UK News

UK NEWS: URBAN MUSIC AWARDS 2008 NEWS

September 17, 2008

Not only do we have the MOBO Awards, we also have the UMA’s (Urban Music Awards) which will take place  in November. Yey!!!! Estelle is again leading the way in award nominations, this time picking up nods in five categories for the UK Urban Music Awards (UMAs). Last week, it was revealed that the singer, 28, had five nods for this year’s MOBO (Music of Black Origin Awards). Dance act Booty Luv are up for three UMAs – best crossover act, best dance act and […]

UK NEWS: REALITY TV STAR JADE GOODY’S CANCER HAS SPREAD….

September 14, 2008

Jade Goody’s cancer has spread further than expected, doctors have discovered during an eight-hour operation to remove her womb. Medics who carried  out the hysterectomy found that the cancer had reached “Stage Three” – a term used to describe when it has moved beyond the womb. The cancer was discovered in a ligament muscle behind her uterus. Before the operation, when they thought it was contained in her womb, the reality TV star was given 95 per cent odds of making a […]

UK NEWS: SURGERY ON REALITY SHOW STAR JADE GOODY ‘GOES WELL’

September 13, 2008

An eight-hour operation in which reality TV star Jade Goody had a hysterectomy “went well”, her publicist Max Clifford has said. “She’s got the best people looking after her,” he added, as the 27-year-old remained in intensive care at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London. The mother-of-two is expected to begin a course of chemotherapy and radiotherapy lasting nine weeks. She was diagnosed with cervical cancer last month.  Continue Reading…. I appreciate the fact that top publicist Max Clifford keeps us all up […]

UK NEWS: ESTELLE LEADS MOBO NOMINATIONS

September 10, 2008

R&B star Estelle leads the way at this year’s Music of Black Origin (Mobo) Awards with five nominations. The 28-year-old, who went to number one with American Boy in March, is up for best song, best UK female, best R&B/soul, best video and best album. Leona Lewis has been nominated for three awards – best UK female, best video and best album for Spirit. The 13th annual Mobo Awards, co-hosted by Spice Girl Mel B, will be held at Wembley Arena on […]

UK NEWS: MOBO (MUSIC OF BLACK ORIGIN) AWARDS 2008

September 10, 2008

Well folks here we are again! It’s MOBO awards time! Yey!!!!!!!! For those who don’t know about the MOBO Awards, it’s the UK’s answer to the BET Awards…..well… sort of…. As always I look forward to seeing which acts have been included in the now controversial Reggae category. Will the organisers go for the “safe” options and nominate Shaggy and Sean Paul this year, like they do EVERY YEAR!!! Peter Tatchell still got you shook Kanya??? (lol) And don’t even get me started on the foolishness that took last year when they nominated soul singer ANTHONY HAMILTON for a reggae award! […]

UK NEWS: ‘MY CANCER WAS MISDIAGNOSED AND THEN I WAS TRICKED INTO TALKING ABOUT IT ON TV’ SAY’S REALITY SHOW STAR JADE GOODY

September 1, 2008

Jade Goody spoke live on television today for the first time since being diagnosed with cervical cancer. The reality star revealed doctors initially gave her the all clear, and sent her away with just pain killers for period pain. Jade was told of her cancer diagnosis while in the Indian Big Brother house last month, but now claims she wasn’t aware the conversation was being filmed. She told GMTV that her symptoms were initially dismissed: ‘I was in hospital for a week, […]

UK NEWS: MAN JAILED FOR KILLING BNP ACTIVIST

August 29, 2008

An Asian man who killed his BNP activist neighbour in a dispute has been jailed for eight years. Habib Khan, 50, of Stoke-on-Trent, was convicted in May of the manslaughter of 52-year-old Keith Brown whom he stabbed with a kitchen knife last year. Mr Khan’s son, Kazir Saddique, was sentenced to a year in prison and a year on licence after admitting the unlawful wounding of Mr Brown’s son. Khan said that living next door to Mr Brown for five years had […]

UK NEWS: QUADRUPLETS ACHIEVE TOP A-LEVEL EXAM GRADES

August 15, 2008

(Left to right) 18-year-old quadruplets Tobi, Tayo, Tolu, and Tosin, who are all members of the Oke family. Photograph: John Stillwell/PA Wire A-level results are being hit by sibling inflation as the number of photogenic twins gaining top grades and places at the same university rose again for the 17th year in a row. And 2008 saw the usual twins being trumped by the appearance of the Oke quadruplets – Tolu, Tayo, Tobi and Tosin – who achieved A and B grades […]

ANTIGUA TO INTRODUCE DEATH PENALTY AFTER THE MURDERS OF BRITISH HONEYMOON COUPLE

August 12, 2008

Antigua’s government will introduce the death penalty for crimes involving weapons in the wake of the murders of a British honeymoon couple. Catherine was killed and Ben Mullany died later in hospital in Swansea The new sentencing legislation will be introduced for anyone who uses a gun or knife in a crime which results in death or serious injury. The inquest into the fatal shootings of honeymoon couple Ben and Catherine Mullany has been opened and adjourned. Three forensics staff from the […]

UK NEWS: TEENAGER SHOT DEAD IN CROSS FIRE

August 7, 2008

A teenager shot dead in a supermarket was an innocent bystander caught in crossfire, police have said. The 18-year-old was killed in the Costcutter store in Walworth, south-east London on Wednesday night. Officers said he was with family members when he was shot as two men tried to force their way past him while trying to get away from someone. About five men were then seen to leave the area on mopeds. A 19-year-old man has been arrested. The 18-year-old victim is […]