From Hamish (MU)

The Licensing Bill will be discussed on BBC Radio 4, You and Yours, on Monday 23 December, between 12.30 and 12.55pm.

Sheila Miller, who runs 'The Cellar Upstairs' folk club in London, will be talking about the live music implications. Stuart Neame, of Shepherd Neame brewery, will talk about the implications for smaller breweries.

See also today's Guardian. Three hard-hitting letters: one from Mike Harding, one from Eliza Carthy, and one from your's truly.

Online petition reached 9,000 this morning: www.musiclovers.ukart.com