UK FILM TRAILER: STORAGE 24 (STARRING NOEL CLARKE)

April 11, 2012

London is in chaos. A military cargo plane has crashed leaving its highly classified contents strewn across the city. Completely unaware London is in lockdown, Charlie (Noel Clarke) and Shelley (Antonia Campbell-Hughes), accompanied by best friends Mark (Colin O’Donoghue) and Nikki (Laura Haddock), are at Storage 24 dividing up their possessions after a recent break-up. Suddenly, the power goes off. Trapped in a dark maze of endless corridors, a mystery predator is hunting them one by one. In a place designed to […]

JUMP OFF TV (UK DEBATE) – DO THE POLICE MAKE THE BLACK MUSIC SCENE A SCAPEGOAT FOR VIOLENCE?

April 11, 2012

After a man in his thirties was stabbed in the neck with a broken bottle at a London party hosted by BlackBerry maker RIM, the regular debaters got together alongside guests to discuss what can be done to prevent violence. Following this incident the Official Mixtape Award ceremony due to take place on Thursday 5th April was cancelled by the police with just hours to go. Claira Hermet and Snakey Man who were due to be hosting the prestigious event joined the […]

LONDON RIOTS: MAN JAILED FOR FURNITURE STORE ARSON

April 11, 2012

Via BBC News A looter has been jailed for 11-and-a-half years for starting a fire which destroyed a family-run furniture shop in south London in the summer riots. Gordon Thompson, 34, stole a laptop from the House of Reeves in Croydon on 8 August before setting fire to a sofa. The Old Bailey trial in February heard that he told another man “it was me” as he walked away from the blaze. Thompson, of Waddon Road, Croydon, changed his plea to guilty […]

UK FILM: FAST GIRLS (TRAILER)

April 10, 2012

Shania, a street smart runner, develops an intense rivalry with ambitious middle class Lisa and their two world’s collide on the athletics track. Fast Girls stars  Lily James, Noel Clarke and Lenora Crichlow. …. Just in time for the 2012 Olympics! Noel Clarke also co-wrote the script and last year asked this question via Twitter “Are there enough girls of colour in TV and film?” followed by “Fast Girls is gonna fix that”. ( Click HERE to read the original post and […]

18 YEAR OLD WOMAN PLUNGES TO HER DEATH IN SOUTH-EAST LONDON DURING POLICE RAID

April 10, 2012

Via The Voice An eighteen year old woman has died after falling from the 17th floor of a block of flats during a police raid in Woolwich, south-east London, this morning. Police had entered the tower block on Mulgrave Road at 9.30am to carry out an arrest enquiry and shortly after their entrance the woman fell from a bedroom window located on the 17th floor. The teenager, who is believed to be mixed race, was pronounced dead at the scene. A formal […]

PRECIOUS NETWORK EVENT: WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A WOMAN IN BUSINESS IN MODERN BRITAIN

April 10, 2012

On the 29th March PRECIOUS hosted a frank and honest discussion about what it means to be a woman in business in modern Britain. Speakers featured on the night were: Jessica Huie – CEO Colorblind Cards Ltd and Founder JH Public Relations Ltd. Ronke Lawal – Founder RSL Management, CEO Islington Chamber of Commerce. Mendora Ogbogbo – CEO, Parli-Training. JobedaAli  – CEO, Managing Director, Fair Knowledge & CEO, Three Sisters Care. Watch footage below.

BLOGGER TELLS DARK SKINNED BLACK WOMEN TO ‘LIGHTEN UP LADIES’

April 8, 2012

22-year-old UK blogger Keith aka Mr Exposed has become quite the “controversial” figure on Twitter over the past couple of weeks thanks to his anti-dark skinned women tweets  (Apparently all tweeted in jest). Here are a few examples, A Lighty Can Set Me Up Any day, l’ll Forgive Her. I Dare A Dark Ting To Try, I’ll Get Her Pitched If I Was Captain Of The Titanic, We’d Let Lighties On The Life Boats 1st, Dark Skin Girls Get On After Men […]

UK NEWS: MAN STABBED AT PRIVATE BLACKBERRY EVENT DIES

April 8, 2012

A man stabbed at a private celebrity packed party organised by mobile phone giant BlackBerry on April 4th has died. Via BBC News Father-of-two Phillip Sherriff, 37, a telecommunications worker from Preston, Lancashire, was attacked in Pulse nightclub, Southwark, on 4 April. Singer Jessie J had performed at the club earlier in the evening and several other celebrities were in the venue at the time. Ashley Charles, 25, from Leicester, has been charged with attempted murder. An inquest is yet to be […]