Top BBC executives denied ever having heard about Jimmy Savile’s sex crimes despite Newsnight presenter Jeremy Paxman’s claim they were “common gossip”.

Top BBC executives denied ever having heard about Jimmy Savile’s sex crimes despite Newsnight host Jeremy Paxman’s claim they were “common gossip”.

Detailed accusations about Jimmy Savile’s sex crimes were censored after viewers tried to post them on a BBC tribute web page after his death.

Thousands of pages of evidence gathered during an inquiry into Newsnight’s decision to drop its Jimmy Savile investigation are set to published today, the BBC has reported.

The review into Newsnight’s shelving of a report into Jimmy Savile’s decades long campaign of sexual abuse is due to be released today.

The review into Newsnight’s shelving of a report into Jimmy Savile’s decades long campaign of sexual abuse will be released tomorrow.

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A BBC trustee who was involved in the decision to give George Entwistle a £450,000 (€560,000) payoff for resigning as director general insisted today he still believes it was the right thing to do.

Lawyers for Alistair McAlpine are seeking a larger payout from ITV than the £185,000 they received from the BBC last week, they confirmed.

Leaked emails suggest that Newsnight editor Peter Rippon played down the importance of an investigation into Jimmy Savile’s alleged child abuse, saying the victims were “teenagers, not too young” and the abuse was not the “worst kind of sexual offences”.

A Newsnight reporter alleged that her editor tried to “kill” the Jimmy Savile story by making “impossible editorial demands” and saying the women who spoke out about the TV star were not too young at the time of the incidents.

BBC boss George Entwistle will be quizzed about the corporation’s handling of the Jimmy Savile sex abuse scandal by a committee of MPs today.

A Panorama documentary will tonight plunge the BBC into fresh controversy by claiming the corporation pulled an investigation into the Jimmy Savile sex abuse scandal after coming under pressure from senior managers.

David Cameron could order a public inquiry into the Jimmy Savile scandal once the BBC and police investigations are concluded, Downing Street has indicated.

Jimmy Savile’s alleged catalogue of abuse could have spanned six decades and included around 60 victims, police said.

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Former Daily Mirror editor Piers Morgan should return to the UK to answer “some very serious questions” over allegations of phone hacking, the Culture Committee chairman said today.

BBC staff will hear details today of plans to axe up to 2,800 jobs to help plug a £2bn (€2.9bn) funding shortfall, which could lead to a wave of strikes by journalists and broadcasting workers.

BRITISH Government weapons expert David Kelly blamed the Number 10 press office for inserting the controversial "45-minute claim" into the Government dossier on Iraqi weapons, the inquiry into his death was told yesterday.

Harry Potter author JK Rowling was moved to tears as she killed off one of her key characters, she has revealed.