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Lobby group’s Chief Executive, Michael Dugher, has reportedly likened those advocating for a complete marketing ban to ‘Sunday school prohibitionists’. ....
250% increase in proportion of scam and nuisance calls 04/02/2021, 12:03 am A 250% increase in the proportion of nuisance and scam calls has been recorded as fraudsters exploit the coronavirus crisis (Posed by model/Yui Mok/PA) A 250% increase in the proportion of nuisance and scam calls has been recorded as fraudsters exploit the coronavirus crisis. The findings were made following a call blocker programme funded by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). National Trading Standards led a programme to install more than 1,000 free call blocker units in people’s homes. The average age of people using the call blockers was 75 and around 23 scam and nuisance calls were typically prevented from reaching call blocker users every month. ....
Media and Data Minister John Whittingdale has defended Piers Morgan’s aggressive political interview technique during the Covid-19 pandemic. Ministers boycotted Morgan’s ITV programme Good Morning Britain for 200 days until mid-November after he was outspoken in his on-air criticism of the Government’s handling of the crisis. Some 3,200 people complained to Ofcom about two April interviews with Care Minister Helen Whately while a further 600 complained after Morgan grilled Health Secretary Matt Hancock. The regulator decided not to investigate. Whittingdale said: “I don’t object to an aggressive interview style, I think if you’re in public life you have to accept that. ....