Mayors launch legal action over railway station ticket office closure plans as 'more than 100,000' respond to consultation

The 1975 have been ordered to pay a Malaysian festival organiser over £2million in damages within seven days or face legal action in the UK.Future Sound Asia (FSA), the organiser of Kuala Lumpur’s Good Vibes Festival (GVF), has confirmed that it has issued a seven-day Letter of Claim to the UK band requesting for RM12.3million (£2,099,154.54) in damages following the cancellation of the festival last month.The Letter of Claim was previously announced on August 7, though further details were unknown at the time.In a new statement to the Malay Mail, the festival’s organiser’s legal counsel David Mathew from Steven Thiru & Sudhar Partnership said that the seven-day notice is dated August 7, meaning the band have until August 14 to pay the damages before legal action is taken against them.“In the letter, FSA has demanded that The 1975 admit their liability and also pay the sum of £2,099,154.54 (RM12,347,967.91) within seven (7) days,” David Mathew told Malay Mail. “The Letter of Claim is written in accordance with the provisions of the English Practice Direction Pre-Action Conduct and Protocol which are part of the English Civil Procedure Rules.”According to Mathew, a large component of FSA’s Letter of Claim is attributed towards frontman Matty Healy’s breach of contract.

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Future Sounds Asia, the organizers of the Good Vibes music festival in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, are preparing to take legal action against the 1975, Rolling Stone reports. During their set last month, Matty Healy called out the country's discriminatory anti-LGBTQ+ laws and kissed bassist Ross McDonald.

criticised the country’s anti-LGBTQ+ laws from the stage have formally threatened to sue the band over the incident.Future Sound Asia, promoter of the Good Vibes Festival in Kuala Lumpur, has confirmed it has now sent a letter to The 1975 demanding that they acknowledge liability and compensate the live music company for the cancellation that occurred following their set on the first day of the event. If they refuse to do so, FSA says it will pursue legal action through the English courts.Addressing Malaysia’s anti-LGBTQ+ laws during his set at the festival, Healy told his audience: “I made a mistake.

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The 1975, following the band using their set to criticise Malaysia’s anti-LGBTQ laws.The moment took place during the band’s headlining set on July 21 – the first day of the three-day festival – when frontman Matty Healy, drinking on stage, smashed a festival-operated drone and kissed bassist Ross MacDonald in front of the crowd.The set was cut short and the next day, the remainder of the three-day festival was later cancelled by the authorities and both Healy and the band were banned from performing in the country.Now, it has been confirmed that the organisers behind the festival – Future Sound Asia – are pursuing legal action against them, and have sent a Letter Of Claim to the British indie band.According to the press release, the claim demands that The 1975 acknowledge their liability and compensate Future Sound Asia (FSA) for the damages incurred. It also states that if the band fail to do so, the organisers will pursue legal proceedings in the Courts of England.“FSA would like to reiterate their strong disapproval of the Band’s behaviour during their performance at GVF2023,” it reads.

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A controversial three-week public consultation on plans to close nearly all railway station ticket offices in England has been extended, it was confirmed today. The Rail Delivery Group said train operators were extending the time available to respond to the plans by an extra five and a half weeks until September 1.

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Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. As brutal heat waves ripple through the country — with more than 50 million people in the U.S alone suffering triple-digit temperatures this week — it’s never been more important to be outfitted with devices that can keep you cool. While air conditioning units and standing fans are a must in a heat wave, another handy, portable and more affordable device has taken over the streets over the past month: handheld fans.

More than 80,000 children in Scotland have been affected by the "cruel" two-child cap on benefits in the last year. Analysis by the House of Commons Library also found that an additional 20,000 Scots youngsters were placed into poverty as a result of the Tory policy, which was introduced in 2017.

Devon Live reported, a tree was knocked down by the wind and rain on a road leading to the property, meaning that there was no way out.Tourist Caroline Heaven told the outlet that around 100 people were stranded in the grounds of the house, with a spokesperson for the National Trust, who run the property, saying that they were aware that there were “visitors, staff and volunteers still at Greenway unable to leave.”They added that they were “doing everything” to make them comfortable while waiting, and that they could leave as soon as possible.During the incident, many on social media compared the situation to Christie’s novel And Then There Were None, where strangers are invited to a Devon mansion and many of them murdered.Greenway is set to remain closed for an indefinite amount of time due to the “extensive storm damage” it sustained on the day.

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Today the fight to save our ticket offices hits full speed.

Andy Burnham and other regional mayors in the north are set to take legal action over the widespread closure of railway station ticket offices, it can be revealed tonight.