UK NEWS: SOUTHWARK COUNCIL CLOSES RAT INFESTED MEAT STORE IN PECKHAM
Ash Meat and Fish Centre in Peckham closed under emergency orders due to serious rat, mouse and insect infestation. Inspectors found food that had been nawed by rats, rat and mouse droppings amongst food items and four rat carcasses on the premises. Listen to what a few members of the public had to say… [Thanks Simone] The news report made me laugh but the story is in fact true. Ash Meat and Fish Centre was closed down and I am not surprised. […]
UK DOCUMENTARY (SHORT) – PECKHAM (BY PARIS ROBIN)
The Royal Court commissioned a young Peckham based film maker, Paris Robin, to go out and produce a film about the area to complement the Soap Opera digital content. Paris Robin is a 19 year old actress and film-maker who has been making films independently for just over a year. Paris specialises in writing, pre-production and filming. Paris also owns her own Literary Agency which involves the development of plays, films and novels: www.swagswagliteraryagency.com
UK NEWS: CROSS-EYED RIOTER AND ARSONIST FROM PECKHAM CAUGHT AFTER POLICE SPOT HIS EYES ON CCTV
I laughed hysterically today when I read this story on the train. You just could not make this up. Via The Daily Mail A cross-eyed arsonist who set fire to a shop that sold pants during the August riots was caught after police spotted his unusual eyes on CCTV. Firebug Andrew Burls, 23, has now admitted in court starting the blaze, which caused nearly £1million in damage and left six people homeless. He is due to be sentenced on February 20. Burls, […]
QUOTE OF THE DAY: GIGGS
http://twitter.com/#!/sn1giggs/status/59893687416664064 After the Metropolitan Police decided to cancel rapper Giggs’s entire tour without a valid explanation, which is affecting his livelihood, Giggs tweets his frustration.
UK NEWS: RIO FERDINAND RELEASES MURDER APPEAL VIDEO
The Metropolitan Police in conjunction with The Sun Newspaper have released a murder appeal video featuring footballer Rio Ferdinand. The Sun newspaper are also offering a £10,000 reward in addition to the reward of up to £20,000 being offered by the Met police for information leading to the identification, arrest and prosecution of those responsible for the murder of Rio McFarlane. Rio McFarlane, 18, was murdered on Monday 6 September 2010 in Dragon Road, SE15. At approx 21.30hrs nearby police […]
MOBO AWARDS 2010 – GIGGS CHATS TO 1XTRA’S MAX
UK rapper Giggs was interviewed before his surprise appearance on stage at the MOBO Awards (Music Of Black Origin) on Thursday night. At the beginning of this footage it says ‘Giggs chats to Max’, but it should actually say ‘Max chats to Giggs’, because she’s the one doing most of the chatting. I’ve come to the conclusion that Giggs is shy and a nervous wreck when being interviewed, which explains the one/two word answers. I think his label should fly him over to the States and send […]
UK MUSIC: AMARUDON TV INTERVIEWS GIGGS
AmaruDon TV recently sat down with rapper Giggs to discuss the problems he has encountered while attempting to promote his debut album Let Em Av It. Trying times for the Prince of Peckham…. Your thoughts please…..
UK MUSIC: GIGGS – HUSTLE ON
Apologies for the slow updates. Virgin Media Broadband – MAJOR FAIL right now! Anyway check out “Peckham’s finest” Giggs’ new single Hustle On. The video also features actor/ part-time “Reggae/Dancehall artist” Idris Elba (lol). The track – Same old Giggs but I like the beat. The video – shots of a council estate, Giggs, his crew, and Idris driving Giggs around London. Yes a lot of thought went in to the making of this video. Your thoughts please? Hit or Miss?
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