Wednesday 22 May 2013
Pakistan blocked access to YouTube yesterday because of “sacrilegious” content in a growing internet crackdown against sites deemed offensive by hardline Muslim officials.
Regulators the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) did not point to specific material on YouTube that prompted it to block the site, only citing “growing sacrilegious contents”.
The government acted against Facebook and YouTube after failing to persuade the sites to remove the “derogatory material”.
David Cameron is facing a fresh bout of Tory strife after the coalition's plans to introduce gay marriage cleared the Commons.
Around 600 Afghan interpreters are to be offered the chance to settle in Britain after an apparent coalition rethink.
Most typical household electricity bills in Northern Ireland will increase by £90 a year from July 1.
Tony Pulis' seven-year reign as Stoke manager has come to an end after he and the club agreed to part company by mutual consent.
Alex Corbisiero is desperate to put an injury-ravaged season behind him and reassert his position as England's first-choice loosehead prop in the upcoming fixtures against the Barbarians and Argentina.
British and Irish Lions flanker Sean O'Brien could yet play for Leinster in Saturday's RaboDirect PRO12 final after making rapid progress in his recovery from a knee injury.
Apprentice hopefuls are hoping to avoid an udder disaster as they try to cream off the biggest profit in their latest task.
Bolder joined David Bowie's backing band in 1971, appearing on classic albums including Hunky Dory and Aladdin Sane. He went on to join Uriah Heep five years later and only stopped playing with the band a few months ago, due to his poor health.
La dolce vita has arrived in Cannes thanks to a pair of films set in Italy exploring lives of affluent ennui.
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