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that the SNP failed in its court attempt to stop tonight's prime-ministerial debate being shown in Scotland. The party claimed that the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ had breached its impartiality rules by excluding the Scottish nationalists.

, in tonight's debate, Gordon Brown will again apologise to Gillian Duffy, after privately calling her "bigoted". The comment was picked up yesterday by a Sky News microphone.

Melvyn Bragg has criticised TV's "soundbite" coverage of politics, saying that the TV debates show that people want to hear politicians in depth, .

that Alan Yentob has said he couldn't do his job properly if he didn't fly business class.

, the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Trust editorial standards committee has apologised for a joke on Radio 4 by comedian Frankie Boyle.

Gordon Brown's TV gaffe occupies many pages in the newspapers .

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