 41-year-old woman was arrested for possession of an offensive weapon, but was []

UK NEWS: JADE GOODY’S AGENT/PR GURU MAX CLIFFORD SAYS ‘ENOUGH IS ENOUGH’

Well this is a surprise! Max now realises that helping to whip up the media storm that currently surrounds Jade Goody, has perhaps gone to far…. Via The Metro Jade Goody’s friend and publicist Max Clifford said today that if her condition continued to worsen he would tell her that “enough is enough” and she should withdraw from the public eye. Goody, who is terminally ill with cancer, is recovering in London’s Royal Marsden Hospital following emergency surgery to relieve pain in her bowel. Speaking []

UK NEWS: MAN FOUND GUILTY OF KILLING HARRY POTTER ACTOR

Murderer/Lunatic: Karl Bishop Via BBC News A man who stabbed 18-year-old Harry Potter actor Rob Knox to death outside a bar in south-east London has been found guilty of murder. Karl Bishop, 22, from Sidcup, attacked the teenage actor after a fight outside the Metro Bar in Sidcup last May. Bishop denied murder and five counts of wounding at the Old Bailey. Mr Knox was stabbed five times as he defended his brother Jamie from Bishop, the court had heard. Five other []

MICHAEL JACKSON TO ANNOUNCE LONDON DATES

Via BBC News Michael Jackson is expected to announce a series of comeback concerts at the O2 arena in London. The pop legend is due to appear at the venue on Thursday make to a “special announcement”, a statement said. It follows months of speculation about a string of money-spinning shows. Jackson last performed in 2006, at the World Music Awards in London.  Continue Reading If he does announce tour dates then I guarantee that when those tickets go on sale it will be a wrap! []

UK NEWS: RAPPER COOLIO ATTEMPTS STAGE DIVE AND CRASHES TO THE FLOOR

Rapper Coolio was injured during a concert in Stoke-on-Trent last Wednesday, after attempting to do a stage dive into the audience. The 90s rap superstar was performing at Staffordshire University’s Students’ Union last Wednesday night, when he decided to jumped into the crowd. The bad mind (lol) audience parted, sending Coolio crashing to the floor. The students them reportedly mobbed the rapper, stealing his bandana, jewellery and shoes before the star was rescued by the venue’s security team. ………………………………………………………….. Didn’t stage diving die out in the mid 90s? []

UK NEWS: TERMINALLY ILL REALITY TV STAR JADE GOODY FACES FURTHER SURGERY

Via BBC News Terminally-ill reality TV star Jade Goody is facing the prospect of more surgery to relieve her “awful pain”, her publicist Max Clifford has said. The 27-year-old Big Brother star is set to be admitted to the Royal Marsden Hospital, in London. Goody spent the weekend in a hospice following problems with her medication. The mother-of two has weeks to live after her cervical cancer, which was diagnosed last year, spread to her liver, groin and bowel. Mr Clifford said []

UK NEWS: GRANDMOTHER CONVICTED OF CAUSING THE DEATH OF INNOCENT SHOPPER /CCTV IMAGES

Victim Kevin Tripp was killed by a single punch to the head. Via The Daily Mail His face contorted with rage, a thug kills an innocent shopper with a single blow after a trivial argument over queue jumping in Sainsbury’s. A chilling sequence of startlingly clear CCTV images shows Tony Virasami – who was wearing an electronic tag at the time of the offence – mistakenly identifying Kevin Tripp and then striking him. Mr Tripp, 57, a father of one who was in []

UK NEWS: MET POLICE HIT BY CLAIM IT OPERATED SEGREGATED VANS FOR BLACK AND WHITE OFFICERS

Via The Guardian An “apartheid” system of discrimination and racist bullying operated at a London police station, according to claims made yesterday on the tenth anniversary of the Stephen Lawrence inquiry report. An Asian police community support officer alleged that he and other ethnic minority officers were made to travel separately from white officers. Asad Saeed, who will make his claims at an employment tribunal tomorrow, told in legal documents how one officer ordered a black woman colleague to get out of []

UK NEWS: JADE GOODY’S FIANCE’S BAIL TO BE EXAMINED FOR WEDDING….

Jade Goody Jack Tweed Via BBC News The Ministry of Justice is considering relaxing the bail conditions for Jade Goody’s fiance Jack Tweed, ahead of their wedding this weekend. It has emerged that reality TV star Goody, who has terminal cancer, may have to spend her wedding night alone because of his bail conditions. Tweed is on curfew after being convicted of assault last year. Justice Secretary Jack Straw said he had great sympathy for Goody who was facing her illness with []