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Today's media stories from the papers

Top eight stories on MediaGuardian

Nigel Farage

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

Top comment on MediaGuardian

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

Today's headlines

The Guardian

Kirsty Young: I would take Tom Jones song to a desert island with me. P16
Information on James Bulger killer sold to papers, court hears. P17
British TV is rubbish now, say grumpy stars. G2 P2

Daily Telegraph

Ed Grundy narrowly escaped being jailed in axed Archers storyline> P1,5
Theresa May demands protection for journalists on bail. P1,2
Controversy over Bob the Builder makeover. P2
Ed Vaizey: 'highbrow' Radio 3 should go digital-only. P5
Kirsty Young: I would take Tom Jones song to a desert island with me. P5
June Sarpong's Newsnight role 'scaled back'. P12
Pete Naughton on Iggy Pop's John Peel lecture. P31

Financial Times

Twitter aims to get 1 billion people tweeting. P20

The Times

DPP defends police snooping on journalists. P7
Jeff Stelling leaves Twitter after abuse of son. P20

The Independent

Journalists' phones to be off-limits to police under new plans. P8
BBC reporter quits to become a nun. P11
Matthew Norman: TV debates are scary but so is being prime minister. P13
Obituary: journalist Charles M Young. P44
Google chairman declares Amazon their biggest rival. P49

Wall Street Journal Europe

Ireland set to end tax loophole that boosts Google and Facebook. P1,24
Heineken scores deal to sponsor US soccer. P22

Daily Mail

Ed Vaizey: I never listen to Radio 3. P5
The Archers is BBC's most-downloaded radio show. P8
Kirsty Young: 'Tom Jones must be a killer in the sack'. P13
How Strictly Come Dancing outfits have become increasingly raunchy. P22-23
Radio 4's Rev Richard Coles's tell-all book. P29
Graham Norton: how I refused £5m from the BBC. P32-33
BBC brings John Peel in from the cold with a plaque. P36

Daily Express

Judy Finnigan explains the rape debate. P3
Breakfast's Bill Turnbull flirts with weathergirl. P4
Andy Murray set to rally round for Judy's showdown on Strictly. P11
Is there any point to these televised political debates? P12

The Sun

Fiona Bruce says BBC makeup staff fear catching Ebola from guests. P1, P5
As ITV stands by Loose Women star Judy Finnigan, a victim speaks out. P11
Families waste £80 a year leaving on TVs and game consoles. P20
Condom ad broke advertising rules, watchdog rules. P29
Coronation Street's stars pay dispute. P29
Waterloo Road set for a big return. P31
The X Factor coverage. P31

Daily Mirror

Breakfast's Bill Turnbull flirts with weathergirl. P3
Fiona Bruce reveals BBC makeup staff fear Ebola bug. P5
TV psychic Sally Morgan sacks husband over gay rant. P7
Judy Finnigan vows to return to Loose Women. P7
TV football presenter Jeff Stelling quits Twitter over abuse of son. P19

Daily Star

Effigy of Jeremy Clarkson to be burnt at the stake on Bonfire night. P3
GMB host Susanna Reid bursts out laughing live on air. P3
Dom Joly recreates Trigger Happy talking sofa for a bank advert. P21

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