New ASA guidance on children's critical understanding of ads online comes into effect today. The guidance requires that online ads directed at the under 12s clarify up-front the identity and commercial intent of the marketer, where the content is significantly...

The Maidenhead Advertiser published an exclusive interview with Theresa May today after the Prime Minister visited her local paper’s offices for a sit-down interview. The Prime Minister was in her constituency two weekends ago and visited the paper as part...

Facebook has run a full page ad in local press this week with tips for readers on how to spot fake news.  The ad, which follows a similar ad in national newspapers earlier this month, ran in local press titles...

The Manchester Evening News has raised over £1 million in donations in just over 24 hours for families of those injured or killed in the suicide bomb attack on Monday (22 May) at the Manchester Arena. At least 22 people...

The Daily Mail has been crowned the Newspaper of the Year at the Society of Editors Press Awards for its campaigning on a number of issues during 2016 and its coverage of the Brexit debate.   The judges said: “In...

Applications from local news organisations who wish to receive content under the Local News Partnerships initiative have until midday on 26 May. The partnership agreement between the BBC and the NMA will create 150 new journalism jobs, a shared data journalism unit, and a...

The Manchester Evening News has raised over £1 million in donations in just over 24 hours for families of those injured or killed in the suicide bomb attack on Monday (22 May) at the Manchester Arena. At least 22 people...

The Advertising Standards Authority will announce on Friday new rules that will ban the sexualised depiction of the under-18s in adverts. Following a consultation, the ASA’s rule-making committees – BCAP for broadcast advertising and CAP for non-broadcast – have decided to...

Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham has told businesses to start preparing for “the biggest change to data protection law for a generation” while launching the Information Rights Strategic Plan. Speaking in a video addressing boardrooms, Ms Denham said: “I...