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London, sharon whitehead scale the height of civil service is one of the senior economist —— sharon white had, before taking charge at 0fcom. but within weeks of her surprise appointment, she found herself having to take some very tough decisions — permanently shutting almost a third of the department stores factory outlets. this was a very bitter pill to swallow indeed. and yet, two years into a plan, there are some signs that the medicine is working. she's never given an major lengthy broadcast interview before. the question is simple, and a lot rides back on the answer notjust for her...

Provide more oxygen for high street retailers like myself. the second big message is how do we encourage people to come back into work? what the encouragement, is it part of retirement? 0therwise, the encouragement, is it part of retirement? otherwise, as a country, in terms of productivity, the lots of skills for businesses like myself, i think that's a huge issue that's going to come and bite us. j that's going to come and bite us. i have a couple of other questions. you are nearly five years in charge of 0fcom, and a lot of your dealings with the bbc were about how to make sure they were un...

Are still widespread today." this is, he says, "bigger than one outlet, one network or one publication." the bbc and the graphic designer matt wiessler have since agreed a settlement. this year, tensions between china and the west have escalated over media coverage. the english language satellite news station china global television network had its license revoked by the uk regulator. and, in retaliation, bbc world news was banned in beijing. there have also been tit for tat expulsions ofjournalists in both the us and in china. beijing, it seems, still wants to try to control public informatio...

Allowed to have an opinion. if people want to believe meghan markle, that's entirely their right. into this heady brew, britain launched a new experiment, partly inspired by america. and while piers was busy throwing a fit before he quit, the all—white teenybopper trump fan club was getting equally hysterical about the interview. in the us, cable news is no longer regulated. it prioritises personality and opinion in prime time slots, from the liberal msnbc, to the right—wing fox news. britain still has a broadcast regulator, 0fcom, but is moving in the same direction. more than 30 years af...

So they can apply appropriate levels of protection. and while it is welcome to hear that the government has taken on board some of the recommendations of the committee of mps and lords who have been scrutinising the bill, this is just one of their recommendations and we are hoping that the government will put age verification into the face of the bill so it is in primary legislation. because they said today one of the reasons they are putting these other offences into law is because it will allow 0fcom to enforce them more quickly. well, that rather implies that if things are not in the primar...