Gordon Brown denies accusations that he is avoiding a human rights row with China for economic reasons. BBC. Row breaks out between the BBC and the Internet ISP Tiscali over the bandwidth cost of the iPlayer online TV service. BBC. Tech.co.uk. House prices look set to become even more disparate… read more…

The BBC: The government (well, Ed Balls) is unveiling its 10-year "vision" for children. Those quotation marks look ominous. Schools are going to have refurbished playgrounds and the like, to "increase play opportunities for children" (Westmonster's non-ominous quotation marks). Sounds very business-like, "play opportunities." Meanwhile, over in The Guardian,… read more…

To adapt a phrase, three things are certain: death, taxes and negative coverage of the 2012 Olympic games right the way up until six weeks before, when suddenly it'll turn all jingoistic and "ain't Britain great" (assuming, of course, that Britain still exists in 2012). As any fule kno, there… read more…