can ofcom change the rules? ofcom _ news for customers. can ofcom change the rules? change the rules? ofcom could decide - news for customers. can ofcom change the rules? ofcom could decide to - the rules? ofcom could decide to look at changing _ the rules? ofcom could decide to look at changing the _ the rules? ofcom could decide to look at changing the rules, - the rules? ofcom could decide to look at changing the rules, they l look at changing the rules, they would have to run a process of consultation. it has chosen not to do that so far, so it's down to them. they probably couldn't do it retrospectively for contracts already baked in. so they still have questions to answer about why they thought this rule was appropriate in the first. when inflation is so high, it's starting to really bite customers. at u—switch we don't think it is fairfor customers. at u—switch we don't think it is fair for customers to shoulder the full burden of inflation that they contradict at the point they take the contract out. the big companies are much better placed to shoulder that r

we raised with ofcom the concerns that our- ofcom the concerns that our listeners had about the prospectdband prices. telecoms companies have clauses in contracts that let them raise prices by inflation plus 3.7%, 3:9%... this could mean 15% more, that could be £60 a year extra. we asked ofcom about this, it doesn't control retail prices, but to our surprise, they said, the cost of living crisis is putting an unprecedented strain on household budgets, and suppliers should think carefully about whether significant price rises can be justified. so it was a kind of warning to them, and we will wait and see if they take any notice. they haven't decided their prices yet, so it is intervening at the right time. but because it can't tell them what to do, it shows the interesting route of telling us at moneybox what it thinks.- interesting route of telling us at moneybox what it thinks. the head of the royal navy has ordered an investigation into allegations of bullying and sexual harassment against female recruits in the submarine service. several women who served in the fleet have told the dai

and you don't think ofcom are going to consider what's happening at fox news. >> nothing is happeningmes was right, because some of o'reilly's victims start submitting letters to ofcom as part of their review of the murdoch's purchase of sky. >> things just got a lot more tricky for rupert murdoch. concerns about how fox handled the string of sexual harassment allegations. >> given everything that we know about the murdoch empire, we believe it would be irresponsible for this deal to go through. >> ofcom said behaviors recently alleged at fox news in the us amount to significant corporate failures. >> as the rulings come in, it is one blow after another for the murdochs. >> a major setback for rupert murdoch after the competition watchdog ruled that fox's multibillion pound bid to take over sky was not in the public interest. >> finally ended the murdoch family's ambition to control all of the broadcast of sky through its 21st century... >> the rulings amount to a full-blown repudiation of the murdochs. it is an especially harsh blow to james. >> the one thing that can restore him at

in terms of ofcom, there really will have a lot of sway in this.ndustry over the past couple of decades. the past 12 years, industry revenues are down by 10% and investment is up enormously because traffic volumes are up enormously as we all know for the above 1000% of the 12 year period. the operators are really being squeezed in the financials of three in particular are looking somewhat on viable. and ofcom have said they are no longer completely wedded to the idea of having four players. proposals for mergers would be on their own merits at the time a little bit of softening of stairs but not really saying that they really think that three is a better number just yet. really think that three is a better numberjust yet.— really think that three is a better numberjust yet. number 'ust yet. let's dive deeper into numberjust yet. let's dive deeper into that. numberjust yet. let's dive deeper into that- as _ numberjust yet. let's dive deeper into that. as you _ numberjust yet. let's dive deeper into that. as you say, _ numberjust yet. let's dive deep

ofcom told bbc radio 4's moneybox programme, that it had encouraged companies to put customers firsto rail services across scotland due to a 24—hour walk—out by scotrail workers. more than 2,000 members of the rmt union are taking part in the strike, with trains running onjust three routes in the central belt, and all other services cancelled. our scotland correspondent alexandra mckenzie is at queen street station in glasgow. so, yet more disruption for travellers. yes, absolutely. this is saturday afternoon in queen street station. it would normally be very busy with shoppers, but as you can see behind me, it is deserted. trains are standing idle and the board behind me is almost like. as you said, there are three services running in scotland, mostly or all around the central belt. you can get a limited service from here through to edinburgh or, if you want to go to glasgow central station, you can go to larkhall or lanark, but absolutely nothing out with the central belt and trains that are running. at 6:30pm this evening so, if you wanted to travel around other cities in scotland

mailer, it was like conspiracy theories and like reallyan over-the-top rhetoric d so if start marketing ofcomhis is crazy, this isn't true. let's tone this down. i send it back up the chain and the fundraising team gets mad like what you doing? nobody has ever edited. the guy has been doing the direct mail fundraisers has been there sincece nixon. let's ask as the chief of s. what do you think? to think it'd reporters write anything bad about this? probably not. i don't know. these are just made a mistake out of people's house. he said i don't see what the problem is to okay, we moved on and i stop redlining thin. does that one little incident lead to donald trump? no. a culture where nobody in that meeting says should we really be like scrounging a couple extra quarters out of her own supporters, you know, with lies and race baiting? no, we shouldn'tha be doing that but nobody said that at that is just endemic throughout the entire campaign culture. >> i think those mailers and became the trump campaign platform. you categorize the enablers with a list of titles. you want to read them for me

lewis partnership, dame sharon was the first woman and first black person to lead the media regulator ofcome probes have recorded a powerful collision on the surface of mars. the impact of a 200 tonne meteoroid smashing into the planet resulted in debris being hurled for more than 30 kilometres. researchers say it was the biggest such event ever documented as it took place. emer mccarthy reports. another mystery of the red planet has been revealed. the insight lander space probe witnessed a big impact crater being formed on mars. the impact was so violent it dug up huge chunks of buried ice. most exciting of all, we saw clearly in the high resolution images that a whole lot of water ice had been exposed by this impact. you can see in this flyover video boulder sized chunks of ice in the craters, as well as splotches of ice thrown across the landscape outside the crater. this was surprising, because this is the warmest spot on mars, the closest to the equator. the closest to the equator we've ever seen water ice. nasa's says this is a crucial discovery as humans prepare to visit the red plan

in the new year and hopefully releasing the past onto the statute the espresso that the regulator ofcoms happened? the end of the inquest is like the end _ what has happened? the end of the inquest is like the end of— what has happened? the end of the inquest is like the end of a - what has happened? the end of the inquest is like the end of a chapterl inquest is like the end of a chapter inquest is like the end of a chapter in a book. i think online harm's will continue to be found online and children will be vulnerable to them. we need to continue to find ways to make people safe, talk more about mental health and talk about the issues to de—stigmatise those problems. it is really important if you are in any way concerned about the health of a child that you have a very direct conversation with them. it is far less dangerous to talk to them and even ask and very direct questions like, are you thinking about ending your life? that will not implant anything in their mind, it will offer them a chance to talk about something if they are concerned. those conversations are important to have

ofcom told radio 4's moneybox programme, that it had encouraged companies to put customers first at atoversee decisions about banned accounts and controversial content. nothing will be decided before it meets, he said. it's not known when that will be. musk has strong views about free speech. if he starts to see that a certain type of free speech environment, eg one where anything goes, might become a "hellscape," as he said, and that might see people leave, at which case advertisers who're paying to be on the site might get concerned because there'd be fewer eyeballs looking at their ads. all this matters because twitter has become a place where world leaders, politicians and opinion formers go to share their views. it's kind of a direct line between the decision—makers and us, those they represent. elon musk thinks we need a digital town square, a community space for discussion — and twitter, he argues, is it. several top execs have already been sacked, and for those who remain, they need to know that musk means business. i expect they will want to get some degree of certainty that e