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News - 'Mr Handsworth' Hector Pinkney awarded MBE in Queen's Birthday Honours

HECTOR Pinkney, known to his neighbourhood as “Mr Handsworth”, has been given the Royal seal of approval in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. The modest 58-year-old said news of the MBE made his “heart tremble” after years of devoting himself to the inner-city community. He features in a long list of gongs for the great and the good of Birmingham and the West Midlands. Among them triple jumper and Olympics silver medallist Phillips Idowu, aged 32, who trains under Birchfield Harrier Aston Moore, in Birmingham, and has also picked up an MBE. By day, granddad Hector works as a security officer at Handsworth Library but his countless duties and network of contacts have made him the go-to man for people across the area. Events he’s behind include a weekly running club and exercise classes for the Soho Elders’ Group. He set up a karate club and organises benefit nights. He has also become a youth mentor and helps the library hold talent competitions and l

Movie Madness - Mother's Day Review

Mother's Day Veteran Saw franchise helmer Darren Lynn Bousman continues his foray into the macabre with this remake of the 1989 Troma B-film classic Mother's Day. The revamp will still center on a demented mother (Rebecca De Mornay) and her sons, but will focus on them terrorizing a couple that is residing in their old home rather than the original's theme of a group of hikers being tortured in the woods. The sadistic members of a villainous family return to their childhood home to terrorize the new home owners and their guests. MOTHER'S DAY6.5 OUT OF 10 After a bank robbery has gone wrong, three brothers on the run from the law head for home, only to discover that their mother (Rebecca De Mornay) lost the house in a foreclosure. The new owners and their guests, gathered for an ill-timed birthday party, become the brothers' unwitting hostages." Now let me start by saying this movie made an instant impression on me, being a fan of the psychological horror

Sports - Young agrees United terms

Villa forward to complete Old Trafford move after holiday Young: Villa midfielder has agreed personal terms with Manchester United Sky Sports sources understand Ashley Young has agreed personal terms ahead of his proposed move to Manchester United from Aston Villa. The talented midfielder, who has also undergone a brief medical, is now expected to complete a switch to Old Trafford when he returns from holiday. It emerged on Thursday that the Premier League champions had held discussions with Young's representatives over a possible switch to Old Trafford. The England international admitted earlier this summer that he was keen to play at the very highest level, sparking speculation that he would leave Villa Park this summer. United have been credited with a long-term interest in the former Watford player, while Liverpool were also understood to be monitoring the situation. And Sir Alex Ferguson now looks to have pipped the Reds to yet

News - Ja Rule sentenced to two years in a jail

Ja Rule is headed to a New York prison for up to two years after being sentenced today in a 2007 gun case. The platinum-selling rapper and actor had pleaded guilty in December after being charged with attempted criminal weapon possession. The charges stemmed from an incident in July 2007 when the authorities pulled the rapper over as he was leaving a concert in his luxury sports car and found a loaded semi-automatic 40-calibre pistol in the back seat. They later discovered the gun was unregistered and New York law prohibits people from having firearms outside their homes or workplaces. Behind bars: Rapper Ja Rule was sentenced to up two years in a New York jail today, stemming from an incident with an unregistered hand gun in 2007 The rapper, his manager and their driver were all arrested on the scene, as was fellow rapper Lil Wayne who had performed with Ja Rule earlier that night. The 35-year-old, whose real name is Jeffrey Atkins, sat silently during the sentencing at t

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News - Birmingham nursery worker Paul Wilson admits child rape

A nursery worker has pleaded guilty to two counts of raping a toddler, after police found images of the abuse. Paul Anthony Wilson, 20, also admitted more than 40 offences related to grooming young girls on the internet and distributing indecent images. He contacted 22 girls across the UK online, then blackmailed them into performing sex acts. His arrest prompted an inquiry into his employment at the Little Stars Nursery, Birmingham. At Birmingham Crown Court, Wilson admitted the two rape charges along with 45 charges of making and distributing indecent images and inciting youngsters to engage in sexual activity on the internet. He has been warned he faces an indeterminate jail sentence when he returns to court on 27 July. Recorder of Birmingham Judge William Davis QC said the public had to be protected from him. 'Female aliases' Wilson's online victims, aged between 12 and 15, were befriended over the in