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Tickets for sell-out . Hogmanay events are - . still .ilable online

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eBay sprks Hogmahay row

City Councils are apparently powerless to prevent the auction house from selling on tickets. But. as Ruth Hedges reports. they aren't giving up the fight. Additional research: Robin Vandome.

EBAY REVEALS WHAT'S HOT AND WHAT'S NOT

Glasgow Hogmanay. ' -' Edinburgh Street Party. ' ' :v Scissor Sisters & Blondie E : ~ Kings of Leon. ' z Highland Gathering '- - : ' Franz Ferdinand '

WHO IS THE BEST BAND OF THEM ALL?

I Time is running out to have a hand in selecting the best Scottish band of all time. While thousands have voted so far, it is still possible to cast your vote either by texting the word ‘vote‘ and the name of your favourite band to 81800 or visiting our website at www.|ist.co.uk. You stand a chance of winning over £5000 worth of prizes on offer. Voting closes on 11 January.

In addition you can win tickets to the official announcement which will be made at an exclusive party at King Tut’s on Wednesday 12 January. A selection of the best bands will play live versions of their own and each others music. To win tickets to the event simply email us and tell us who is the official sponsor of the 50 Best Scottish Bands of All 77me? Send your entry to promotions@list.co.uk by Thursday 6 January.

It’s a time for trying to break all those old habits. But not everyone across the world marks this time of year with big new beginnings. Here we get a statistical lowdown on . .

NEW YEAR

Number of local men upholding the Scottish tradition of sWinging Qt) pound balls of fire Oh Oh ropes down to Stonehaven harbour and then flinging them into the sea at midnight 60

Number of broken Windows in Copenhagen alter last year's celebrations. whereby pieces of broken pottery were thrown against the Sides of neighbours houses as a ‘symbol of friendship and prosperity 59

Percentage of people Surveyed who broke their 2003 New Year's resolution to get into shape by February 47

Years the people of Poland have been waiting to be devoured by dragon Lewathan or: New Year's after he was freed from captiVity in the year ‘iOOO 1005

Number of calls handled in one hour on New Year's Eve 2003/04 in London 400

Number of times the bells toll in Japan at midnight. one for every 'earthly deSire' man must resist to free himself from evil in the coming year 108

Quantity of tickets sold fOr the official New Year's celebration at the Kremlin 50,000

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