The channel broadcasts live 364 days a year, for 16 hours a day, and is accessible to 27 million homes in the UK. In 2014 its UK turnover was a staggering £450m, as Rebecca Gonsalves reports

Many of us will have booked our holidays by now and bought the sun-cream too. But what to read under the palm tree or on the beach or the staycation sofa?

Sainsbury’s will tonight launch the first of a series of attack ads against Tesco, set to coincide with the first anniversary of the horsemeat scandal.

Advertising Standards Authority said ads failed to make it clear benefits would only be achieved during periods of prolonged exercise

Labour leader says children are ‘being used as a tool’ to nag their parents into taking out loans

The singer said the song, which has been banned by a number of British institutions, has been misunderstood

The advertisement for Beats Pill, a portable speaker, was ruled as too sexually suggestive for broadcast on daytime TV

Three adverts for e-cigarettes have been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), in the first such action to be taken against the tobacco alternative products.

How can one complaining individual have so much power over the silent masses?

A Sky broadband advert starring Die Hard actor Bruce Willis has been banned for misleading customers.

ASA receives 60 complaints over Home Office ad vans

TV viewers have lodged around 400 complaints about documentary-style spoof

Advertising regulator also reprimanded broadcasters Paramount and Entertainment Networks for screening adverts as early as 3.30pm

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A payday lender which sent “irresponsible” spam text messages which encouraged people to borrow money for a “night on the town” has been rapped by the Advertising Standards Authority.

A television advert featuring actress Pamela Anderson wearing a bikini and covered in cream has been banned for being sexist and degrading to women.