The net closes on cyber-snoopers
Wednesday 01 February 2012
From Facebook to Google, websites are tracking your every move to deliver 'personalised advertising'. But now regulators have hit back. Ian Burrell reports
Abortion clinics get TV ad go-ahead
Saturday 21 January 2012
Private clinics that charge for pregnancy services, including abortions, will be able to advertise on television and radio under new regulations.
Leveson inquiry: Editors laud regional press ethics
Wednesday 18 January 2012
The UK's regional press has a "very good reputation" for behaving ethically and should not be tarnished by the phone hacking scandal, the Leveson Inquiry heard today.
Murdoch does not interfere, insists editor of The Times
Wednesday 18 January 2012
Leveson Inquiry told that tycoon would rather talk about eurozone crisis than editorial content
Rhodri Marsden: A dating ad for singletons who have been there and done that
Tuesday 17 January 2012
Life on Marsden
Tom Hodgkinson: 'We took a TV home. I admit I am weak'
Sunday 15 January 2012
The television is back. Five years ago, in a fit of anti-capitalist pique, I unplugged this instrument of Beezlebub. I decided that I didn't want all its horrors flooding into the family home. I didn't want The X-Factor, CBeebies, Dick and Dom, the Ten O'Clock News or the dreary gloom of EastEnders. Mr Murdoch and his evil ways could stay out of my house for ever. Like Plato, I decided to banish the playwrights and their portrayal of negative character traits from my ideal Republic. My children would grow up unsullied by the false promises of consumerism. Instead, they'd learn useful skills, carpentry and violin.
Sainsbury's pledges to extend price matching scheme
Wednesday 11 January 2012
Supermarket giant Sainsbury's pledged to extend its price matching scheme today as it revealed better-than-expected sales in the run-up to Christmas.
Rupert Cornwell: Relaxed rules for wealthy backers has led to a new low in negative campaigning
Wednesday 11 January 2012
The result of the Super PAC has been a tidal wave of negative advertising. Regrettably, it works
Sky TV to enable customers to use iPhones and iPads as remote controls
Monday 09 January 2012
Sky television customers who own iPhones and iPads will soon be able to use their Apple devices as a remote control.
Bad news Britain: We are as depressed as the Mexicans about our finances
Monday 09 January 2012
Britons are in a slough of despond over their personal finances, with only one in four rating their current financial situation as strong, according to a poll.
Investment Column: Cineworld still in the picture despite the slowdown
Friday 06 January 2012
Cineworld
Tim Lang: Will this new anti-obesity wheeze work? Fat chance
Tuesday 03 January 2012
Today's initiative is another example of a very soft Government approach to food policy. Most of us who study this area know that while on the surface these little initiatives sound good, they are hopeless when confronted with the enormity of change required.
Man tries to sell whale's remains
Tuesday 03 January 2012
Police are investigating claims that a man tried to sell the bones and teeth of a whale found dead on a beach.
Portfolio: Sharon Montrose
Sunday 01 January 2012
How do you persuade an energetic infant monkey to pause long enough for a photograph? You don't. "I put the camera in front of him, let him do whatever he wanted and tried to capture his natural charm," says Sharon Montrose. "Of course, you do need a lot of patience for that."