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Nigel Farage can't be excluded from TV debates, says BBC's John Humphrys
UKip leader, the UK's 'most high profile politician', is a bigger threat to Ed Miliband than David Cameron, claims presenter
Virgin Media TV ad banned after Sky Sports complaint
Campaign for cable company's 'Big Kahuna Bundle' used clip from rival's sport channel and made other misleading claims
FBI informant helped hack Sun website
Spy agency faces questions after records show Lulzsec leader, who was informant at time, helped attack which closed UK sites
Radio 2 'bound to have a daytime female presenter'
Radio Festival: Controller says he has boosted number of female presenters, but can't guarantee when the daytime balance will change
BBC boss: I banned Archers murder storyline
Plan for Ed Grundy to be wrongly imprisoned was rejected as 'far-fetched' - making way for the story of Brian Aldridge's affair
Prison officer made almost £40k selling information to tabloids, court told
Scott Chapman is accused of selling information about prisoners to papers including News of the World, Sun, Mirror and Star
Lego plans reality TV show
Toy company's foray into TV would build on success of Warner Bros' The Lego Movie and development of Batman spin-off film. By Mark Sweney and Stuart Dredge
'BBC should move 6 Music to Radio 3's FM slot'
Digital station now attracts more listeners than its analogue stablemate and deserves a wider audience, says Tom Watson
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Why is there still so little diversity in the British media
Nesrine Malik: It seems the hated banking sector is doing a better job of encouraging black and ethnic minority people than the media
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