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Former Times editor William Rees-Mogg dies at 84
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This article titled "Former Times editor William Rees-Mogg dies at 84" was written by Paul Gallagher, for The Observer on Saturday 29th December 2012 17.04 UTC
William Rees-Mogg, who edited the Times from January 1967 to March 1981, has died. He was 84 and worked to the last, writing his regular column for the newspaper and an opinion...
Twitter and Facebook get on the school timetable in anti-libel lessons
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This article titled "Twitter and Facebook get on the school timetable in anti-libel lessons" was written by Peter Walker, for The Guardian on Wednesday 26th December 2012 21.50 UTC
It's a school topic that seems to belong to an age far distant from home economics, 1066 and jumpers for goalposts. A school in Somerset has begun...
Labour seeks law change to stop News Corp renewing BSkyB bid
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This article titled "Labour seeks law change to stop News Corp renewing BSkyB bid" was written by Polly Curtis, for The Guardian on Sunday 28th August 2011 19.22 UTC
Labour is trying to secure cross-party support for an emergency change in the law to prevent News Corporation from renewing its bid to take full ownership of BSkyB.
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UK riots: the questions social media giants need to answer
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This article titled "UK riots: the questions social media giants need to answer" was written by Dan Sabbagh, for guardian.co.uk on Wednesday 24th August 2011 12.11 UTC
David Cameron, speaking in the aftermath of this month's riots, said that he wanted to know "whether it would be right" to ban people from using Facebook,...
Facebook and Twitter to oppose calls for social media blocks during riots
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This article titled "Facebook and Twitter to oppose calls for social media blocks during riots" was written by Josh Halliday, for The Guardian on Wednesday 24th August 2011 12.06 UTC
Facebook and Twitter are preparing to stand firm against government ministers' calls to ban people from social networks or shut their websites...
Local TV is happening, but it bears no relation to Jeremy Hunt’s big vision
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This article titled "Local TV is happening, but it bears no relation to Jeremy Hunt's big vision" was written by Steve Hewlett, for The Guardian on Sunday 21st August 2011 18.29 UTC
As ministerial tenures go, Jeremy Hunt's is starting to look pretty successful – although mostly for reasons beyond his control. I don't...
Sally Bercow brings some order to the Big Brother house
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This article titled "Sally Bercow brings some order to the Big Brother house" was written by Allegra Stratton, for The Guardian on Friday 19th August 2011 00.03 UTC
Tory MPs have been fretting about Sally Bercow's appearance on Celebrity Big Brother since it was first floated. Already irritated with Speaker John Bercow for...
Broadcasters defy Cameron’s call to hand riots footage to police
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This article titled “Broadcasters defy Cameron’s call to hand riots footage to police” was written by Mark Sweney and James Robinson, for guardian.co.uk on Thursday 11th August 2011 15.48 UTC
The BBC and ITN have responded to David Cameron’s call for them to immediately hand over unused TV footage of rioters by arguing...
Twitter didn’t fuel the Tottenham riot
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This article titled "Twitter didn't fuel the Tottenham riot" was written by Reni Eddo-Lodge, for guardian.co.uk on Monday 8th August 2011 15.19 UTC
Although I was 200 miles away at the time, I found out my local community was being burned, looted and decimated when I saw Tottenham trending on Twitter. I wasn't the only...
BBC journalists strike for second time over World Service job cuts
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This article titled "BBC journalists strike for second time over World Service job cuts" was written by John Plunkett and Josh Halliday, for The Guardian on Monday 1st August 2011 18.21 UTC
Newsnight and The World at One were among the programmes forced off air yesterday as journalists at the BBC walked out for the second time in...