Though it sounds like a coordinated organisation, the reality is that it’s more like a stampeding herd – and members are fearful of standing up and being counted “Just don’t use my name, OK, please?” said the person on the other end of the phone. “I don’t want this to get out.” His cause for concern

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The plan is that a digital hub will provide fibre connections to every community in the UK by 2015 The culture secretary, Jeremy Hunt, will today announce a further £50m of funding for new projects to push forward the government’s ambitions to get superfast broadband to every community in the UK. The intention is to get a “digital hub” connected by fibre optics in every area by 2015.

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BBC axes long-running cookery show as part of a revamp of its daytime schedules Ready Steady Cook, one of the shows that kickstarted UK TV’s lifestyle programming boom in the mid 1990s, is being axed by the BBC after nearly 16 years. The show is being dropped as part of a move by the BBC to reinvigorate its daytime programming

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The political news specialist employs 175 people to broadcast in print, on video and over the internet. In other words, it focuses on subject, not medium – and makes a profit doing so Early on Wednesday morning, I did what all modern American election obsessives do naturally

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I am always aware when writing about ABC figures of the proverb that people who live in glass houses should not throw stones. So I keep that in mind as I scan the latest set of audited sales statistics released today and note the total for The Times

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