THE Ulster Youth Orchestra marks its 25th anniversary this month with a grand tour to Austria and Slovakia before a glittering final concert at the Ulster Hall next Saturday.

1 Up and at it – what is your morning routine? My routine varies depending on whether I am in rehearsals/doing performances or not.

“DO YOU want, Johnny Lydon or John Rotten?” he enquires in a posh voice before dissolving in a fit of raucous laughter.

HAVING just completed their A-levels, unlike most of their classmates Assumption Grammar pupils Orlaith Forsythe and Mollie McGinn aren't worrying about the 'dreaded' results day and getting the required grades for university.

GARY Lightbody is at home with his parents for the weekend and feeling like a kid again.

Jake Shears Jake Shears AS SCISSOR Sisters' frontman, Jake Shears oozed charisma, cheeky humour and sexual energy and the band's debut album was the UK's biggest-selling of 2004.

Live music for the week ahead 

ALMOST two years ago I left the bustle of traffic on the Ormeau Road and headed into the tranquility of the RedBox studios on University Street in Belfast.