An Australian talent show has sparked international outrage after featuring a segment with contestants portraying the Jackson 5, with their faces painted black. The act, performed by six doctors who dubbed themselves the ‘Jackson Jive’, aired on a reunion episode of the Hey Hey It’s Saturday variety programme in Australia on Wednesday night. US singer [...]

A ban on swearing after the 21:00 watershed on the BBC could be introduced after a survey showed declining faith in the broadcaster’s moral standards. The BBC will release its guidelines for public consultation later this year – the first time the public have been consulted on the corporation’s codes of practice – and is [...]

Supermarket chain Sainsbury’s has today followed rival Tesco with a ‘strong’ sales report. Despite recording like-for-like sales up 5.4 per cent in its second quarter, Sainsbury’s warned they expected growth to be slow due to "reduced inflation". Yesterday Tesco said its second quarter like-for-like sales in the UK had risen by 2.1 per cent. In [...]