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New drug to slow heart may save 10,000 lives a year in UK

Pills and blister packs.A drug, which slows down the heart rate that has just been approved by European regulators,  may save 10,000 lives a year. Heart disease is Britain’s biggest killer.  Just under 1 million (9...
 

Hip or hip’ocrite film

Tinie Tempah by Wikimedia CommonsOne in five records in the top 10 last year had foul language in the lyrics with 100 uses of swearwords compared with 16 just five years ago*.  47 music artists had tracks in the Top 40 with swearin...
 

Stop BBC Radio 1 playing ‘radio edit’ music tracks

Stop BBC Radio 1 playing ‘radio edit’ music tracks There are two problems with ‘radio edit’ tracks (a radio edit tracks is a censored version of the original soundtrack with the swearing removed) as follows: it is a deception of the liste...
 

Rugby League Coverage 29 January 2012

Rugby League Coverage 29 January 2012 Sunday 29 January.  The last Sunday before the start of the new Super League season.  All the newspapers should have had a preview of the season and club by club profile.  How did the sport fare ...
 

Everyone is raving about Ed Sheeran. I’m not!

Everyone is raving about Ed Sheeran.  I’m not! Everyone is raving about Ed Sheeran the latest musical prodigy.  I’m not. Not only is he another artist that is using swearwords in his lyrics – yet is still happy for a censored version ...
 

Hip’ocrite? Which song tops the F-word charts?

Hip’ocrite? Which song tops the F-word charts? Did you know that in Sak Noel’s track Loca People (more commonly known as ‘What the f***?’) the F-word is used a total of 9 times. Need proof? You can see the lyrics to the song here...
 

Hip’ocrite? Ofcom is mute despite explosion of foul language

A digital radioOfcom, the independent regulator and competition authority for the UK communications industries, is mute on the issue of rising bad language in the music charts, even though radio stations are playing...
 

You Tube film: Daily Telegraph – coverage of rugby league is a disgrace

You Tube film: Daily Telegraph – coverage of rugby league is a disgrace For all the reasons we have discussed in earlier articles there is no doubt that the Daily Telegraph offended many rugby league fans with its disgraceful coverage of the Four Nations tournament in No...
 

Response from Radio 1 to my letter dated 14 December 2011

Response from Radio 1 to my letter dated 14 December 2011 Below is the response from BBC Radio 1 to my letter dated 14th December to Ben Cooper, Controller BBC Radio 1 and Radio 1 Xtra, calling on radio 1 to only play the original soundtrack and stop playing...
 

Letter to Ben Cooper, Controller, BBC Radio1 and 1 Xtra

Letter to Ben Cooper, Controller, BBC Radio1 and 1 Xtra Detailed below is a copy of my letter to Ben Cooper, Controller of BBC Radio 1 and 1 Xtra calling on Radio 1 to stop playing censored versions of soundtracks.  I believe that radio stations playin...