Ofcom is investigating whether shadow foreign secretary David Lammy’s show on LBC breached broadasting rules, the watchdog has said. The regulator said it was probing whether the Labour’s frontbencher’s programme on 29 March “ broke our rules on politicians acting as news presenters ”, it said on Monday. During that broadcast, Mr Lammy read out a breaking news bulletin, informing listeners of his LBC show that Sir Jeffrey Donaldson had resigned as DUP leader after being charged with allegations

Customers complained nearly twice as much about their broadband from TalkTalk and Shell Energy, new figures show. Communications regulator Ofcom said that it had been sent 17 complaints for every 100, 000 customers that the providers served between July and September last year. The average across all broadband suppliers is 10 complaints. TalkTalk was also named the landline provider with the most complaints. Complaints have fallen to a record low, and we expect providers to keep working to achie

“ Gammon ” and “ Karen ” have been added to a list of offensive words by Ofcom, as political labels are ranked by the watchdog for the first timeTerms including “ Remoaner ”, “ Snowflake ”, and “ Boomer ” have been included by the media regulator in a survey of swear words and offensive terms which could upset TV and radio audiences. Audience attitudes to modern political labels like “ Gammon ”, used to insultingly describe predominantly middle-aged men on the political right, will be considered

UK phone companies will make it harder for fraudsters to use their networks under Ofcom plans after almost 45 million people were targeted by scam calls and texts last summer. All telephone networks involved in transmitting calls will be expected to block numbers that are clearly “ spoofed ” to better protect millions of people. Spoofed numbers include calls originating from abroad that do not have a valid caller ID, using a number that does not meet the UK’s 10 or 11-digit format, and calls app

Ofcom chief says GB News has been' put on notice' More Videos 0 of 44 seconds Volume 0% Press shift question mark to access a list of keyboard shortcuts Keyboard Shortcuts EnabledDisabled Shortcuts Open/ Close/ or?... This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding.... Kellyann Doctor Finally Shows The Public Famous Belly Fat DrinkDr....

Five episodes of GB News programmes presented by Tory MPs were found by Ofcom to have broken broadcasting rules. Two installments of Jacob Rees-Mogg’s State Of The Nation, two of Friday Morning With Esther And Phil, and one of Saturday Morning With Esther And Phil, broadcast during May and June 2023, were the episodes in question and broke due impartiality rules, Ofcom said.It comes six months after the regulator found an episode of GB News’ The Live Desk, aired in July 2023, broke the same rule

This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding.... Read our Privacy PolicyAnother X user added: “[ GB News] is just as impartial as the BBC, but at least they’re honest about which side they support.” However others agreed with Mr Robinson, suggesting Ofcom is “ no longer fit for purpose ”.... Another said: “ Robinson is entirely correct....

The conflict explained Who is the ‘Ghost of Kyiv’?... The foreign secretary added: “ And what we want is we want the Russian population to hear the truth about what Vladimir Putin is doing.... On Sunday, BorisJohnsonappeared to go further, criticising RT for “ peddling ” material that is “ doing a lot of damage to the truth ” and calling for Ofcom to look at if the channel was “ infringing the rules of this country ”....

Ofcom has revoked Kremlin-backed broadcaster RT’s UK licence with immediate effect. The TV watchdog said RT’s licensee, ANO TV Novosti, is “ not fit and proper ” to hold a licence amid 29 ongoing investigations into the “ due impartiality ” of its programmes.A statement released by the regulator on Friday said: “ We consider the volume and potentially serious nature of the issues raised within such a short period to be of great concern – especially given RT’s compliance history, which has seen t

Nigel Farage tells Ofcom:'I'm ready' for a fight More Videos 0 seconds of 43 seconds Volume 90% Press shift question mark to access a list of keyboard shortcuts Keyboard Shortcuts EnabledDisabled Shortcuts Open/ Close/ or?... We have never had a single complaint upheld against this programme for due impartiality, or indeed for anything else.“ So, why now?... Could it have something to do with the fact there is an election this year?...