There were demands today for the controversial Channel 4 programme 'Boys and Girls Alone' to be taken off air, as a group of leading child experts condemned the TV show as cruel.

A Miami-organised event scheduled to take place at a US football stadium when Cuban president Fidel Castro dies will be toned down following outrage from some members of the Cuban-American community, city leaders said.

A media regulator is considering whether BSkyB's newly-secured stake in ITV would hit the British broadcaster's requirements as a public service provider.

FOR all its carefully-won reputation around the world as a model of probity and fairness, over the decades the BBC has managed to annoy British governments of pretty much every political persuasion.