Senior managers at the BBC were paid £1.4m (€1.65m) more than their contracts demanded in pay-offs over a three-year period, according to a new report.

The inquiry into alleged child abuse by Jimmy Savile is now a formal criminal investigation involving other living people, Scotland Yard said today.

BBC director-general George Entwistle offered a “profound and heartfelt apology” to the alleged victims of Jimmy Savile’s sexual abuse as he announced that two inquiries would be launched.

BBC director-general George Entwistle today offered a “profound and heartfelt apology” to the alleged victims of Jimmy Savile’s sexual abuse as he announced that two inquiries would be launched.