Once again, black British actors are proving their worth in Hollywood (Metro)

The first trailer for the anticipated Harriet Tubman biopic was released this week and it’s hard not to be moved by the harrowing scenes. The first trailer for the anticipated Harriet Tubman biopic was released this week and it’s hard…

Urban Outfitters and Anthropologie set to rent out clothing (Metro)

Urban Outfitters Inc also own Anthropologie and Free People (Picture: Scott Eells/Getty Images) Clothes in Urban Outfitters and Anthropologie can be expensive, but soon they’ll be a little less so, as the stores are set to roll out a new…

Theresa May’s football skills are nearly as bad as her dancing (Metro)

It’s fair to say Theresa May has had a stressful few months, so who could blame her for wanting to blow off a bit of steam? The Prime Minister looked as though she didn’t have a care in the world…

Anthony Crolla picks up £230,000 fight purse in brutal knockout defeat to Vasyl Lomachenko (Metro)

Anthony Crolla pocketed £230,000 ($300,000) for his painful defeat to Vasyl Lomachenko on Friday night in Los Angeles. The British challenger was the heavy underdog for the fight with Lomachenko, who is considered as the best pound-for-pound boxer on the…

Joey Barton being investigated for alleged assault on Barnsley manager (Metro)

Joey Barton has landed himself in hot water again after allegedly attacking rival manager Daniel Stendel after Fleetwood’s 4-3 defeat to Barnsley. Former Manchester City and QPR midfielder Barton is the manager of Fleetwood, his first job as a head…

R Kelly still ‘bumping and grinding’ despite sexual abuse charge (Metro)

R Kelly was reportedly paid $22,000 (£16,854) to make a one-hour club appearance in Illinois on Saturday, April 6. The ‘Ignition’ singer, 52, is currently facing charges of sexual abuse, but is continuing his working commitments during the on-going investigation.…

Sex robots could crush men’s vital parts, experts (Metro)

Sex robots could end up crushing men’s delicate body parts during frenzied lovemaking sessions. That’s the warning from legal experts who also said that blokes’ bits could be squished by badly-made love machines. The risk of suffering a flattened phallus…

Police burst ritualists’ den, arrest two suspects in Ekiti (Guardian)

Ekiti State police command has burst a ritualists’ shrine in Odo, a suburb of Ado Ekiti, the state capital and arrested two suspected ritualists. The Commissioner of Police, Asuquo Amba, who led a team of officers and journalists to the…

Court sentences man to death for murder (Guardian)

An Osun State high court sitting in Osogbo, the state capital, on Thursday, sentenced a middle-aged man, Sunday Palms, to death by hanging for murder. The convict was arraigned on December 8, 2014, on a one-count charge of murder, a…

Guests jump from window to escape death as fire guts hotel on airport road (Guardian)

Property worth millions of naira was yesterday destroyed by fire at the bar section, reception and some rooms of the Excel Oriental Hotel on Airport Road, Ikeja, Lagos State. The fire, which started at about 4:30p.m. was said to have…

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