Do you Feelgood because the Dr does?

  

Canvey Island, the home of Dr Feelgood, a band that have had fifteen members and as their current line-up has played over 1000 gigs. On the 19^th November 2010 they played in Newcastle’s The Clunny. Although a small location The Clunny is a good venue for them. They played some of their most famous songs including Great balls of fire, Milk and Alcohol and Riot in Cell block No.9. Even when the lead singer Robert Kane accidently unscrewed his microphone he managed to improvise by using the guitarists. Dr Feelgood is currently on a tour round the UK, Switzerland, Austria, Sweden and Holland although in that tour still managed to go back to where they started in the 1960s.

The band did have a set song list although even when they had finished due to the crowd wanting several encores they did at least another four songs which took about another twenty minutes. By this time I was still enjoying it but I would have been happy with what they did on the original list. Although most of the night the band stayed in their roles for one song guitarist, Steve Walwyn took Robert’s place as lead vocals. This was good as it let the audience experience a variation of talents from the band.

Overall the night was good entertainment and the only objection I have is that we had to wait about an hour and a half for them to come on. If you live anywhere near where the band might be performing in the future then why not check out their website http://www.drfeelgood.org/ which has all their tour dates on. I hope you will enjoy them if you go as I did.

UK Big freeze expected to continue

Across the UK snow and ice continues to cause chaos for hundreds of schools and transport. The Met Office have issued emergency weather warnings for central and southern England. Although for other parts of the UK it doesn’t necessarily mean that the snow is over. The forecast for the UK says that from Friday onwards it starts to dry up.

On the Monday coming it is forecast to be cold but dry. An Article from The Times newspaper says that more than 1,500 schools are closed. Many are trying to get them back open but a few schools are asking pupils to do the work set from home.

Although for a lot of people the problem is transport when trying to get to work and workers are trying to grit as many roads as possible. Lets hope the weather gets better soon. I will keep try to keep people up to date with the weather so keep checking back!

We say goodbye to David Tennant as the doctor

Last night we saw David Tennant in his last ever Doctor Who and what an episode to go out on! The first of the two episodes received ten million viewers. Matt Smith who will be the eleventh doctor will start next series so we will have to wait to see what he’s like! David was the Doctor from 2005 to 2010 which puts him just behind Tom Baker in how long each actor played the role.

A new doctor also means a new assistant, she’s called Amy Pond who is played by Karen Gillan. The Two of them will return in the spring but for now we are going to have to wait, The only sneak preview we have is the new trailer for the series. Here it is.

It looks as though it will be a good one and we see the return of some old enemies and other aliens we have seen before as well. These include the Weeping Angels seen in Blink and the Doctors long time enemy the Daleks. As always please feel free to comment!!!  

The Race for Christmas No.1 is on!

The race for Christmas number one is on! The main favourites for the top spot are Rage against the machine with their track called Killing in the name and Joe Mcelderry with his single called The Climb. It’s been a pattern every year since the X Factor started in 2004 that the winner gets Christmas number one. Rage against the Machine have released there song to prevent it happening for the sixth year.

Currently at number one is Lady Gaga with Bad Romance. If this stays the same for the next week neither Joe nor Rage against the Machine will be number one. R.A.T.M fans have been told not to go out and buy the single until Sunday when the competition for the top spot begins. According to anorak.co.uk Olly Murs who was a fellow contestant and second place to Joe Mcelderry despite being friends with Joe bought the Rage against the Machine single. R.A.T.M is currently nine thousand copies ahead of Joe. Come on people buy Joe’s single. I will hopefully be reporting on the result of this fight for number one when the charts are released so keep watching.

Climate change activists criticize Danish Police

Climate change groups have criticized Danish police for using heavy-handed tactics. This is because they detained nearly one-thousand people at a rally not far away from the climate change summit happening in Copenhagen. Mel Evans from climate justice action told the BBC that protesters were being kept for hours in freezing conditions without medical attention, water or toilets. Most of the protesters have now been released but some of them would be charged. Tens of thousands marched to pressure COP15 to make decisions about what they do about climate change faster.

Documents have been prepared saying that developed countries need to cut greenhouse gas emissions by between 25% and 45% of what the levels were in 1990 by 2020. Yesterday the EU joined the US in critizing a draft agreement that says that developing countries would only cut emissions if they received financial help. The EU has offered developing countries £6.5 billion three year deal. The target for limiting temperature rise isn’t clear. The UN-sponsored Intergovernmental Panel on Climate change (IPCC) wants to keep the rise below 2 Celsius.

The Police said that an estimated 30,000 people took part in yesterday’s demonstration in Copenhagen, although organizers say it was about 100,000. People chanted and carried banners that said things like “Demand climate justice”, “The world wants a real deal” and “There is no Planet B”. Protests were mainly peaceful but some people threw bricks and smashed windows in the city centre. A person said that the actions of the police were appalling. People were very scared and they were held for about four hours on the ground. They weren’t able to have any medical attention, any water, and weren’t allowed to have any toilet facilities” she told BBC Five Live.

In a statement, Copenhagen police said a large group of protesters had organized themselves in a so-called “black bloc”, in which they put on masks which is an illegal action at a demonstration in Denmark. The officers then decided to “seal off” the group from the march. The force said the large number of arrests had “produced a huge amount of pressure” on officers responsible for transporting, receiving and registering detainees.

Over all it was a bit of chaos but they got there in the end. The police are now trying to work out a better system.

COP15 emission cuts close to what is needed

New from COP15 is that the emissions cuts are close to what is needed. A study revealed that the countries taking part have said that they will cut emissions but scientists have called for just that little bit more. Some people have claimed that COP15 will fail but even though it needs a bit more work they are nearly there. The UNEP director Archim Steiner said that “For those who claim a deal in Copenhagen is impossible, they are simply wrong”.

The warnings were only based on pledges from industrial countries. UNEP said all the countries together should emit no more than 44 billion tons of carbon dioxide by 2020 to avoid the worst consequences. “We are within a few gigatons of having a deal, the gap has narrowed significantly.” Steiner said. So on the first day of the summit they are nearly at their target. What will they do for the rest of the summit?

Under a day till the Copenhagen Conference begins

There's under twenty-four hours left until representatives from 192 countries around the world meet to discuss what they can do to reduce there carbon footprint. The summit will go on till December 18th. The Danish government is already educating kids at school about climate change and how it will affect them. It was announced yesterday that President Obama will be joining the summit. For the duration of the eleven days that the conference goes on all meetings and press conferences will be available live on Webcasts. It has been said that by 2020 emissions will be cut down by thirty percent from 1990 levels.

To make sure that these emissions are cut countries will sing a treaty. All EU countries will cut there emissions by twenty percent or thirty percent if other countries follow suit. This treaty should be completed by half way through 2010 and should take effect three years later.  The Asian Development Bank will put seven-hundred million dollars into helping member countries combat climate change. The money will help fund technologies such as wind, solar, hydro and geothermal power as alternative powers sources. I will be keeping you up to date on all the news from Copenhagen though the summit so keep checking back!