COMEDIAN Eddie Murphy has revealed that he and former Spice Girl Melanie Brown have split up.  The US star, who is said to have started dating the Leeds-born singer earlier this year, has also thrown doubt on reports that she is pregnant with his child.

In a study examining the relationship between racial/ethnic neighborhood concentration and self-reported health, researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health found that individuals living in neighborhoods with a high concentration of Blacks were twice as likely to report poor health when compared to their counterparts living in neighborhoods with a lower concentration of Blacks. Based on data from more than 2,800 people who self-identified as white, black, Hispanic, or Asian, this is the first study to examine the effects of racial/ethnic neighborhood concentration and self-reported health in New York City.

1Xtra today announced Sway as the winner of the ‘Best UK Act’ category of the inaugural BET Hip-Hop Awards taking place in Atlanta on November 12th.  1Xtra hosted the voting for the awards alongside MTV Base, which gave UK music fans a unique opportunity to vote for their favourite British act at a major US Awards ceremony.