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The European Union said online platforms must do more to combat disinformation, including sharing data on their efforts, after it tracked suspected Russian and domestic attempts to disrupt last month's European Parliament elections. In a review due to be published on Friday and seen by Reuters, the EU assesses efforts to safeguard the May vote for the EU's legislature by funding fact-checking organisations, building up an in-house unit to counter disinformation from Russia, and enlisting the help of Facebook, Google,...

The House of Lords agreed to appoint a new special inquiry committee to investigate the impact of digital technologies on democracy. The Committee, which will be Chaired by Lord Puttnam, will look at how the growth in digital technology has changed the way politics functions and what this means for the future of plural, representative democracy, as political parties, campaigners and government increasingly focus on online and social media to communicate with the public. Commenting, Lord Puttnam said:“Digital technologies are changing every...

Organisers of the Henley Literary Festival in Oxfordshire confirmed Brand is due to appear there twice today - with performances penned in for 2pm and 7.30pm

TORY GOVERNMENT TO BLAME FOR OUTRAGEOUS AND UNFAIR SCRAPPING OF TV LICENCES FOR OVER 75s, GMB CONGRESS HEARS Stripping over-75s of their free TV licences is outrageous and unfair,claims the GMB Congress. Tories clearly don’t value pensioners – they’ve palmed off the responsibility free TV licences and snatched away the cash they Union has claimed. A motion put before GMB’s Annual Congress in Brighton yesterday condemned the announcement as “outrageous and unfair”. The Labour Party had originally awarded TV licences...

An embellished interpretation of Jeremy Clarkson’s column made the front page of the Daily Star this morning as the redtop made sensational claims that Jeremy Kyle was "axed in revenge for Brexit". Clarkson courted controversy on Sunday after claiming that the decision to cancel The Jeremy Kyle Show amounts to unfairly taking away the “plaything” of “fat, unintelligent Brexiteers”. The ITV daytime show was cancelled following the death of Steve Dymond, who had participated in an episode (that was not...

The Jeremy Kyle Show has been axed by ITV following the death of a guest who took part in the programme. Steven Dymond was found dead on 9 May a week after filming the show, during which he took a lie detector test. The death has prompted an outpouring of criticism around how the show treats vulnerable people, with a decorated Gulf War hero who suffered from PTSD speaking out this week after he too was driven to the brink...

“After the show I just wanted the ground to swallow me up. If it wasn’t for my kids I would have ended it. "I am relieved the show has been taken off the air and I hope it never comes back. Mental health is a serious subject and this show exploits the most vulnerable."

Monday’s Jeremy Kyle show was pulled at the last minute after a guest died after appearing on the daytime talk show. ITV have confirmed that the controversial tabloid show in which people air personal conflicts which airs at 9.25am weekdays will be replaced by Dickinson’s Real Deal and suspended while an investigation is carried out. A statement by ITV explained: “Everyone at ITV and The Jeremy Kyle Show is shocked and saddened at the news of the death of a...

It is illegal to remove the nesting birds from the mast in Shirley, West Midlands