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Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC, making it over 2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked up one of the more obscure Latin words, consectetur, from a Lorem Ipsum passage,… Read more »

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Trouble looms over the BBC
Politicians prepare BBC licence fee attack

Politicians are turning their attention to the BBC’s licence fee following another week of disastrous headlines for the corporation. The scandal over failed editorial controls which resulted in lewd and inappropriate comments by comedians Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand being broadcast on BBC Radio 2 has provoked the reported reassessment. And a freedom of information… Read more »

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Radio 2 controller quits over Brand/Ross affair

Influential Radio 2 controller Lesley Douglas has resigned over the fiasco surrounding Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross. Her resignation follows the BBC governing body meeting to discuss the telephone prank that saw both Brand and Ross suspended before the former decided to quit his radio show. On Thursday evening Ms Douglas became the latest casualty… Read more »