Charges over New Year's Eve Tragedy

More than 200 people, including tourists from Australia, Britain and France, were injured in the Santika club blaze in the early hours of 2009.

Three Santika employees and the lead singer of the band on stage when the fire broke out have been charged with various counts of gross negligence.

Thai police have been criticised for the slow pace of their investigation.

Band singer Saravuth Ariya has been charged with setting off the fireworks that police believe sparked the blaze.

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Ocean Colour Scene fans left in the dark after power cut

The music venue announced today that the band would play a special gig on Monday, 8 March for fans with tickets to last night's cancelled event.

Managers blamed Scottish Power for the last-minute cancellation, after a partial power cut plunged the auditorium into darkness at 7:30pm.

It was left running on emergency lighting just half an hour after the doors opened. But hundreds of fans were left fuming for two hours and twenty minutes before they learned the performance would not go ahead.

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