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A Poundland ad campaign that featured innuendo and depictions of sexual acts has been deemed “irresponsible” by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). The pre-Christmas social media posts featured a “naughty” toy elf and were published on Twitter and Facebook. One image featured the elf holding a tea bag in a suggestive pose with a plastic doll. The ASA ruled that ...

The BBC is launching its first augmented reality app. It will enable people to explore historical artefacts from UK museums in virtual exhibitions. It is a companion to BBC Two’s Civilisations series, which will be broadcast in spring 2018. Users will be able to view and explore artefacts virtually – for example, looking at a mummy inside a sarcophagus. Other ...

Ex-Uber boss Travis Kalanick has taken the stand at a trial accusing his former firm of stealing driverless car technology from Google’s Waymo. The San Francisco trial pits two of the biggest players in self-drive technology against each other. Lawyers for Waymo pressed Mr Kalanick on allegations he orchestrated a theft of trade secrets from Waymo, via former Google employee ...

Man Utd star Alexis Sanchez has been handed a 16-month prison sentence over tax fraud by the Spanish authorities, although he won’t serve any time. As reported by the Metro, the Chilean international has admitted to the charges and repaid the money owed with interest to ensure that the sentence was reduced. In turn, given that he is a first-time ...

Luis Enrique has been offered a two-and-a-half year deal to replace Antonio Conte as Chelsea manager, according to reports in Spain. The former Barcelona boss has been out of work since leaving the Nou Camp last summer after a three-year stint in charge that saw him win two La Liga titles and a Champions League. Conte is attempting to save ...

Ronald Koeman has been appointed the new manager of the Netherlands national team. The ex-Everton and Southampton manager has signed a four-year contract lasting until the end of the 2022 World Cup and replaces Dick Advocaat at the helm. Koeman takes over a side who failed to qualify for the 2018 World Cup in Russia, the second successive tournament they ...

Borussia Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke has threatened to clean out the current squad at the end of the season — unless results improve. “We need a squad adjustment in the summer, things will be clearer after the second half of the season,” Watzke told Frankfurt-based newspaper FAZ. “Michael Zorc (Dortmund’s director of sport) has the lead on this, he knows ...

The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is to attend Friday’s opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, which are being held in the South, ministers in Seoul say. Kim Yo-jong is the youngest daughter of late leader Kim Jong-il and her role was strengthened last year when she was promoted to the politburo. Both Koreas will march under ...

At least 23 people from the same community have died in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The cause is the resurgence of conflict for land between Hema breeders and Lendu farmers in Ituri. For several weeks, attacks have multiplied and hundreds of houses have been burned during these violent attacks. 12 people were also seriously injured. This ...

Authorities in Kenya have restored broadcast signals to two television stations after a week. The signal of four channels was suspended over the symbolic swearing in ceremony of opposition chief, Raila Odinga. The local Daily Nation outlet reported that signals for NTV and KTN NEWS had been restored as at Monday afternoon. They added that Citizen TV and Inooro TV’s ...