BBC reverses Pogues "faggot" ban
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A boss at BBC Radio reversed on Tuesday a decision to cut the word "faggot" from a Christmas hit after the mother of the singer branded the move "ridiculous".
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Turkey lifted its ban on YouTube Friday, an official for the country's largest telecommunications firm said, two days after a court ordered the Web site blocked because of videos that allegedly insulted the founder of modern Turkey.
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The BBC is criticised after rock star Iggy Pop used a racist term during coverage of the Glastonbury Festival.
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BBC Radio 1 is criticised for cutting the Pogues' hit Fairytale of New York to avoid offending listeners.
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BBC Radio 1 will allow the Pogues' Fairytale of New York to be played uncut, after it was originally censored.
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Wedding back on as dad says 'sorry' for nude escapade The Worcestershire builder cuffed for jumping naked into a fountain in Bratislava during drunken stag night revels and subsequently slapped with a two-month jail sentence for his trouble has been released, the BBC reports.â¦
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A British TV station apologized Thursday after regulators ruled that the "Celebrity Big Brother" program broke broadcasting rules by airing footage of racist insults being hurled at Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty.
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Children's TV presenter Mark Speight is no longer being treated as a murder suspect over the death of his fiancee.
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An Australian hotel catering for  homosexuals has won the right to ban heterosexuals from its  bars so as to provide a safe and comfortable venue for gay men.
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The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) on Wednesday suspended all phone-in and interactive competitions after admitting faking a string of them.
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The BBC has apologised for an innuendo-filled discussion on Radio 4's Gardeners' Question Time last year.
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London - The BBC has bowed to the demands of angry British Catholics and scrapped plans to broadcast a controversial comic cartoon lampooning the figure of the pope and the Vatican.
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Media & professional: Terry Wogan censured for promoting his UKTV Gold chatshow on his Radio 2 breakfast programme.
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Comment is free: Simon Fanshawe: Forty years after the 1967 bill, homophobic abuse still goes on. Let's ditch the sexual stereotypes.
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Comic Relief red noses are banned from the set of the BBC's Fame Academy after they are declared a fire risk.
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Broadcast regulator Ofcom clears the BBC over Sir Elton John's obscenity-ridden outburst on Radio 1.
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The BBC has defended its decision to air  "Jerry Springer-The Opera" uncut, despite outrage over a  libretto peppered with more than 3,000 swear words.