News and Media - Musharof Chy
Guardian Politics: Save the nation's music
Leader. Churches should not be licensed.
Guardian Politics: Alcoholic Britain should not be offered another drink
Martin Kettle. Why the licensing bill will increase the problem it is supposed to control.
BBC News: Fears for children in pub reforms
Children could end up in lap-dancing pubs and clubs under plans to reform licensing laws, the gover...
BBC News: Last orders for pub hours
Pubs could open 24-hours a day and there would be tougher laws on under-age drinking in plans to re...
BBC News: Buskers make protest heard
Plans to introduce a licensing scheme in central London spark a noisy protest by buskers.
BBC News: Drinking law shake-up unveiled
Two senior ministers pop into a Westminster pub to launch a bill which paves the way for round-the-...
Telegraph: Licensing crackdown threatens live music
David Millward. The Musicians' Union claims the Licensing Bill could turn buskers into criminals, r...
Telegraph: By next Christmas, carol singers will be criminals
Billy Bragg. The mummers, the Nativity play, the panto, the carol concert all provide opportunities...
Telegraph: More red tape, vicar?
Leader. Perhaps Tessa Jowell, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, could tell us wh...
Telegraph: Village halls' cash hopes dashed
David Sapsted. Village hall committees must pay extra costs to comply with legislation to make faci...
Guardian Politics: Pub revolution 'will cut trouble'
Anne Perkins, political correspondent. Round-the-clock licences will enrich lives, say ministers, b...