Snoop Dogg slams UK immigration

Snoop Dogg has urged the Home Office to allow him into the UK to help tackle the nation's "spiralling" gang problem.

The rap star was forced to cancel a series of joint concerts with P Diddy in March when he was denied a visa to enter the country.

The decision followed a 2006 caution after he was arrested at Heathrow Airport on suspicion of violent disorder and affray.

Speaking ahead of his presenting stint at the MTV Europe Music Awards, he said: "I love my fans in the UK, and they're suffering because of the really bad gang situation. I really wanted to be a voice to stop gang members because they respect me enough to get in a room with me to talk. By not permitting me, they're saying they just don't want me to solve this situation."

He added: "It's not the fans, it's just a few people in white wigs and members of parliament. They got a problem because the judicial law is from the 1800s."