Scottish Media Group PLC (SMG) has held talks with Granada PLC about the £350m (€545m) sale of its television business, the Sunday Times reported.

The Football League is considering whether to appeal the British High Court's decision that they should not recoup the £178.5m (€282.5m) they say they were owed from the collapse of ITV Digital.

Investigative journalist Roger Cook today settled his High Court libel action over "devastating" claims that his TV series, The Cook Report, was a cynical sham.

The Football League has been granted a speedy hearing of its multi-million claim against the owners of ITV Digital.