Junk food ads, paper's 'vitriolic abuse' and Julian Assange

Junk food adverts aimed at children are to be banned online, in print and in the cinema. Photograph: Alamy

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Junk food ads targeting children banned in non-broadcast media

May ‘must disassociate herself from vitriolic abuse’ of judiciary by Daily Mail

Lawyer condemns Julian Assange over statement on rape case

AT&T and Time Warner chiefs grilled on $85.4bn merger at Senate hearing

Donald Trump named as Time magazine’s person of the year

Blocking of Althea Efunshile from C4 board ‘beggars belief’, says MP

Julian Assange defies Swedish prosecutors by releasing rape statement

BBC disputes Cliff Richard payout claim over police raid coverage

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BBC renews diverse commissioner push (Broadcast £)

And finally...

The British Journalism Awards gave The Panama Papers its investigation gong. Photograph: Guardian

In a blatant blowing of the Guardian’s own trumpet, we’d like to draw your attention to the fact we won three prizes at the British Journalism Awards on Tuesday night, including best investigation for the Panama Papers.