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BURNHAM ska favourites The Communicators make their triumphant return to the Railway Hotel on November 14.

AMY Winehouse made a bold entrance yesterday at a music awards ceremony sporting a racy low-cut top - but failed to turn up on time to hand over a major prize.

GOOD old Amy Winehouse... She went from classy to slutty yesterday in the space of just a few hours.

IT'S 30 years since The Specials served up the first course of their ska revival menu to an unsuspecting British public with the hypnotic and all-round poptastic single Gangsters.

THOSE lucky enough to have tickets to see The Specials at Plymouth Pavilions can appropriately enough expect an incendiary show on Bonfire Night, November 5. Having formed at the height of the recession in the Seventies, they return at the height of another, 30 years down the line.

AMY WINEHOUSE caused chaos at the Q Awards in London on Monday when she got stuck in a lift as she was due to present a prize.

Making the most of her new curves, Amy arrives at the annual music awards with her goddaughter Dionne Photo: © Rex Lily, who won the best track prize, went for a classic look and was gorgeous in a long-sleeved beaded dress Photo: © Rex The Q Music Awards always provide a number of talking points, from the red carpet fashion to the winners ...

Is there anything more patronising in today's papers than Gordon Smart patting Lynval Golding on the head for having a cheap meal? THE IVY, Nobu or Cipriani - posh London restaurants where you expect to see celebs tucking into some post-awards bash grub.

Allen trooped up to accept her gong with a pint of lager in her hand, then marched back to her table where she promptly sparked up - an obvious no-no in these days of the smoking ban.

Lily Allen, Muse and Lady Gaga were among the winners at this year's Q magazine music awards, but there was no fond farewell for Oasis.

If you go to Tufts, I feel that I can safely assume you've had a pretty crappy week.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown yesterday said British National Party leader Nick Griffin's appearance on BBC political programme Question Time would expose the party as "racist and unacceptable". Anti-racism groups and government ministers have criticised the publicly-funded BBC for giving Griffin a slot as a panellist on the Question Time television ...

With a number of UK tours under their belts and a summer full of festival performances Pama International now prepare for a full national tour including a fistful of dates supporting The Specials.

The Scottish Government has intervened in the BNP row, attacking the BBC for "bending over backwards" to accommodate the far-right party on its Question Time programme.

The BBC's director general has challenged ministers to ban the BNP from the airwaves if it felt leader Nick Griffin should not be allowed to appear on Question Time.

THEY are big, bold and back at The Railway in Burnham next month for another skankin' set of ska and two-tone. The Communicators have proved a hugely popular band since their creation in the early part of 2005.

The first time I met George Marshall was four years ago in the back of a Ford Transit van, careering around Glasgow with five other skinheads and two baseball bats.

The Toasters were stalwarts of the ska scene by the time I got into the genre at the age of 16.