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Yahoo
10 hours ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Funeral director takes over town's only independent service after nearly 60 years
A Norfolk funeral director has taken over a town's only independent, family-owned service, which had been in business for nearly 60 years. Adrian Amis of Cromer and District Independent Funeral Services has acquired Gowards Funeral Independent Services in Fakenham. Founded by Claude Goward in 1966, the Fakenham funeral service has been in the town for 58 years. It will now continue to offer compassionate, independent funeral care in Norfolk under the ownership of Mr Amis. Funeral director Paul Cook, who has more than 40 years' experience in the profession, will continue in his role at the Fakenham funeral home. "I am honoured and excited to be taking over Gowards Funeral Services," Mr Amis said. "It is a business with a deeply respected history and an incredible dedication to the families it serves. "My commitment is to uphold the independent ethos and the high standards of care that Heather, Paul and the Goward family have established. "We look forward to continuing to serve the community with dignity and compassion."
Glasgow Times
18-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Glasgow Times
Punk All Dayer 2025 to cause Glasgow road disruptions
The Punk All Dayer festival will take place at Bellahouston Park on Saturday, June 21, 2025, featuring iconic acts including Sex Pistols members Steve Jones, Paul Cook, and Glen Matlock—performing with Frank Carter—alongside The Stranglers, The Undertones, and Buzzcocks. The event forms part of the Glasgow Summer Sessions, which will also see Simple Minds perform on June 27 and Stereophonics on June 28. READ MORE: Over 40 road closures in Glasgow today as Race for Life takes place To accommodate the large crowds expected across these dates, Glasgow City Council has announced a series of temporary road closures and parking restrictions in the Bellahouston area to ensure public safety and traffic flow. Full road closures will be in place for all vehicles, excluding emergency services and those with explicit permission from the council, from 10am on June 21 until 2am on June 22. Additional closures will follow from 10am on June 25 to 2am on June 26, from 10am on June 27 to 2am on June 28, and again from 10am on June 28 until 2am on June 29. Affected Roads: Ardo Gardens (entire length) Bellahouston Drive (between Mosspark Boulevard and Moness Drive – access to sports centre until 9:30pm) Hinshelwood Drive (between Ardo Gardens and Skene Road) Mosspark Boulevard (between Bellahouston Drive and Mosspark Drive) Evening road closures will also be in effect from 9:30pm to 2am on June 21, 25, 27, and 28. Affected Roads: Broomloan Road (Paisley Road West to Edmiston Drive) Bellahouston Drive (Moness Drive to Paisley Road West) Dumbreck Road (Paisley Road West and the Northbound M77 off Ramp to Dumbreck Road) M8 Westbound off-ramp (Dumbreck Interchange to Dumbreck Road) Nithsdale Road (Dumbreck Road to Maxwell Drive) Paisley Road West (Helen Street to Edmiston Drive) Mosspark Boulevard (Bellahouston Drive to Corkerhill Road) Parking restrictions, including no waiting, loading, or unloading, will be enforced from 4am on June 20 to 2am on June 22, and again from 4am on June 24 to 2am on June 29. READ MORE: ScotRail issue statement after teen sadly dies following beach incident Affected Roads Include: Ardo Gardens (for its entire length) Bellahouston Drive (Paisley Road West to Clunie Road) Broomloan Road (Paisley Road West to Edmiston Drive) Dumbreck Road (Paisley Road West to Mosspark Boulevard) Mosspark Boulevard (Corkerhill Road to Dumbreck Road) Nithsdale Road (Dumbreck Road to Fleurs Avenue) Paisley Road West (Dumbreck Road to Bellahouston Drive) Hinshelwood Drive (Ardo Gardens to Skene Road) Additional no-waiting zones will apply across numerous surrounding streets unless vehicles display a local access pass. These include: Alness Crescent Arisaig Drive Barfillan Drive Bellahouston Drive at Mosspark Boulevard Cessnock Street Corkerhill Place Dargarvel Avenue North Dargarvel Avenue South Dumbreck Avenue Dumbreck Place Dumbreck Square Dunellan Street Elizabeth Street Erskine Avenue Fleurs Avenue North Fleurs Avenue South Harley Street Jura Street Kirkdale Drive Ladybank Drive Lora Drive Maryland Drive Melfort Avenue Midlock Street Moness Drive Morven Street Mosspark Boulevard at Bellahouston Drive Mosspark Boulevard at Dumbreck Road Torridon Avenue East Torridon Avenue North Torridon Avenue West Urrdale Road READ MORE: Teen tragically dies after 'serious disturbance' at popular beach Glasgow City Council is urging residents and visitors to plan ahead and allow extra travel time during these dates. The restrictions are designed to ensure the safety of festival-goers and local road users while minimising disruption. The Punk All Dayer promises a high-energy celebration of punk history, and with careful planning, the city aims to ensure it runs smoothly for everyone.
See - Sada Elbalad
11-03-2025
- Entertainment
- See - Sada Elbalad
Guns N' Roses to Perform in India after 12-Year Absence
Rock legends Guns N' Roses will return to India after more than a decade as part of their global tour. The concert, produced and promoted by BookMyShow Live in partnership with Live Nation, will take place at Mumbai's Mahalaxmi Racecourse on May 17. The show marks the 'Sweet Child O' Mine' and 'November Rain' band's first appearance in the country since 2012. It is part of a sprawling global tour that kicks off in Incheon, South Korea, before heading to Japan, India, the Middle East, and then an extensive European leg that includes stops in Portugal, Spain, Italy, Germany, the U.K., and multiple eastern European countries. Various special guests will join different legs of the tour, including Public Enemy, Rival Sons, members of the Sex Pistols, including Steve Jones, Paul Cook, and Glen Matlock, and Frank Carter. Guns N' Roses, consisting of Axl Rose on vocals and piano, Slash on lead guitar, and Duff McKagan on bass, have sold over 100 million units worldwide. The group's 1987 debut 'Appetite for Destruction' remains the best-selling U.S. debut album ever, while their 2016-2019 'Not In This Lifetime… Tour' ranked as the fourth-highest grossing concert tour of all time. The band continues to maintain a strong streaming presence with approximately 24 million monthly listeners on Spotify.
See - Sada Elbalad
11-03-2025
- Entertainment
- See - Sada Elbalad
Guns N' Roses to Perform in India sfter 12-Year Absence
Rock legends Guns N' Roses will return to India after more than a decade as part of their global tour. The concert, produced and promoted by BookMyShow Live in partnership with Live Nation, will take place at Mumbai's Mahalaxmi Racecourse on May 17. The show marks the 'Sweet Child O' Mine' and 'November Rain' band's first appearance in the country since 2012. It is part of a sprawling global tour that kicks off in Incheon, South Korea, before heading to Japan, India, the Middle East, and then an extensive European leg that includes stops in Portugal, Spain, Italy, Germany, the U.K., and multiple eastern European countries. Various special guests will join different legs of the tour, including Public Enemy, Rival Sons, members of the Sex Pistols, including Steve Jones, Paul Cook, and Glen Matlock, and Frank Carter. Guns N' Roses, consisting of Axl Rose on vocals and piano, Slash on lead guitar, and Duff McKagan on bass, have sold over 100 million units worldwide. The group's 1987 debut 'Appetite for Destruction' remains the best-selling U.S. debut album ever, while their 2016-2019 'Not In This Lifetime… Tour' ranked as the fourth-highest grossing concert tour of all time. The band continues to maintain a strong streaming presence with approximately 24 million monthly listeners on Spotify.
Telegraph
09-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Telegraph
Sex Pistols drummer Paul Cook: It's not so punk on the terraces at Chelsea any more
Sex Pistols drummer Paul Cook is talking about the band's infamous television appearance on the Today show in December 1976, alongside host Bill Grundy. 'I think he met his match, he was an establishment sort of figure and very condescending; he got what he deserved.' The incident which saw Grundy goad the band into swearing live on air caused a national scandal and the London four-piece became an immediate sensation, changing popular culture overnight. 'There was nothing cultural at the time', explains Cook, 'we had Top of the Pops and The Old Grey Whistle Test. I like to think we had a hand in changing all that.' Anarchy In The UK soon became the political anthem for a disenfranchised generation. 'It was a violent time of strikes and football violence and that spilled over naturally into the punk movement,' adds Cook. 'Everyone was a bit angry in the 70s and it spilled over into all walks of life.' Chelsea is very much in the bones of Cook. There's even proof of him as a young fan in the Loft behind a yawning policeman under a helmet. When I remind him, Cook raises his boot out to illustrate that he is the smiling teenager facing the camera with his Dr. Marten sticking out. 'It was QPR v Chelsea in the FA Cup in 1970 at Loftus Road and we beat them 4-2. I'm from Shepherd's Bush, I should be a Rangers supporter but I grew up supporting Chelsea. 1970: A bored Policeman in the Loft #QPR v Chelsea FACup 6th Rd. Pre Sex Pistol Paul Cook in the Docs looking at the camera. — BushmanQPR ⚽️ (@BushmanQPR) October 14, 2021 'My family is from Fulham but my mates would drag me to Stamford Bridge. I've still got a soft spot for Fulham but I ended up supporting Chelsea around 1965-66.' Cook does not miss a beat when I ask him his favourite player of the era. 'Charlie Cooke, he was a real entertainer like George Best. At that time we signed a lot of players from Scotland. I even wanted an e on the end of my name to be like him.' Today we are in The Green public house not far from the Shepherd's Bush Empire where the band played in 1996. Cook has brought with him a selection of programmes from his collection, perhaps the stand out is for an FA Cup final replay, the first in 58 years, of Chelsea versus Leeds United at Old Trafford in April 1970. 'I never got to the first game as I messed up my tokens. That game and the rivalry was something else, especially when you're a young kid. The away games were pretty scary.' Violence was common, particularly with the Chelsea-Leeds rivalry, did Cook ever get caught up in the chaos? 'If you went, it was a dangerous place to be and if you were in the wrong place at the wrong time. I had a knack of walking into trouble, I wasn't a fighter and I got badly beaten up not far from here by a bunch of Teddy Boys for looking like a punk. There was a reaction against the punks that was so far out there. We were public enemy number one and front-page news but a lot of it was caused by us I must admit.' How does Cook feel about the shifts in the game during his lifetime? 'I do get fed up, I'm not in love with it in the way I was but I try not to be one of those old guys saying; 'back in my day it was great'. And yes it was but the state of the grounds, the violence and facilities has all changed. The British game was run down but now it's corporate boxes. You get a lot of tourists from Japan and so on – it's different people around me each week, which is great but I don't know if it's all necessarily for the better. 'The violence and racism has not totally gone but it is so much better.' Asked to harken back to the reign of Roman Abramovich, Cook is honest, revelling in the glory of the time. He never expected Chelsea to win the league in his lifetime, let alone the biggest prize in Europe – twice. He does not regret the ride, and on having a supremely wealthy backer, Cook queries whether Newcastle United or Manchester City fans have moral quandaries. 'It's like that until you get your own sugar daddy,' he says. The Sex Pistols returned last August minus John Lydon to raise money for Bush Hall, attempting to save the venue from closure. Relations between Lydon and Cook along with guitarist Steve Jones and bassist Glen Matlock have been strained after a court case over the band's legacy and now they perform with Frank Carter on vocals. 'I don't diss John', adds Cook. 'He was iconic but the band won't happen again with John. Relationships in the band became so toxic. Now it's just been so much fun, we are not trying to say Frank is the new Johnny Rotten or anything like that but it's clear now there is an audience for it and that people want to hear the songs, they want to hear Never Mind The Bollocks.' Matlock is a QPR fan, and Cook and Steve Jones have remained close, especially through support of Chelsea since the guitarist moved to America in 1982. Cook adds: 'Steve was not into football at the time, he would go to QPR for the hell of it and for the chaos. He would bunk in, cause some trouble and nick all the hot dogs.' It was in LA that Jones and Cook would pull on the jersey for Hollywood United. 'They don't get it, bless them, but they've had a good team over the years. They are super fit and really hard to play against. We've had a few knock-about friendly games with Vinnie Jones and Frank Leboeuf… they take it very seriously by the way.' For the drummer also known as Cookie there's a clear link between the terraces he grew up in and the punk movement. 'The chants on the terraces come from the music hall tradition, originally everyone would go there and sing and that transferred to terraces and the punk rock choruses. There's nothing like 5,000 people singing a song, it's so uplifting. It's not so much like that any more [at Chelsea] – maybe in places like Liverpool or Newcastle where they still have that working-class support, but not down at Chelsea.
