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Lords Authorities Cannot Investigate Ascroft

5379 days ago

Sky News — The House of Lords authorities say they cannot hold a formal investigation into Lord Ashcroft, despite a call for an inquiry from Peter Mandelson. more info

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Mandelson Calls For 'Non Dom' Investigation

5379 days ago

Sky News — Lord Mandelson has asked the House of Lords authorities to investigate whether "non dom" donor Lord Ashcroft kept the pledges he made when he became a peer. more info

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Jan Moir's Stephen Gately column shows papers should have an in-house watchdog

5387 days ago

Guardian Music — The PCC adjudication over the Jan Moir column about Stephen Gately highlights the need for a watchdog within newspapersThe Press Complaints Commission's decision not to uphold a complaint against the Daily Mail over its publication of Jan Moir's arti... more info

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BBC commercial stake sale urged

5416 days ago

BBC News - UK — A House of Lords committee says the BBC should sell a stake in its commercial arm, BBC Worldwide. more info

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Jury clears British 'Pirate Bay' operator of fraud charge

5425 days ago

Guardian Music — Operator of music file-sharing search site Oink found not guilty of conspiracy to defraudThe first person in the UK to be prosecuted for online music sharing has been acquitted of conspiracy to defraud, scuppering the music industry's hopes that it w... more info

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Live music must not be silenced | Tim Clement-Jones

5425 days ago

Guardian Music — My bill would exempt small venues from the absurdities of the Licensing Act, which is stifling emerging artistsIn November last year, Britain's Got Talent finalist Faryl Smith performed a song for her fans at an album signing at HMV in Kettering, Nor... more info

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Why you would be lost without the Press Complaints Commission

5486 days ago

Guardian Music — Baroness Buscombe's speech to the annual conference of the Society of EditorsLast year Paul Dacre told you what he described was a "grotesquely hubristic confession" that from the moment he was born he had wanted to be an Editor.I'm really sorry Ladi... more info

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