Listen To Your Father: Feargal to the rescue

The Parkhill Hotel in Oulton is currently facing closure, as a council warning about noise has thrown its wedding business into disarray. The hotel's neighbours are still angry about the level of noise which comes from events held in the pub's grounds, and refusing to reach a compromise. So, erm, they're sending in Feargal Sharkey to play a Paddy Ashdown role:

Waveney MP Bob Blizzard also revealed he had been speaking to former Undertones frontman Feargal Sharkey, who is now the chairman of the government's Live Music Forum task force.

Mr Blizzard said he had put hours of work into trying to help mediate in the dispute.

“I've tried to broker some discussions and a meeting with Waveney to resolve this, as I've been involved in speaking to Mr Truman and trying to sort something for months and months,” he said.

“Feargal Sharkey is a key supporter of live music, so, after speaking to him about this, he was prepared to come to Lowestoft and sit round a table with the council to offer some ideas.”

The local residents assocation have approached That Petrol Emotion with a view to organising a counterstrike.