I read the Metro (a good free newspaper you get on buses etc) that fills me in on all the various political and social issues going on throughout the world. I tend to ignore the ones surrounding murders and rapes and violent crime purely because I find it annoying reading in depth about things which are depressing and yet never stop happening. Politics and disasters are things I always read about, and I read about half the sport, all the 'weird', about half the celebrity/music/TV stuff (depending on who/what it is) and various other things. Basically I read everything that isn't yet another rape/murder/stabbing in the streets of a random city.

I watch a bit of CNN and BBC when there is a big story going on such as the earthquake in Japan or the elections. I watch Sky Sports News when something big happens in the sporting world that I'm interested in, such as transfer deadline day or something.