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firif -O youth survival guide -l flmS The Summer HQn Radio daze BETH JORDACHE and PETER HARRISON (Brookslde, pictured) WHILE Terry chalks up love on the slate with Polish nanny-turned-prostitute Anna, net curtains are twitching over new love blooming this month. Peter's friendship with baby-faced Beth Is about to hit a more-than-neighbourly note, but there's one person who is intent on wrecking the relationship. Whether Peter's love Sun, sea and soap MBS do It, bees do it, even folk on Coronation Street are at it. With barmaid Liz bedding leather-clad Colin and Sally taking a trip north with golden boy Joe, it's proving to be a steamy summer of love in the soaps. Even Watford will soon be spiced up with an impromptu trip to Paris for Patrick Collerton finds ex-pirate stations still struggling to get aired Gram, snaron, Katny ana pirn.

win last as nis past naunts mm But win snaron oucme remains to te seen, out as wrestles with his under the pressure of own conscience to her infidelity when Asm break the news to Beth about his FORGET the poptastic DJs at Radio One. The sound of Britain's underground comes courtesy of pirate radio. Stations like Sting FM in Manchester, Birmingham's PCRL and the capital's Buzz FM are plugging the gaps left by their commercial rivals. From the adrenalin rush date-rape past, he Kathy and Phil smooch on the i Seine? No doubt EastEnders will prove once again that the TUNED IN: Charfy Wild of TSL Sharon nicol would be wise to spend more time concentrating on the skeletons in Beth's closet. Or garden, to be more precise.

of course or true -love never runs smooth in soap, summer or not After all, there's still thst niggling But for now, Cupid's arrow is striking a chord with matter of her dad the teen generation being buried under the and If the road looks crazy paving. rocky for the wrlnklies, who ing Scheme. On board since the planning stage, she understands how much work is involved in the supposed glam work of broadcasting. "Everyone thinks that you just get your licence, set up your radio and then you're off. But it takes loads of work for months beforehand." With an estimated 25,000 listeners in Liverpool, TSL has built on its popularity from the pirate days.

All they need now is a permanent licence, since there is too much at stake to risk returning to illegality. Under the 1990 Broadcasting Act anyone convicted of involvement with a pirate is banned from legit radio for five years. Many of today's top presenters began on pirates, but the Radiocommunications Agency is no respecter of quality output "From our point of view someone could be broadcasting church services. It's not the content, rather that they are actually using radio space which they shouldn't be," said a spokesman. The agency can raid premises and seize all equipment.

Last year 536 raids secured 68 convictions. Yet many people welcome something different. As Charly points out: "Not everyone listens to the charts. With specialised music, we appeal to a lot of people who are often excluded from the radio." Additional research, Randeep Ramesh Rave to the skank of Reggae, pirates keep their fingers on the musical pulse. This despite the police, licensed stations and the Government's watchdog body, The Radiocommunications Agency.

Kiss FM, now a legal station, attracts more than a million listeners a week in London. But it started in 1985 as a pirate broadcasting from DJs' bedrooms. Gordon Mack, managing director at Kiss, believes pirates have a role to play. "There is so much talent out there that never gets heard. Young people want to hear young people." Many unlicensed stations aren't just fly-by-night ego outlets.

They often arise out of frustration with the Radio Authority's lethargic approach in granting new licences. The authority determines who goes on air and awarded only 16 licences last year. Liverpool's Toxteth Community Radio began as a pirate with more than 40 DJs in 1989. Countless busts later, TCR came off the air but resurfaced this year as Toxteth Sounds Limited a legal station with a twice-yearly, four-week licence. Yet TSL retains its credentials with a playlist including Asian, Arabic, House and Soul music.

Charly Wild, 17, from Toxteth works at TSL as a broadcaster, administrator and radio producer on the Youth Train- RICK ALESSI and DEBBIE MARTIN (Neighbours) ROW that Debbie Martin has hit Ramsay St, she's tripping over her frazzled locks to get her hands on Rick Alessi's marbled body. But her elder brother soon stirs the pot when he turns up to bring an Amityvllle touch to the Robinson household this month. But before sicko Mlcko wreaks havoc, Debbie's sweet 16 turns sour as she catches bimbo Collette in a clinch with Rick at her birthday bash, begging the question: "Can their love stand the heady pace of Ramsay St?" Maybe they should take lessons from Beth and Brad. He (of the washboard stomach) finally gives In to she (of the panda eyes) this month and agrees to rock the foundations with her in a construction caravan. Richard Arnold knows if these young romances will sizzle or fizzle? BLAKE DEAN and ONLAY ROBERTS (Home and Away) Bum scheme to woo wrap-around fringe Fin ended in disaster when they scuba-dived for buried treasure in Summer Bay.

But she has forgiven him and, as Blake frees himself from the wreckage of his doomed love affair with Msg, can the couple make last this time around? After Meg's stomach-churning demise, Blake looked set to lisp sweet-nothings into thin air. And when his sister hits town and tells Blake how much she despises goody-goody Fin, Blake may well be back to square one. Returning from a detention centre after driving a car over Sophie's boyfriend, Karen seems keen to make sure Fin goes the way of Meg. Does summer love last? Jonathan Paterson hit the streets to find out whether you could remember your holiday romance planning to come over again in the autumn." SARA CONNELL, 17, Worthing "We were in Ibiza and there was this big group of people all hanging around together. NICKKl MAUN, 18, Kernel Hempstead "I was in Turkey with friends.

I met this guy and we were together for a couple of nights, swapped addresses but never wrote to each other, it's best that way. No strings attached." Everyone started pairing off so I Just got together with this one boy. We swapped addresses at the end of the holiday but never kept In touch. It's funny really you get together with someone, tell them all your intimate details and then never see them again." JOHNNY NATH, 20, London Yorkshire. Finishes back at the city centre at 3.30pm.

Free. SUNDERLAND: International air display at Seabum. RAF Tornados and Harriers, wing-walking teams and a guest appearance by Nicolai Timofeev, World Aerobatic champion. 2.30-5.30pm. Free.

August 16: LONDON: Comedy as sport with celebrities and the uninitiated battling it out in improvisation games based on audience suggestions. Hen and Chickens Theatre. Nl, 8pm. 43 concessions. August 17: BRISTOL: u18 night at La kola.

Moon St, hip-hophouse, 7-1 1pm, 2.50. August 16: LONDON: Paul Merton and others with the best in improvised comedy trom the Comedy Store players, the Comedy Store, 8pm. 8. August 18: CORNWALL: Nickl Campbell hosts the Radio One roadshow (ram Bude starting from 10am, on air from Free. August 20: MILTON KEYNES: Woodstock 2, rave until 10am Sunday at Fen Farm, Wavendon, 33 plus 3 booking fee.

Tickets 0789-298105. SUMMER LONO LEEDS: Fun Games at the Granary Wharf including giant chess game (Aug 1 5-22). STAFFORDSHIRE: Alton Towers 500-acre amusement park with 125 attractions including the Thunderlooper rollercoaster, near Uttoxeter. Open 9am-8pm every day, cost E13E10 (under 14). RACHEL MAPHAM, 18, Brighton "When I was 15, on holiday on the Isle of Wight, I met a boy who was more interested In me than I was in him.

After the holiday he kept on sending me letters which I didn't reply to. I suppose that was a bit cruel, but a year later he sent me a Valentine's card. I can't be that bad." JULIAN EHRHARDT, 16, Wimbledon "I was on a karate camp In Ipswich, where I met a Norwegian girl. She was 21 and training to be a midwife. At the end of the week there was a party, we talked and tilings got sort of personal.

I don't usually go for "Holiday romances are all about forgetting about the real world. People just take you for what you are. You should always make sure you TODAY BELFAST: Fotk Festival including Brian Kennedy, the Voicesquad and John Renboum at Elmwood Hall, 6. Spm. African and Gaelic music at the Crescent Arts Centre starting at 10pm.

5. Festival runs to Aug 15. OXFORD: team basic film-making and animation at Blooming Arts, Princes St, 1-5pm. Free. NOTTINGHAM: England take on the West Indies in the second day ol the Youth Test Match at Trent Bridge.

Starts 1 1am. ending on Sunday. Free. August 14: BRISTOL: Classic and Sportscar extravaganza at the Castle Combe Circuit, Chippenham, starts 9am, adults 4, children and OAPs 2. OXFORD: Nolit State Circus including gospel music in the big top, South Park.

2pm. adults 2. children El. BIRMINGHAM: Wobble part of the Hypnosis tour checK out the suspended dancefloor with DJs Phil Gifford and Si Long at The Attic. Spencer St, 8 non-members, 10pm.

August 16: LEEDS: Top-dass cyclists from the Tour de France take part in the seventh round of the world cup competition. Begins at 9am in the city centre, taking in a broad circuit of keep in contact, it's not really worth it otherwise." RUSSELL STILWELL, 15, London "I was in Holland for a two-day football tournament Between each game we had a 20-minute break. On the second day I met a Dutch girt and in the break we'd stick our tongues down each others throats, then It was back to the game again. We swapped addresses but we haven't kept in contact." holiday romances. It's a bit out of order really, taking advantage of someone who you've just met We still write to each other though and she's NEXT FRIDAY The crimes they are a'changlng.

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