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Online music service, Spotify has faced scrutiny by advertising watchdog over a promotional email containing offensive language. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) upheld a complaint on a promotional email suggesting users listen to the Lily Allen song “F*** You”. The email read: "Have you heard this song by Lily Allen? Give it a try. F*** You". In a the ASA hearing Spotify claimed that the song, which was named by the artist, not Spotify, was not chosen to shock consumers or to drive traffic to their website by being controversial. They believed there was a clear difference between...

The Government’s chief legal advisor will in future issue advisory notices to Twitter and Facebook users to help prevent them committing a contempt of court.

The advice has previously only been issued to journalists on a ‘not for publication basis’ is designed to make to make sure a fair trial takes place will warn people not to comment on certain aspects of court cases.

The advice from the Attorney General, Dominic Grieve QC MP will be published over twitter and on the Government website, gov.uk.

The change in policy is designed to help inform the public about the...

Mobile phone network EE will bring 4G mobile broadband to Exeter before Christmas.

EE is the first mobile network to bring 4G to Exeter and will see customers get speeds up to five times faster than the current 3G network.

Lisa Perez, Regional Manager for the West Country, EE, said: “The arrival of 4G mobile in Exeter is great news for our customers. 4G from EE is like having fibre broadband to your mobile phone, and allows customers to access the content they care about without the frustration of pages being slow to load, or apps not connecting.”

In a survey of EE...

Devon County Council is officially opening its brand new state of the art Recycling Centre which will serve Sidmouth, Ottery St Mary and the surrounding villages. The gates will open to the public on Tuesday 10 December 2013 at 11.30am The facility replaces the old centre at Woods Farm which is now inadequate to meet modern demands. It is located about 300metres south of the old centre on the C808 road near Bowd between Sidmouth and Ottery St Mary. The old site closes permanently at the end of Sunday 8th December 2013 and both sites are closed on Monday 9th December 2013 whilst equipment...