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Ministers could introduce an exception to copyright law for ‘text data and mining’.

ITV had a huge hit with the powerful real-life drama ‘Mr Bates vs The Post Office’ back in January, but the broadcaster believes that it’s getting harder and harder to make ‘very distinctively British’ shows. Katie Rosseinsky explores why series like this might be a dying breed

Culture minister Sir John Whittingdale suggested the decline in licence fee payers could mean the BBC needs to consider other funding options.

Media minister Sir John Whittingdale said he would not have let his children attend music festivals if he did not believe they were safe.

The broadcaster has reshuffled its schedule after a ‘downturn in the ad-market’.

The move was confirmed in a letter to the Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee by Sir John Whittingdale.

It has been developed by the local news media industry - including the owners of the Manchester Evening News Reach plc which built the website - with £1 million from the Google News Initiative.

Call for review to have statutory powers to make witnesses give evidence after only 11 of 14,000 come forward

The BBC is accused of caving into pressure from Tories over Gary Lineker, who has been brutally attacked by MPs - with one branding him a "whinging baby" after he criticised the government's Illegal Immigration Bill