Nursery rhyme ads banned over global warming claims

TWO government adverts which used nursery rhymes to raise awareness of climate change have been banned for overstating the risks, a watchdog announced today.

The Advertising Standards Authority ruled that the adverts created on behalf of the Department of Energy and Climate Change and based on the children's poems Jack and Jill and Rub-A-Dub-Dub made exaggerated claims about the threat to Britain from global warming.