Yearly Archives: 2013
Police teargas and arrest journalists in media crackdown
Ugandan authorities fired teargas on a peaceful sit-down protest by a group of journalists in the country’s capital Kampala this week, following the government-enforced...
No good deed goes unpunished
A philanthropic gift by a hip-hop icon has led to controversy.
Walter M. Kimbrough, president of Dillard University, has asked in the Los Angeles Times...
Revitalised George pitches for Usher collaboration
Legendary singer and guitarist George Benson has said he wants to collaborate with “that kid” Usher.
Speaking to a packed press conference as part of...
Debt-ridden Real Deal may lose driving privileges
Former world heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield is under threat of having his driving licence suspended if he does not pay back child support of...
Mixed terraces soon for soccer-mad Saudis
The head of the Saudi Football Federation, Ahmed Eid Alharbi, recently announced that Saudi Arabia will create separate sections for women inside sports stadiums...
Hapless car thieves handed stiff sentence
Three car thieves who stole a van in Germany and drove it across the border to Poland received the shock of their lives when...
Baby survives being flushed down toilet
Firefighters in Jinhua have had to be called in to rescue a newborn baby stuck inside a sewage pipe after neighbours heard its anguished...
More than 100 free schools applications approved
By Milton Tella
Over 130,000 extra school places has been made available with the approval by Education Secretary Michael Gove of 102 new free school...
Reggae Reggae Sauce magnate promotes New Enterprise Allowance for jobseekers
By Milton Tella
Dragons’ Den star Levi Roots is teaming up with Jobcentre Plus to encourage jobseekers to consider setting up their own businesses with...
Ruinous debt is more drama than Mary J needs
Jailed tax-debtor Lauryn Hill may soon be able to form a prison duet if reports of Mary J. Blige’s financial woes prove correct.
According to...
