Bad deal?
The recent scrapping of a ban on TV and radio adverts for gambling has sparked a lively debate on the dangers that such a move could present. Restrictions on broadcast advertising for casinos, betting shops and online gambling sites will be lifted from September, as changes to the 2005 Gambling Act come into force.
The move comes hot on the heels of the announcement that Britain’s first supercasino will open in Manchester, and has angered many anti-gambling campaigners who already believe that more Britons are getting into difficulties with gambling.
The sense of censorship
Rhiannon Doe questions the balance between freedom of information and the need for press censorship
In recent weeks the public have been forced to piece together the increasingly complicated details of the ‘cash for honours’ scandal, as the controversy intensified.
The evening of March 9 saw the BBC being prevented from publishing an investigative report on the matter, thanks to a High Court injunction requested by the Attorney General, Lord Goldsmith.
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