The Government is set to allow Huawei to provide "non-core" elements of the country's 5G networks, the BBC reports. The Chinese company had been considered a potential security risk.

Smartphones now account for just over half of all digital ad spend in the UK, according to the IAB UK's latest figures, compiled with PwC and reported on in Netimperative.

Sky News is reporting that Snap shares have soared in after-hours trading last night, after it emerged that Snapchat has added new users for the first time in three quarters.

Change UK, the independent group of 11 former Labour and Conservative MPs, has appointed The & Partnership London as its full-service agency. "Campaign" reveals that the agency will work on strategy, creative and design as well as media buying and planning for next month's EU elections.

The AOP and Deloitte have published encouraging figures for 2018, which show digital publishing revenue up 6.8%. The organisations say that video, which rose 27.6% during the year, was the main contributing format behind the growth, City AM reports.

Pharma giant Novartis is calling a global media review. "Campaign" reveals that much of the brief is currently managed by Starcom.

The New IRA has accepted responsibility for the murder of journalist Lyra McKee while covering rioting over the weekend in Northern Ireland. "Press Gazette" carries a statement from the group which claims she was shot at while standing next to "enemy forces." The group has offered its apologies.

"Campaign" is reporting that although its monthly active users has dropped, advertising revenue is up 18% for the first quarter of 2018. The social giant is to drop a monthly tally of active users, which has been dropping, to instead announced "monetise daily active users."

Two women who helped organise the mass walkout of staff at Google over sexual harassment concerns, have claimed they faced retaliatory action from the tech giant, The Telegraph reports.

The House of Commons' committee for tackling fake news is hearing evidence today that a series of pro-Brexit and anti Theresa May ads that were supposed to have the appearance of being independent and emanating from the grassroots of politics were instead coordinated by Lynton Crosby company CTF Partners. "The Guardian" reminds readers that he is a close confidante of Boris Johnson.