Radio 1 censors Christmas standard
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Arts & entertainment: BBC Radio 1's decision to censor a lyric from  Fairytale of New York looks to have backfired
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. - A high school choir was asked to stop singing Christmas carols during an ice skating show featuring Olympic medalist Sasha Cohen out of concern the skater would be offended because she's Jewish.
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Carol services banned, religious references carefully excised from cards: to read Britain's press this year, you could be forgiven for thinking the politically correct brigade are set on taking the Christian out of Christmas.
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The Attorney General has stopped the BBC from broadcasting a piece about the cash for honours inquiry
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Ofcom rejects complaints about homophobic language by comedian Jim Davidson on the ITV1 series Hell's Kitchen.
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Comment is free: Peter Tatchell: Radio 1 needs to develop a consistent policy to cover all forms of bigoted language in song lyrics
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VIENNA, Austria (AP &#151; St. Nick, nein! A ban on St. Nicholas at Vienna's kindergartens is taking some of the ho-ho-ho out of the holidays for tens of thousands of tots this year. And it's creating a political ruckus, with opposition parties accusing City Hall of kowtowing to a growing Muslim population by showing Europe's Santa the kindergarten door.
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A GADGET which allows music fans to listen to their iPods through a car radio is expected to become a Christmas best-seller after a ban was lifted.  Watchdogs Ofcom had claimed the FM transmitters could interfere with other radios.
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Firms and local authorities which &quot;ban&quot; Christmas, fearing that celebrations or references could offend other faiths, risk triggering an anti-Muslim backlash, religious leaders have warned.
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The Queen speaks of tolerance and understanding in her traditional Christmas speech.
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The BBC cancels plans for Planet Relief, an awareness-raising TV special, following a debate on impartiality.
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TV standards campaigners urge the BBC to drop a broadcast of hit stage musical Jerry Springer - The Opera.
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This whole push to remove Christ from the Christmas season has gotten so ridiculous that it's pathetic.
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Little Drummer Boy still at large Christmas music in shops is "torture", the "forgotten pollutant" which shop workers must be able to silence for the sake of their sanity, according to activists, trade unions and a peer. The government is being asked to investigate the problem.â¦
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'You scumbag, you maggot, you cheap lousy f-----' The BBC has censored The Pogues' xmas classic Fairytale of New York lest the lyrics offend homosexuals, the Telegraph reports.â¦
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Home Secretary John Reid has waded into a seasonal row over politically correct attempts to ban festive decorations and even the word &quot;Christmas&quot;, branding the whole subject &quot;mad&quot;.
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BBC Radio 1 will allow the Pogues' Fairytale of New York to be played uncut, after it was originally censored.