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Mickey Rourke was ejected from the Celebrity Big Brother house after making inappropriate comments to housemate Ella Mae Wise and getting in a confrontation with Chris Hughes.

Celebrity Big Brother receives over 1,000 complaints

Maia Walsh 13, who was found dead at her home in Hertford, Hertfordshire on October 6, 2022. A pre-inquest review into her death heard she posted a comment on TikTok saying "I don't think I'll live past 14" in the months before her death

TikTok to be focus of inquest into teen's death

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The chilling true picture of teenage crime - the real life Adolescence

TV network find over 'miracle water' claim

TV channel fined £150k for claiming water could 'cure cancer'

Charli XCX and Sabrina Carpenter spark Brit Awards complains

Brit Awards receives 825 complaints after 'free the nipple' remark

• Ofcom’s finding show awareness of these tools is high (91%) among parents of young teens (aged 13 to 15), but action is lacking, with one in four (28%) yet to switch any controls on, and just one in three (33%) using a content filter from their internet service provider

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Major household bills change coming under new rules - what it means

Luke Littler poses with the Sid Waddell Trophy after victory over Michael van Gerwen in the PDC World Darts Championship final at Alexandra Palace in London on Friday

Ofcom sees 300 complaints after GMB host 'fat-shames' Luke Littler

Royal Mail branding on the side of a post van

Royal Mail takeover by Czech billionaire given go-ahead

Good Morning Britain, Love Island, Emmerdale: TV shows with most Ofcom complaint...

Despite making a splash by entering the jungle late, the good reverend has pretty long odds. He currently is 9/1 to have a top three finish.

I'm A Celebrity hit by flurry of Ofcom complaints over religious jokes

Before she became a controversial OnlyFans model, 25-year-old Bonnie Blue had a typical 9-to-5 job in recruitment.

Talk show under fire for featuring porn star

The Married at First Sight UK 2024 cast. The reunion episodes have been hit by more than 500 Ofcom complaints. Photo by Channel 4.

MAFS UK’s reunion episodes hit with over 500 Ofcom complaints

University of Manchester researchers have uncovered the scale of the national digital divide

New research exposes UK’s digital infrastructure divide

ITV cop comedy Piglet is set to return for a second series.

'Worst sitcom ever' to return for second series despite controversy

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Black Friday broadband deals: Six top tips for Londoners

Rishi Sunak featured on a GB News programme which “broke impartiality rules” according to watchdog Ofcom.

GB News fined £100k by Ofcom over Rishi Sunak interview
GB News has been fined £100,000 by media watchdog Ofcom after “breaking impartiality rules” during a programme features former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
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The best and worst delivery companies have been ranked by Ofcom

Best and worst parcel firms revealed in new survey by watchdog Ofcom

Big Brother UK 2024 contestant Ali Bromley has caused outrage by accidentally wearing a T-shirt that is thought to be pro-Palestine (pictured). Photo by ITV.

Big Brother apologises to viewers and edits housemate’s offensive top

ITV Big Brother hit with more than 70 Ofcom complaints as viewers claim contestant Marcello is 'danger' to women. Photo by ITV.

ITV Big Brother hit with over 70 Ofcom complaints about contestant

Channel 4 won’t need to bother with a weekday lunchtime news bulletin

Channel 4 news to dump weekday lunchtime news bulletin

Gogglebox star Roisin Kelly was recently involved in a car crash when her parked vehicle was hit by a truck.

Gogglebox star involved in car crash

Ofcom plans to launch a review of public service media after it found that TV and online platforms are now nearly equal as the primary sources of news for UK adults in 2024.

Ofcom launches review as TV and online become equal news sources

Price of first-class stamp to rise by 30p but second-class stamps to stay at 85p from October 7

First-class stamps to cost more from October

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UK’s worst locations for phone signal revealed

Nigel Farage appeared on Good Morning Britain last week.

ITV show slammed with hundreds of Ofcom complaints

Ellen Roome with son Jools Sweeney. Credit: Ellen Roome

Exclusive Instagram apologises for ‘ignoring’ data requests from grieving mum

Britain's Got Talent 2024 judges - Bruno Tonioli, Alesha Dixon, Amanda Holden and Simon Cowell (Photo: Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images)

TV fans furious
The semi-finals for Britain’s Got Talent have been taking place on ITV this week, with Amanda Holden describing one act in particular as ‘horrifying’.
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AI deepfake threat looms over election

Royal Mail risks being penalised amid investigation by Ofcom over failure to meet delivery targets

Royal Mail in £3bn takeover

LBC presenter Iain Dale has quit the station after 14 years to run as a candidate in the general election. (Credit: Getty Images)

Radio presenter quits station

ITV soap Emmerdale have tried to reassure fans over Piper the dog after Tom King’s abuse. Picture: ITV

Soap fans horrified

Royal Mail risks being penalised amid investigation by Ofcom over failure to meet delivery targets

Ofcom investigates Royal Mail

GB News to take legal action against Ofcom after the channel was found to have broken broadcasting rules

GB News to take Ofcom to court

Questions have been raised for months on whether Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's flagship Rwanda policy to "stop the boats" will be fully applicable in Northern Ireland because of the Windsor Framework. Photo: James Manning/PA Wire

Rishi Sunak show on GB News broke impartiality rules, Ofcom finds

Left, Lisa Kenevan with her son Isaac, and right Hollie Dance, with son Archie. Credit: Lisa Kenevan/Hollie Dance/Kim Mogg/Adobe

Exclusive Grieving parents hit out at TikTok over ‘danger’ challenges

Jeff Daniels as Charlie Croker and Sarah Jones as Serena Croker in A Man in Full. Picture: Netflix/Mark Hill

TV 'porn scene' shocks viewers

Denise Welch. (Picture: Getty Images)

ITV show inundated with complaints

Britain's Got Talent 2024 judges - Bruno Tonioli, Alesha Dixon, Amanda Holden and Simon Cowell (Photo: Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images)

BGT hit with Ofcom complaints

Water bills, council tax and phone bills are all going up in price.

April price hikes explained

Extinction Rebellion protesters outside GB News studios at The Point, in Paddington, London, after they spray painted the building (Photo: Philip Toscano/PA Wire)

Extinction Rebellion calls GB News a fossil fuel 'puppet' in protest

Ofcom has said that five episodes of Tory MP-hosed programmes aired by GB News broke broadcasting rules on impartiality. (Credit: Yui Mok/PA Wire)

GB News shows broke Ofcom rules

Celebrity Big Brother 2024: the most complained-about moments over the years according to Ofcom. Picture: Getty Images

Most complained-about Celebrity Big Brother moments over the years

Ofcom has ruled that Laurence Fox's comments about a female journalist on Dan Wootton's GB News show in September 2023 broke broadcasting rules. (Credit: Getty Images)

Laurence Fox 'misogynistic' comments broke broadcasting rules

Roxanne Pallett and Ryan Thomas in Celebrity Big Brother 'punchgate' in 2018

Roxanne Pallett falsely claimed Ryan Thomas punched her in CBB 2018

Royal Mail is set to increase the price of stamps again in April

First-class stamp price hike

Rishi Sunak's appearance on GB News in February has now led Ofcom to investigate if it breached the broadcasting rules (Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

TV station faces bias probe

Keir Starmer meets Esther Ghey, the mother of murdered teen Brianna, in Parliament. Credit: Labour

Labour ‘open minded’ to banning smart phones and social media for U16s

Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper and Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer at a knife bank in Milton Keynes. Credit: PA/Stefan Rousseau

Exclusive Labour wants to further crack down on tech companies over knife crime

A tribunal seeking £1.3 billion in compensation for more than three million BT customers is set to begin. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images)

BT customers could get cashback

Royal Mail's six-day-a-week letter deliveries could be cut to three or five days per week after regulator Ofcom said that the service was "unsustainable". (Credit: Getty Images)

Royal Mail deliveries may be cut

Lucy Frazer, the Culture Secretary, right, said the BBC had on occasion showed bias, however this was not something the PM, left, wished to say. Credit: Getty/Mark Hall/PA

Explainer Lucy Frazer says BBC has been biased ‘on occasion’ - does PM agree?

The BBC has been ordered to work closely with publishers amid concerns over threat to local news.

BBC ordered to work closely with publishers

Yasmin Finney played Rose Noble in the Doctor Who 2023 specials

Doctor Who trans complaints: BBC responds to Yasmin Finney criticism

Ofcom's new guidance means users will will be required to use age assurance measures (Image: ISSOUF SANOGO/AFP via Getty Images)

Ofcom has published new guidance to protect children from online porn

Editorial chiefs from across local publishers have sent a strong message to the BBC about its expansion

Analysis BBC must abandon the plan to elbow its way into local journalism

Campmate Nella Rose was missing from the live section of Tuesday's 'I'm A Celebrity Get me Out Of Here' episode due to a medical emergency. (Credit: ITV)

I’m A Celeb’s Nella Rose receives nearly 2000 Ofcom complaints