Issue 82: Wednesday, February 4, 1998
by JAMES GOFFIN by MATTHEW RAY, News Editor
UEA'S FLAGSHIP summer extravaganza, the Law Ball, Is being forced outside Norwich after City councillors left organisers with no choice. The decision to abandon the popular Earlham Hall venue was made after unofficial talks between Law Ball organisers and Council chiefs. The event has been they can help lt, and I dogged In previous years thought that the licence by complaints from local would either be Incredibly residents about no!se strict or even rejected." levels, and organisers of In a ÂŁ25,000 deal, the last year's bash were Law Ball Is now set to be restricted to background held at the posh Lenwade music after 11 pm. House Hotel, a 19th This year, the history of century country mansion complaints has prompted In Great Wltchlngham, the City Council to nine miles outside threaten prosecution of Norwich. the Law Ball organisers If The classy venue has the curfew Is broken. been exclusively hired Said Law Society out for the event, with all President, Estelle 18 acres of the House Partmouse, "We did not grounds open to have much choice unless revellers. we wanted a Law Ball And managers of the from 9pm to 11 pm." hotel are confident of Estelle decided not to getting a 6am licence for even apply for a licence the traditional all-night for Earlham Hall after bash. seeing the Council's However, the shock hostile attitude to the move will disappoint annual knees-up. students who see the "The councillors traditional Earlham Hall spoke to are adamant venue as an essential that 1t Is not going to be part of the ball. held at Earlham Hall If continued on p11ge 3
CONVICTED drugs smuggler and guest DJ, Howard Marks, hit the Waterfront last week to a row over his use of cannabis. The well-known former drugs smuggler who "just plays tunes he likes" hosted a one hour set at the Kitchen club night last Friday. Yet his arrival sparked fury in a local mum who attacked the venue in the local press for promoting the convicted drugs smuggler, claiming be would be a bad influence on young club-goers. She linked her son's use of cannabis to his later use of heroin and accused the Waterfront of glorifying the drugs trade by inviti ng Howard to DJ. Howard - who is said to have once controlled 10% of the world's cannabis supply - hit back at the allegations, aying that spinning discs i legitimate work "I'm just trying to do a straight job," he said. "One has to rehabilitate somehow and I think people should support that." He dismissed suggestions that there is a strong link between the use of hard and soft drugs but was sympathetic to problems of heroin
use. "I certainly did not give him any heroin, and if I was the child's continued on page 2