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Today's media stories from the papers

Nigel Farage campaigning in Market Square in Aylesbury.
Nigel Farage campaigning in Market Square in Aylesbury. Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Top story on MediaGuardian

Nigel Farage makes police complaint over Have I Got News For You
Kent police will take no action after Ukip leader claimed comments on panel show breached Representation of the People Act

Top analysis on MediaGuardian

More election TV soundbites are attack-driven rather than policy-based – study
Cardiff University research also finds non-party sources were given relatively little airtime, with businesspeople the most common

Today’s headlines

The Guardian
ITV cooks up new barbecue show to take on BBC’s Bake Off. P22

Daily Telegraph
Nigel Farage calls for police to investigate Have I Got News for You over ‘biased’ joke. P5
BBC receives complaint from viewer over baby being shown dancing with a balloon. P15
Sandi Toksvig leaving BBC radio to start women’s equality party. P17
Stephen Bayley on provocative billboard ads. P23
Sir Martin Sorrell is worth his £43m, says WPP chairman. Business P4

Financial Times
US tech faces wider probe as EU eyes tighter web regulation. P1
Focus on executive pay, including the bosses of CBS, Discovery and Disney. P9
Lex on Viacom. P14
Sony plays safe with investors after run of losses. P16
Finland’s Sanoma offloads stake in Russia’s Vedomosti newspaper after crackdown on foreign media ownership. P19

The Times
Beach body diet adverts banned. P25
Sir Martin Sorrell paid £43m last year. P45

The Independent
Sandi Toksvig leaving BBC radio to start women’s equality party. P25
BBC to air Danish historical drama. P25
Man found guilty of murdering CBBC star. P26
Silvio Berlusconi meets Rupert Murdoch to discuss sale of stake in Mediaset. P29

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i named national newspaper of the year at 2015 News Awards. P2
The ‘real Michael Green’ revealed as Heydon Prowse of TV’s The Revolution Will Be Televised. P3
Leaders received frosty reception from voters on Question Time. P4
BBC’s latest Scandi drama import is a period drama. P25
Sandy Toksvig is going into politics. P25
Seventies teen mag that is forever young. P31
On the set of Gothic drama Penny Dreadful. P33
Inside Television: there’s no sense in gimmick TV. P39
Sony profit surges despite hacking. P50

Daily Mail
Sir Terry Wogan to host new BBC show about the best of British food. P12
Damian Thompson: Is the infantile obsession with Twitter coming to an end? P16
BBC controller of knowledge commissioning to take break from £220,000 job to consider strategy. P45
WPP faces anger over Sir Martin Sorrell’s pay. P79

Daily Express
Cameron wins live TV debate. P7

The Sun
Top Gear stars reunite to prepare for live shows. P7
Katie Hopkins backs Boris Johnson. P11
Mark Wright in talks to front BBC sports entertainment show. P39
Chis Coghill interviewed on ITV’s Home Fires. P41
BBC to air Danish drama featuring bestiality. P40

Daily Mirror
David Beckham to join Twitter on 40th birthday. P17
Sir Martin Sorrell pocketed £43m last year. P60

Daily Star
Ghost spooks stars of TV drama about a poltergeist. P1,11
Anger over BBC’s £45m hospitality bill. P2
Viewers find Peter Kay’s new show unrealistic. P3
Former Top Gear presenters reunite ahead of live shows. P6
DJ Neil Fox in court on sex claims. P8
Celebrity party planner to feature in Channel 4 fly-on-the-wall show. P33

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