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Weeks after West Midlands Police issued a statement claiming they were winning the war on gun crime, two hand held pistols and a shotgun were used by a gang to hold up a local supermarket in Winson Green, Birmingham.

An 18 year old girl has been stabbed to death in East London - the third London teen to be murdered in ten days. She was found face down in a pool of blood after she had left her house to go to a party. The young woman died from a single stab wound to the neck, post-mortem tests have shown.

Skyla Grime was once one of the most versatile Mc’s emerging through the ranks of Birmingham’s grime scene. His sharp delivery and well structured wordplay earned him a place amongst Birmingham’s most elite spitters, but after a long break away from the recording, the word on every grime-head’s lips has been:

"What the hell’s happened to Skyla?" - Supatrax tracked him down.

I was listening to Funky house the other day, when I came across a very talented female. Flavia’s soulful voice sounded perfect over the funky house beat created by Knox Brown (U.K Producer), her anthem ‘funky gave me you’ is definitely going to be a hit on the urban funky house scene.

If there’s one thing that everyone is waiting for- its summer! Those long hot days when you can be as funky, spontaneous and eccentric as you like with your summer wardrobe, and let your style loose! We aint quite there yet though, right now we’re stuck in limbo! One minute the suns shining, next thing it’s raining! So how do we really dress for the weather? It all about mixing n matching!

Sony has said it will disable a feature on its PlayStation 3 (PS3) console in a move some consider to be a pre-emptive strike to guard against games piracy.

The firm said that an update to be released on 1 April will prevent people using a function that allows them to install alternative operating systems.

The driver who died in the car crash on Dudley Rd in Winson Green was the brother of the young man stabbed outside a Smethwick nightclub earlier in the night. 

Yet another cannabis factory has been raided by West Midlands Police, this time in Quinton, South West Birmingham.

The crop, estimated to be worth £190,000, was seized by police officers on the Welsh House Farm estate, Blandford road.

It has been announced today by the Home Secretary, Alan Johnson that the legal drug Mephedrone will be banned within weeks.

The legal high, which has been linked to up to 25 deaths in England and Scotland, will be banned and made a Class B drug - in the same category as cannabis. A ban on importing the drug will come into force today.

Are So-solid destined for return? Lisa Maffia has said that So Solid need a second chance in the music industry.

The singer and former Celeb Air winner told The Guardian newspaper that the group, formerly known as the So Solid Crew, could prove their worth as artists a second time around.