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'Dr Death' life insurance ad banned for causing 'serious and widespread offence'

Ad showed Harold Shipman and the words 'Life insurance. Because you never know who your doctor might be'

Birmingham Post

Harold Shipman life insurance adverts caused 'serious and widespread offence'

The Advertising Standards Authority has revealed there were 115 complaints

Manchester Evening News

Laura Whitmore's Muff Liquor adverts banned by the ASA for 'targeting minors'

Former Love Island host Laura Whitmore has felt the wrath of the Advertising Standards Authority after her TikTok and Instagram adverts for The Muff Liquor Company were banned for 'targeting minors and encouraging irresponsible drinking'

Daily Mirror

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Ex-Love Island host Laura Whitmore in hot water over TikTok and Instagram ads

The TV presenter was advertising drinks from Muff Liquor Company which is Irish owned and she has shares in

Dublin Live

Former ITV Love Island host Laura Whitmore ordered to remove TikTok and Instagram posts

The presenter featured in the ads for The Muff Liquor Company

Manchester Evening News

Banned: Laura Whitmore’s TikTok and Instagram posts for alcoholic drinks

ASA rules that former Love Island's social media posts should have been clearly marked as advertisements

Wales Online

Ex Love Island host Laura Whitmore has TikTok and Instagram posts banned

The former Love Island presenter has been rapped by an advertising watchdog

Liverpool Echo

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Laura Whitmore’s TikTok and Instagram posts for alcohol brand banned

Presenter is an investor in drinks company, but did not receive payment for the posts

The Independent UK

Life insurance ad featuring serial killer Harold Shipman attracts criticism

Shipman committed suicide in prison having been sentenced to life for murdering 15 elderly patients

Birmingham Post

Four adverts for electric heaters banned for implying they could save people money

The Advertising Standards Authority said firms should take care not to imply that products are more cost-efficient without providing sufficient evidence

Chronicle Live

Four electric heater ads banned for suggesting they are cheaper than gas

The adverts suggested the heaters were ‘good for environment and good for your wallet’.

The Independent UK

Lock In Top Future Employees By Keeping Talent Amid Layoffs

Layoffs are rising. But that creates a big opportunity for companies that think long term to recruit and retain top talent.

Investors Business Daily

UK bans Demi Lovato poster after regulators rule image is ‘likely to cause serious offense to Christians’

Posters promoting Demi Lovato’s latest album were banned in the U.K. after advertising regulators ruled the image “was likely to cause serious offense to Christians.”

Tribune News Service

Demi Lovato album poster banned for being 'likely to cause serious offence to Christians'

Demi Lovato's new album poster featuring an image of them wearing bondage-style clothing has been banned for 'being offensive to Christians'

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Demi Lovato bondage-and-crucifix poster banned in the U.K. for offending Christians

Demi Lovato's latest album cover depicts her lying on a crucifix dressed in a bondage outfit.

The Independent UK

Demi Lovato’s album poster banned in UK for likelihood of causing ‘serious offence’ to Christians

Poster included the album’s title ‘Holy Fvck’

Wales Online

Demi Lovato bondage album advert banned for offending Christians

The watchdog said the advert had been placed irresponsibly where children could see it

The Independent UK

Demi Lovato UK poster ‘likely to cause serious offence to Christians’, advertising regulator rules

The poster featured an image of Lovato bound in a bondage-style outfit while lying on a large, cushioned crucifix.

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The Independent UK

Demi Lovato UK poster ‘likely to cause serious offence to Christians’ – ASA

The poster featured an image of Lovato bound in a bondage-style outfit while lying on a large, cushioned crucifix.

Daily Mirror

Firm forced to remove billboard hit back at 'the offended' with new advert

The company's original poster, situated on a busy junction where Oldham Road meets the M60 motorway, featured a headline stating the company were 'Artificial Grarse Experts'

Manchester Evening News

The Mancunian Way: A chink in the armour

How the tentacles of modern slavery reach far and wide PLUS Dogs on trams AND A home after three decades on the streets

The National (Scotland)

BrewDog boss pays out almost £500,000 after misleading 'solid-gold' claim

BrewDog boss James Watt paid out almost £500,000 after misleading 'solid-gold' beer can promotion.

Manchester Evening News

'You found it offensive, we all found it funny': Firm forced to take down billboard poke fun at 'the offended' in new advert

'Just because someone finds something offensive doesn’t necessarily mean they’re right'

Wales Online

Rio Ferdinand reprimanded for PlayStation tweets and video without stating it was an advert

The former England footballer was slapped down by advertising watchdog the ASA

The Conversation

Looking to work in a bank? Better hide those tattoos and piercings

For all the talk of the pandemic having relaxed our workplace dress code, the truth is that you would be best not turn up in loungewear in certain sectors, even in 2022. Research we conducted in the French banking industry confirmed the workplace still favours job candidates with a conservative…

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