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'Responsible drinking' ads fuel binges
Alcohol-industry campaigns to promote responsible drinking may instead be encouraging people to drink more, according to a new study.
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Bono famine ad is banned
Saturday, 8 October 2011
A charity founded by Bono has been stopped from showing a campaigning television ad about famine in the Horn of Africa because it breaches rules on political advertising.
Watchdog bans sunburn advert
Wednesday, 5 October 2011
A competition that encouraged customers to send in photographs of themselves sunburned has been branded "irresponsible" by the advertising watchdog.
Advertising ban won't stop 'brand bullying', says childhood expert
Thursday, 15 September 2011
Adam Sherwin: Claims that consumerism is blighting the lives of British children have prompted calls for radical action.
Call for ban on TV junk food ads before 9pm
Saturday, 10 September 2011
The government is failing to protect thousands of children at risk from obesity and cardiovascular disease, a leading food charity has warned.
Jesus mobile phone advert is banned
Wednesday, 7 September 2011
A phone advert featuring a cartoon picture of Jesus winking and giving a thumbs-up sign was banned by the advertising watchdog yesterday.
Hair-splitting, brazen denials and six decades of dirty tricks
Thursday, 1 September 2011
Steve Connor: 'Anything can be considered harmful. Apple sauce is harmful if you get too much of it,' a Philip Morris memo claimed.
Magazine's model battleship that will cost £830 in parts
Thursday, 1 September 2011
Readers of a magazine offering the chance to build a model of the battleship HMS Hood will have to pay a staggering £830 to collect all the parts needed to complete it.
Welcome to Britain. (You needn't bring a broom...)
Sunday, 28 August 2011
Kunal Dutta and Peter York: It was all going so well and then came the riots. So, how to get the tourists back?
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