In 1,000 tweets the centenarian entertained her 56,000 followers with posts about food, family and meeting Gordon Brown

The oldest person on Twitter died today, after over 1,000 tweets documenting numerous fish and chip dinners, several episodes of Deal or No Deal and a friendship with Peter Andre.

Ivy Bean, 104, began tweeting last year from her residential home in the outskirts of Bradford, and amassed over 56,000 followers with posts telling of food, family visits, and even an invitation...

Neil Berkett says government should crack down on marketing claims if it wants company to invest in high-speed networks

The Virgin Media chief executive, Neil Berkett, has attacked rivals as "grossly misleading" in the way they market internet speeds to consumers.

He called on the government to crack down on advertising if it expects the cable company to invest hundreds of millions of pounds in rolling out high-speed broadband across the UK.

Berkett said that Ofcom's report into the difference...