Robbie Williams news from day: 29. June, 2009

Williams is used to receiving awards for his music – but now he has been nominated as a Sentinel Hero for the work he does for charity. While the singer, above, may have long left his native Stoke-on-Trent, the Potteries are never far from his thoughts, as he has shown in his song lyrics and interviews. And numerous charities and community groups have been given cash by the singer, through the Give It Sum fund he set up for Comic Relief in 2000. Then, Robbie used £2 million he earned from advertising Pepsi cola to launch the venture so he could give back to worthy causes in the city of his birth. Read the rest…