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BBC urges staff to ‘give red tape the red card’ as part of simplicity campaign
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This article titled "BBC urges staff to 'give red tape the red card' as part of simplicity campaign" was written by John Plunkett, for The Guardian on Thursday 17th January 2013 18.03 UTC
Former BBC director general Greg Dyke promised in 2002 to "cut the crap", handing out yellow cards for staff to wave at meetings....
BBC1 Breakfast Time: 30 years of cereal TV
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This article titled "BBC1 Breakfast Time: 30 years of cereal TV" was written by John Plunkett, for guardian.co.uk on Thursday 17th January 2013 14.27 UTC
It was exactly 30 years ago on 17 January that not a particularly expectant nation sat down to watch its first taste of breakfast television.
BBC1's Breakfast Time,...
Sun on Sunday sales dip below 2m mark for first time
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This article titled "Sun on Sunday sales dip below 2m mark for first time" was written by Mark Sweney, for guardian.co.uk on Friday 11th January 2013 13.46 UTC
Rupert Murdoch's Sun on Sunday dipped below the 2m sales mark for the first time in December, with a month-on-month decline of just over 6%.
News International's...
Guardian, Telegraph and FT post modest sales rises in December
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This article titled "Guardian, Telegraph and FT post modest sales rises in December" was written by Mark Sweney, for guardian.co.uk on Friday 11th January 2013 13.32 UTC
The Financial Times, Guardian and Daily Telegraph were the only daily national newspapers to see month-on-month sales increases in December.
All three enjoyed...
Jimmy Savile victims: case studies
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This article titled "Jimmy Savile victims: case studies" was written by Josh Halliday, for guardian.co.uk on Friday 11th January 2013 16.00 UTC
Ms A (victim)
Ms A was in her early 20s in 1970 when a chauffeur driving a large Rolls-Royce turned up unannounced at her home to take her to see Jimmy Savile. Two years earlier Ms A had...
STV wins local TV licences for Glasgow and Edinburgh
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This article titled "STV wins local TV licences for Glasgow and Edinburgh" was written by Lisa O'Carroll, for guardian.co.uk on Friday 11th January 2013 11.04 UTC
Media regulator Ofcom has awarded local TV licences for Glasgow and Edinburgh to the ITV licence holder, STV.
The new local TV services will be available on Freeview...
Hugh Grant to star in Guardian ad
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This article titled "Hugh Grant to star in Guardian ad" was written by Mark Sweney, for guardian.co.uk on Thursday 10th January 2013 16.55 UTC
Hugh Grant is to star in a tongue-in-cheek advertising campaign promoting Guardian and Observer weekend supplements and magazines, including a new Saturday cookery section.
Grant, who was...
John McCririck seeks £3m damages from Channel 4 over alleged ageism
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This article titled "John McCririck seeks £3m damages from Channel 4 over alleged ageism" was written by Jason Deans and agencies, for guardian.co.uk on Wednesday 9th January 2013 12.09 UTC
Former Channel 4 horse racing pundit John McCririck is seeking £3m in damages for alleged age discrimination over the broadcaster's...
Death in Paradise returns with nearly 7 million viewers
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This article titled "Death in Paradise returns with nearly 7 million viewers" was written by John Plunkett, for guardian.co.uk on Wednesday 9th January 2013 11.12 UTC
BBC1's Ben Miller drama Death in Paradise returned to BBC1 with nearly 7 million viewers on Tuesday, a million up on its first series launch.
The fish out...
Payment protection insurance radio campaign banned
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This article titled "Payment protection insurance radio campaign banned" was written by Mark Sweney, for guardian.co.uk on Wednesday 9th January 2013 07.58 UTC
The advertising watchdog has banned a radio campaign run by a claims management firm for using scare tactics that implied that consumers were almost out of time to reclaim...