Renault has launched a humorous digital outdoor campaign in which it cleans up expletives on tweets about London's new Ultra Low Emissions Zone (ULEV) by placing an image of its electric car, the Zoe, over the offending word, "The Drum" reports.

David Beckham has lent his voice to a Malaria No More campaign that uses technology from a London audio company, Synthesia, to change his words into multiple languages. "The Drum" reports the campaign is joint effort between R/GA London, Ridley Scott Associates (RSA) Amsterdam and Dentsu Aegis Network.

An Irish publisher has taken to crowdfunding technology to allow people to vote for and fund what they want investigated. "Press Gazette" reveals that the Noteworthy service, from the publishers of "The Journal", has already received an unspecified level of funding from the Google Digital News Innovation fund.

Amal Clooney has been appointed as a special envoy to promote press freedom around the world by the UK Foreign Office, "The Independent" reports.

Accenture Interactive will "absolutely" be looking to hire a global creative director during 2019, "The Drum" reports.

BBH will announce a round of redundancies in London that will see around 10% of its near-500-strong team lose their jobs, "Campaign" reports.

VMLY&R London has poached Justin Pahl, group chairman of Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO, to be its next Chief Executive. "Campaign" reveals that Pahl resigned last week and is subject to a six-month notice period, which is currently being negotiated.

"The Guardian" is reporting that proposed new laws to hold internet sites accountable for harmful content they fail to remove are being widely welcomed by the police and childrens' charities.

A third of media companies have seen their pay gap increase by a third in favour of men, "Press Gazette" reports.

A British woman has been arrested in Dubai for referring on social media to her ex-husband's new wife as a "horse," the BBC reports. The British woman returned to Dubai to her attend her ex-husband's funeral. She has been bailed and potentially faces a prison sentence.