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The British Broadcasting Corp.'s head of television says the company has vowed to limit vulgar language on its airwaves next year. The recent controversy sparked by a pre-taped, sexually explicit phone prank played by Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand on a BBC radio program prompted the decision, The Times of London reported.

Britain's Jaguar Land Rover said it would lay off 850 workers by the end of the year, a move that follows a cut of 600 jobs earlier this year. Jaguar Land Rover moved to a four-day per week production schedule in August, the British Broadcasting Corp.

By Jill Lawless STRATFORD-UPON-AVON, England - It's "Hamlet," but not as we know it. The Royal Shakespeare Company usually draws genteel, theater- loving crowds to the serene town of Stratford, the playwright's birthplace.

A year of scandals did not stop the British Broadcasting Corp. from awarding senior executives hefty pay raises, observers said.