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'Desert Island Discs' Turns 70: UK Radio Icon Celebrates Milestone

LONDON — Margaret Thatcher chose Beethoven, Michael Caine picked Frank Sinatra and boxer George Foreman selected The Beatles' "All You Need is Love."

Pure Music made available in the UK

Pure Music, the web-based music streaming service from digital radio firm Pure, has finally been made available in the UK.

UK to get 300Mbps broadband courtesy of BT

According to the UK’s broadcasting regulatory authority Ofcom, the average Internet connection speed to a home in the UK is around 7.6Mbps. If that was a minimum, it would be acceptible, but an average means lots of homes still have to manage with much slower connections. The future does look bright, though. Virgin Media has [...]

Call for law to protect children from on-line porn

“Giving porn to a teenage boy is like giving crack to a baby.   Addiction is almost guaranteed.  No wonder boys aged 12-17 are the porn industry’s core target."  Premier Christian Media Trust today launched a campaign urging government to introduce legislation for internet service providers [ISPs] to demand that pornography is filtered at source.

Online safety fears due to cuts

Work to stop children falling victim to abuse and bullying could be hampered by police cuts, the Police Federation chairman says.