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European Union regulators have ordered technology giant Google to sell off some of its lucrative digital advertising business in order to address competition concerns. The European Commission, the bloc’s executive branch and top competition enforcer, said its preliminary view after an investigation is that “only the mandatory divestment by Google of part of its services” will satisfy its concerns. The 27-nation EU has led the global movement to crack down

ITV boss Dame Carolyn McCall said the broadcaster does not recognise allegations of a toxic culture at This Morning, saying “it deeply disappoints me”. The chief executive faced questions from MPs alongside ITV managing director Kevin Lygo and general counsel and company secretary Kyla Mullins about former host Phillip Schofield’s exit during Wednesday morning’s Culture, Media and Sport Committee session in Parliament. Since the 61-year-old’s resignation, This Morning has been

A “beloved and respected” academy site manager has been named as the third victim of a deadly rampage in Nottingham as tributes also continue to flood in for two students fatally knifed in the street. Ian Coates, who worked as part of L.E.A.D Academy Trust, was described by Huntingdon Academy and Warren Academy’s executive headteacher as “a much-loved colleague who always went the extra mile for the benefit of our

Jude Bellingham has joined a select group of British players in signing for Real Madrid. The 19-year-old England international has agreed a six-year deal to move to the Bernabeu from Borussia Dortmund. Here, the PA news agency takes a look at the male players from these shores to have played for the Spanish giants. Laurie Cunningham England international Cunningham was the trailblazer for those that followed him after becoming the

Train drivers have voted overwhelmingly to continue taking strike action for the next six months in their long-running pay dispute. Aslef said a re-ballot of its members showed they are “in it for the long haul”. Unions involved in industrial disputes have to hold a fresh ballot every six months to ask their members if they want to continue taking action. Aslef general secretary Mick Whelan said on Wednesday: “Once

Max Homa is hoping for “carnage” in the 123rd US Open to ensure his course record remains firmly intact. Homa shot a stunning nine-under-par 61 at Los Angeles Country Club on his way to winning the prestigious Pac-12 title in 2013, a tournament which also featured two-time major winner Jon Rahm. To no-one’s surprise, Rahm predicted on Tuesday that typical US Open conditions would ensure there would be no repeat

More young people are accessing news via TikTok with users tending to pay more attention to celebrities and social media influencers than to journalists or media companies for news, a report has found. The Chinese-owned app is the “fastest growing social network” in the Reuters Institute Digital News Report’s survey – used by 44% of 18-24-year-olds for any purpose and by 20% for news. The shift comes as the use