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Wednesday, April 22, 2015 Tribute festival planned
A MUSIC festival is to be held later this year in memory of Newbridge icon Steve Strange who died in February. The one-day event will
be held in Porthcawl in October and will cel- ebrate the life of the for- mer Visage frontman and 1980s style pioneer. The New Romantic Fes-
tival will feature live mu- sic from artists past and present who have links to
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Strange, who was born
Steven Harrington, died of a heart attack while on holiday in the Sharm el- Sheikh resort in Egypt on February 12. He was 55. The Newbridge-born
pop singer found fame in the 1980s with Visage, whose best knownhit was Fade To Grey. His funeral was held
Steve Strange who died earlier this year
in Porthcawl last month in typically flamboyant style with a mix of tra- ditional male voice choir and electro-pop. Singer Boy George, members of Spandau Ballet and celebrity hair- dresser Nicky Clarke were among the 300 or more people who attend- ed the lavish memorial in the seaside town on March 12. The day-long event in October is being organ- ised by musician Jayce Lewis, and Amanda
Steve Strange during his Visage days
Lloyd, who is Strange’s for- mer personal assistant. Organisers hope it will be a
success and could turn into an annual event. This year’s festival will be
staged in Porthcawl’s Grand Pavilion on Saturday, October 31.
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Animal cruelty cases on increase as RSPCA reports it faced horriic year
THE RSPCA says it has faced another horrific year of cruelty cases across Wales. Its annual figures for 2014, released today show there has been a rise in the number of complaints
investigated from 11,372 in 2013 to 11,740. A shocking 1,389 of these complaints in 2014 involved deliberate and often violent cruelty being in- flicted on animals, the charity said. This was up from 1,264 in 2013. Such complaints included beatings, fighting related, improper killing, poisoning, trapping and mu- tilation. Martyn Hubbard, RSPCA Cymru superintendent, said: “It is extremely concerning that we are still receiving more than 1,300 complaints about animals being deliberately caused to suffer. “Most of the complaints we receive involve animals being neglected or not receiving the right care
and often we can put that right by offering welfare advice. However, it is shocking that in 2014 people are still being deliberately cruel.” In total the RSPCA in Wales secured 116 convictions in magistrates’ courts in 2014 – there were 297
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