Repair Shop star Jay Blades reveals he wants to be the first black primetime game-show host

Jay Blades has said that he would like to be the first black person to host a primetime game show. The Repair Shop star, 51, also admitted that he’s had to ‘conform a little bit’ while appearing on his hit TV show, but added that he ‘still keeps his personality’. It comes as Jay released his … Read more

Repair Shop star Jay Blades recalls getting attacked by racist policemen

Jay Blades has recalled getting called a ‘black b******’ by policemen who attacked him when he was 14. In his new book, Making It: How Love, Kindness And Community Helped Me Repair My Life, the Repair Shop star, 51, who is of Bajan heritage, admits the racial abuse he received from authorities in the 80s was ‘brutal’ and frequent. … Read more

Repair Shop star Jay Blades: How I mended my broken life

They say the simplest ideas are the best. But as I listened to a bunch of creative, clever people from a TV production company enthusing about a concept they called The Repair Shop, I did wonder. Ordinary people, getting ordinary household items fixed by ordinary repairers. Would anybody watch something as low-key as that? I … Read more

Repair Shop star Jay Blades: How I mended my broken life

They say the simplest ideas are the best. But as I listened to a bunch of creative, clever people from a TV production company enthusing about a concept they called The Repair Shop, I did wonder. Ordinary people, getting ordinary household items fixed by ordinary repairers. Would anybody watch something as low-key as that? I … Read more

Dubai Princess Latifa’s guards tried to break her spirit by giving her razor blades and a stopwatch

The lawyer for Princess Latifa has claimed that guards placed a bag of razor blades in her room and gave her an electronic stopwatch to chart each passing day in an attempt to ‘break her spirit’.   This month, Princess Latifa, 35, the daughter of Dubai’s ruler Sheikh Mohammed al-Maktoum, 71, accused her father of holding her … Read more

Dubai Princess Latifa’s guards tried to break her spirit by giving her razor blades and a stopwatch

The lawyer for Princess Latifa has claimed that guards placed a bag of razor blades in her room and gave her an electronic stopwatch to chart each passing day in an attempt to ‘break her spirit’.   This month, Princess Latifa, 35, the daughter of Dubai’s ruler Sheikh Mohammed al-Maktoum, 71, accused her father of holding her … Read more

Early Bronze Age people used rings, bangles and axe blades as an early form of money 5,000 years ago

Europe’s first common currency: Early Bronze Age people used rings, bangles and even axe blades as an early form of money 5,000 years ago Researchers examined more than 5,000 objects from 100 ancient hoards Around 70% of the rings were similar enough to be indistinguishable by hand This consistent similarity in shape and weight are … Read more

Meat, nappies, razor blades and deodorant top the list of Britain’s most shoplifted items

Meat, nappies, razor blades and deodorant top the list of Britain’s most shoplifted items, reveals the company behind a facial recognition camera system used to spot criminals Meat, nappies, razor blades and deodorant are Britain’s most shoplifted items Facewatch operates in some Southern Co-op stores, Budgens, garden centres   System sends alert to staff when someone … Read more