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Veteran comedy writer says show about an ageing gay couple would make John Inman look restrained ITV sitcom Vicious, featuring Sir Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi as an ageing gay couple, has been...

Toon's proposed new director of football unable to pronounce Ben Arfa, Cabaye or Ameobi and makes string of other errors

Addressing leaked NSA files, president says Department of Justice is investigating 'possible extradition' of Edward Snowden Barack Obama addressed what he described as the public "ruckus" over the...

Let us not get too distracted by Rupert Murdoch's marital issues ( From serenade to separation , 14 June) so as to ignore the reports that, following the reorganisation of News Corp into two...

BBC and other media groups issued with D notice to limit publication of information that could 'jeopardize national security' Defence officials issued a confidential D notice to the BBC and other...

Kismat Radio has increased its Punjabi content to fill the gap left vacant by its Sunrise Punjabi Radio station, which recently ceased broadcasting on the digital platform. Read More →

Steroids scandal, Frankie Dettori comeback and a royal favourite for the Gold Cup just three of the big stories as TV station makes its debut at the meeting Step one for armchair racing fans on...

Wish You Were Here passes benchmark set by music streaming site to unlock entire repertoire of songs

Wish You Were Here passes benchmark set by music streaming site to unlock entire repertoire of songs Pink Floyd's back catalogue is being made available on Spotify, after fans played their Wish You...

Promises fast, simple app offering easy migration from Google's soon-to-be-defunct service The Google Reader RSS aggregator service shuts down on 1 July , leaving many of its users scrambling to...

Prime Suspect creator La Plante said 'retard' on more than one occasion during a discussion with Today presenter Sarah Montague about headlines that had appeared in the press about her using the word.

My husband, Richard Pater, who has died of cancer aged 68, was an inveterate writer of letters to the Guardian.

Analysing the week's most tweeted-about television, from will.i.am breakdancing on The Voice to Nigel Farage and George Galloway on Question Time In this new weekly blog, we'll be using the data...

The attorney general is to examine the prison term given to the veteran broadcaster to see if it was 'unduly lenient' The attorney general is to review the 15-month jail sentence given to veteran...

F1 driver says that more opportunities should be given to women at an early age to give them chance to compete in the sport Jenson Button, the 2009 Formula One world champion, has said he can one...

The Ecuadorean embassy's celebrity refugee is used to living in what Assange likens to a space station as he battles extradition Vivienne Westwood has paid a visit, as have the American civil...

'Kids are much smarter than people give them credit for.

Rising through the ranks from news reporter, Rajan is the first non-white journalist to run a UK national newspaper Little more than a fortnight before his 30th birthday, newly-appointed...

It's great to see an ethnic minority editor of a British newspaper.

With news of Murdoch's split from Wendi Deng, the size of his settlement with Anna Mann has been grossly exaggerated Numerous publications and news outlets around the world, including the New York...

Children’s radio station Fun Kids is partnering with the children’s festival Lollibop, and broadcasting live from the entire event.

Foreign minister Ricardo Patiño says situation is 'totally unjust', as talks arranged between British and Ecuadorean legal experts The WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says he is fit enough to...

Chernin Group, WPP Digital and Comcast Ventures chip in to rumoured $30m round for the MCN with 2.5bn monthly views YouTube-focused online video firm Fullscreen has raised a Series A funding round...

BBC Surrey has signed up the Jewish Chaplain to the University of Surrey to host Sunday Breakfast from studios on the University campus.

Author was asked by Today show interviewer about her alleged use of derogatory word to describe some BBC staff Prime Suspect creator Lynda La Plante's repeated use of the word "retard" during a BBC...

There have been allegations that the reporting of the MMR controversy in the South Wales Evening Post was the major contributory factor to the rapid spread of measles across Swansea (see here and...

Journalists continuing to broadcast at Athens headquarters, despite government order to cease operations last week Party leaders in Greece's ruling coalition are to meet on Monday to try and heal...

Journalists continuing to broadcast at Athens headquarters, despite government order to cease operations last week

Actor tells International Festival of Creativity of plan to create 'nuggets' for internet videos and mobile formats Jack Black is creating a raft of comedy content specifically for the internet,...

Watchdog criticises Sunday afternoon broadcast of repeated swearing by Oxford cox as he encouraged his team to victory Swearing broadcast during the BBC's live coverage of the annual Boat Race...

The announcements of major editorial changes at the Independent titles emerged this morning via the publisher's Twitter feed.

BBC presenter sentenced to 15 months after admitting abusing 13 girls, the youngest aged nine The disgraced BBC broadcaster Stuart Hall was jailed for 15 months on Monday for a string of historic...

Move comes as William Hague and his Ecuadorean counterpart agree to keep communication channels open A group of legal experts is to be set up by the UK and Ecuadorian governments to try to break...

A survey of 2,000 people has revealed the tell-tale signs that you are on the dreaded path to old age such as sprouting hair from your ears and nose, or forgetting people's names.

Airports are neither romantic fairylands nor shrieking misery pits, despite what television has told you.

Popular messaging app to face sanctions 'before Ramadan' following similar action against rival Viber Messaging app WhatsApp is the latest social networking service to face the wrath of the Saudi...

Radio consultant Francis Currie is launching a new show prep service for radio presenters and producers in the UK, called Show Prep.

Internet and mobile banking have made branch visits a thing of the past, so banks are using social media to communicate with their customers At the end of May, HSBC's phone and internet banking...

When it comes to design, Google Plus is missing that magic ingredient – empathy with its flesh-and-blood users.

A couple of weeks ago I asked whether there was any point to the continued publication of the Sunday People.

The tech giant is due to 'retire' its RSS app, but there are replacements out there – and Facebook or Apple could jump in Three months ago, Google announced the "retirement" of Google Reader as...

Columnist to take helm as Chris Blackhurst moves to management role, while Oly Duff has been named editor of i Amol Rajan, the columnist and former adviser to Evgeny Lebedev, has been appointed...

Coupled to facial imaging, the smartphone could become the ultimate media analytics tool When it comes to testing new products, most of us have been through the focus group experience.

Collapsed threading will help those who wish to focus on specific discussions.

A wonderful Saturday feeling: sun-surfer.com

Classic Winnie-the-Pooh, Pet Rescue Saga, BBC Weather, Office Mobile, Gangstar Vegas, Pause, Launch Ticker, Diamond Street and more It's time for our weekly roundup of brand new and notable apps...

Viewers and listeners often complain to us about programmes they’ve seen or heard on TV and radio.

You might have thought that Northern Ireland was one jurisdiction where the judiciary had learned the dangers of conducting justice in secret. Evidently not.

Blue Peter badge turns 50 today. P3 BBC says 400,000 don't buy TV licence, 0.2% UK viewers iPlayer only. P14 Mark Thompson to be questioned about BBC payoffs.

In the third of a special series of Ad Breaks celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity , we have selected five classic UK commercials that might...