Some BBC journalists have been disciplined by senior staff over their use of social media amid complaints they have overstepped the mark online. A review commissioned by the BBC on how reporters and media organisations use online websites is expected within months. Leading the review is the corporation’s director of editorial policy and standards, David … Read more
I turned £5 into £90 betting on football so thought I must be good at it. That was disastrous Smartphones, online gaming and shrewd marketing have led to such a shocking rise in young problem gamblers, the NHS has opened a specialist clinic solely for teenage addicts. And the scariest thing? Many parents were oblivious … Read more
Who do you think you are, sir? Stirling Moss? It was the wryly disapproving question asked time and again over the years – until traffic police pulling over speeding motorists grew too young to remember one of Britain’s greatest ever racing drivers. The sheepish answer was invariably in the negative – except on one occasion, … Read more
In January last year I got locked out of my Gmail account. I had no access to any of my work emails, for more than ten days. What would you do, if it happened to you? A bit of muttering, a few frustrated calls to technical support and leave them to sort it out, maybe? … Read more