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Grime music star Kano and soul singer Laura Mvula are leading the pack for the Mobo Awards, each receiving four nominations. Kano is up for Best Male, Best Album for Made In The Manor, Best Song and Best Grime Act. Singer-songwriter Laura has nods for Best Album for The Dreaming Room, Best R&B/Soul Act and Best Video. She will also battle it out with Lady Leshurr, Little Simz, Katy B and Nao for the coveted Best Female prize. View photos Laura Mvula (Tabatha Fireman / PA ) Fresh from his Mercury Prize win, Skepta has picked up nominations for Best Male, Best Grime Act and Best Album for Konnichiwa. Skepta and Kano will face AJ Tracey, Chip and Stormzy in the Grime category. Garage superstar Craig David, who was first recognised by the Mobos when he clinched the Best Newcomer trophy in 2000, is continuing with his triumphant return to music by earning nods for Best Male and Best Song, for When The Bassline Drops (featu...

[Photo: Getty] Bad skin sucks. And it’s only getting worse. Rather depressingly, rates of adult acne have gone up 200 per cent in the last year alone. And not just young adults. According to recent research, more than a third of people seeking treatment for acne are over the age of 35.  Some of the most beautiful women in the world, including Victoria Beckham, Cameron Diaz and Katy Perry, have talked about their struggle with spots. It’s not just us ‘normal’ people that are plagued with break outs.  With around 50 per cent of adults suffering from acne at some point, and with 80 per cent of those being women, it’s important to understand what’s really going on when it comes to problem skin. What causes adult acne? Acne is directly caused when follicles become blocked due to an over production of sebum - that’s the oil content in the skin on your face. The excess sebum mixes with dead skin cells and debris, clogging up the follicles and, in turn...

View photos   BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian rebels and pro-government forces battled each other on major frontlines near Aleppo and Hama, and air strikes reportedly killed a dozen people including four medical workers, as a ceasefire appeared to have completely unravelled. The renewed battles demonstrated the thin prospects for reviving a truce that collapsed into fresh fighting and bombardments on Monday, including an attack on an aid convoy which U.S. officials believe was carried out by Russian jets. Moscow denies involvement. The U.N. Security Council was due to hold a high-level meeting on Syria later on Wednesday. Despite accusing Moscow of being behind the bombing of the aid convoy, the United States says the ceasefire agreement it sponsored jointly with Russia is "not dead". But the deal, probably the final hope of reaching a settlement on Syria before the administration of President Barack Obama leaves office, is fo...