All eyes on the UK Supreme Court today as it will rule on £2bn lawsuit by 4m Brits against Google November 10, 2021 Should a billion-pound legal action against Google over claims it secretly tracked millions of iPhone users’ internet activity be allowed to go ahead? The UK’s highest court will give its verdict at 9.45am today. Former Which? director Richard Lloyd, supported by the campaign group Google You Owe Us, wants to bring a “representative action” against [...]
Telecoms watchdog set to protect some 700 of London’s iconic red phone boxes November 9, 2021 Ofcom is set to protect some 5,000 of the UK’s iconic telephone boxes from closure, which could extend to more than 700 in London. The telecoms regulator will ensure that payphones in locations not covered by all four mobile networks, located at an accident or suicide hotspot, has had more than 52 calls made from it over the last year and whether exceptional circumstances mean [...]
Europe’s biggest tabloid Bild forces staff to disclose romantic relationships November 9, 2021 The publisher of Germany’s most popular newspaper is to force employees to disclose their relationships in the newsroom, after its editor was ousted in a misconduct scandal.
What’s law got to do with it? Tina Turner sues uncanny tribute act November 9, 2021 Music legend Tina Turner, 81, sues a German tribute act for looking too much like her.
MailOnline starts appeal against Meghan Markle’s privacy lawsuit November 9, 2021 Publisher Associated Newspapers started its court appeal against a judge's ruling that it invaded the privacy of the Duchess of Sussex by publishing parts of a letter she wrote to her estranged father, arguing that she knew the letter would potentially be published.
Firms called on to ban social media influencers promoting nicotine products November 8, 2021 A coalition of over 100 global health and anti-smoking groups have called for companies to stop social media influencers promoting nicotine products, according to reports. Following a swathe of endorsements by social media influencers of a type of flavoured nicotine pouch, produced by British American Tobacco (BAT), the group wrote a letter to the chief [...]
Channel 4 privatisation plans delayed amid growing backlash November 7, 2021 The proposed sale of Channel 4 has met delays after the new culture secretary Nadine Dorries was inundated by a spate of opposition against the move, according to reports. Around 60,000 submissions related to the sale of Channel 4, which is state-owned but independently funded through advertising revenue, were sent to the government, according to [...]
LadBible doubles profits with digital ad growth November 7, 2021 The LadBible Group has had a record year, doubling profits to £4.1m on record sales of £30.2m ahead of a possible £400m flotation.
Ministers mull two-year BBC licence fee freeze November 7, 2021 Ministers are weighing up freezing the BBC licence fee at £159 for up to two years as the cost of living soars. With households facing increasing energy, fuel and food prices, ministers and the BBC are in talks over freezing the fee, according to the Sunday Telegraph. Insiders told the newspaper that talks between the [...]
Rothermere passes final hurdle to taking Daily Mail private November 3, 2021 Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT) and the Rothermeres have agreed a recommended cash offer worth 255p, along with a special dividend worth 991p a share. The Rothermere family announced in the summer that it was considering an £810m bid to take the group private, giving chairman Lord Rothermere full control of DMGT. This proposal [...]