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Warner Chappell strikes global deal with France’s Kidding Aside – as electronic music indie launches publishing venture with Nicolas Klersy as Partner
Warner Chappell Music (WCM) has announced a global partnership with Kidding Aside, the independent French electronic music company, as it launches a dedicated publishing venture called Kidding Aside Publishing. The deal, unveiled on 9 September, sees Nicolas Klersy join as Partner and strategic lead for Publishing A&R. It reflects Warner Chappell’s continued push into independent…
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Five men face conspiracy charges over Warwickshire methamphetamine laboratory
Five Mexican men have appeared in court charged with drug offences after police uncovered a suspected methamphetamine laboratory hidden on remote farmland near Furnace End in Warwickshire. The men are accused of conspiracy to produce methamphetamine, a Class A drug, as part of an alleged crime group operating the secret production facility, highlighting concerns over…
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Luxury Cotswolds hotel loved by celebrities is accused of hosting ‘Ibiza-style’ parties as neighbours claim loud music, fireworks and helicopters keep them up at night
The Estelle Manor, a members-only luxury hotel in the Cotswolds popular with celebrities, has been accused by neighbours in nearby North Leigh of hosting “Ibiza-style” parties that disturb residents with loud music, fireworks and helicopter noise late into the night. The complaints follow an alien-themed end-of-summer event, part of what locals describe as a recurring…
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Boy, 15, is found dead ten days after being swept out to sea with his father and brother at popular Welsh tourist beach
A body has been found ten days after a 15-year-old boy from Yorkshire was swept out to sea while on a family holiday at Marloes Sands in Pembrokeshire, west Wales. The boy entered the water with his father and brother on 30 August, and all three were dragged out by choppy conditions before the father…
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Six hundred UK flights cancelled after NATS system failure
A widespread technical failure in National Air Traffic Services’ flight processing system on Tuesday triggered mass flight cancellations and delays across UK airports, with disruption persisting into Wednesday despite NATS saying it had identified and fixed the fault. Around 600 flights were cancelled on Tuesday alone, hitting Heathrow, Gatwick, Manchester and Birmingham before spreading to…
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Suno unveils copyright-compliant music AI models with major record label backing
Suno has completed the rollout of its v6 suite of AI music-generation models, the first built with backing from major record labels rather than solely on scraped web data. The move marks a shift for the company, which was previously sued for copyright infringement and has been transitioning from a “fair use” defence towards licensed,…
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Flight 93 hero’s dad warns ‘enemies from within’ aim to destroy America at the ballot box
David Beamer, father of 9/11 Flight 93 passenger Todd Beamer, used a Fox News interview to urge Michigan voters to reject Democratic socialist candidates, likening the upcoming election to a battle against domestic threats. Appearing on “America’s Newsroom”, he argued that Democratic socialists are more closely aligned with “domestic terrorists” than with American values, and…
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Even better than the Real Thing? The overlooked Black music scene of 1970s Liverpool
An article marks the 50th anniversary of the Real Thing’s UK No 1 hit “You to Me Are Everything” by examining the wider underground funk and R&B scene it emerged from in 1970s Liverpool, centred on the mostly Black community of Toxteth. Despite widespread poverty and racial discrimination, including colour bars at many city-centre venues,…
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‘This is not sustainable’: London’s Gate theatre to close after nearly 50 years
The Gate theatre in London, founded above a Notting Hill pub in 1979, has announced it will close permanently next month after nearly 50 years, citing an unsustainable funding climate. The closure follows a “devastating” 100% cut to its Arts Council England funding of just over £300,000 in 2022, which stripped it of its National…