The BBC’s director of news Helen Boaden and her deputy Stephen Mitchell have stepped aside, according to reports.

Britain’s BBC must undergo a radical overhaul in the wake of “shoddy” journalism which led to the resignation of its chief or its future will be in doubt, the head of the state-funded broadcaster’s governing body said yesterday.

BBC director general George Entwistle tonight fell on his sword over the “unacceptable” 'Newsnight' broadcast which wrongly implicated a senior former Conservative in a child abuse scandal.

A BBC report which wrongly implicated the former Tory treasurer Lord McAlpine in child abuse should never have been broadcast, the corporation’s director general said today.

Claims are being investigated that three doctors were involved in a network of child abusers connected with disgraced television presenter Jimmy Savile.

Information on three doctors who worked at hospitals where Jimmy Savile had links has been passed to police amid claims they were involved in a network of child abusers connected with the disgraced presenter.

The decision not to prosecute Jimmy Savile over abuse allegations in 2009 will come under the spotlight again after the Prime Minister said Director of Public Prosecutions Keir Starmer will review legal papers from the case.

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”.

The BBC is investigating up to 10 “serious allegations” involving past and present employees, director general George Entwistle said today.

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.

BBC Newsnight editor Peter Rippon has stepped aside after the corporation said his explanation of why the show dropped its investigation into the Jimmy Savile sexual abuse scandal was “inaccurate or incomplete”.

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.

A senior member of staff at the BBC has revealed he questioned Jimmy Savile over rumours about his private life more than 20 years ago.

A senior member of staff at the BBC has revealed he questioned Jimmy Savile over rumours about his private life more than 20 years ago.

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

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.

BBC director-general George Entwistle has asked a senior colleague to answer journalists’ questions on the dropping of a documentary about Jimmy Savile.

The Who "feel the ghosts" of Keith Moon and John Entwistle.

David Cameron raised the prospect today that Sir Jimmy Savile could be posthumously stripped of his knighthood amid allegations of sexual abuse against young girls.

The chairman of the BBC Trust said allegations of sexual abuse by Jimmy Savile could not be excused as behaviour from a time when “attitudes were different”, and gave his backing to inquiries by police and the corporation.

BBC director general George Entwistle has apologised to victims of Jimmy Savile’s alleged sex abuse and said the corporation would hold its own inquiry following a police probe.

George Entwistle is to become the new Director General of the BBC.

A British man serving a life sentence in the US for shooting his wife and baby daughter dead will launch an appeal against his conviction today.

Vicky Entwistle has quit 'Coronation Street' after 14 years.

'Last Of The Summer Wine' star Tom Owen has criticised the BBC for not filming a specially-written farewell episode of the axed show.

BRITON Neil Entwistle was jailed for life without release yesterday for the murder of his wife and baby daughter.

Neil Entwistle will spend the rest of his life in jail after being convicted of murdering his American wife and baby daughter.

Jurors trying Englishman Neil Entwistle over the murders of his American wife and baby are to hear closing arguments.

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BRITON Neil Entwistle searched the internet for the “best” way to kill someone just four days before his American wife and baby daughter were murdered, a court was told yesterday.

THE jury trying Briton Neil Entwistle for the murder of his wife and baby will to hear evidence that he trawled internet sex sites in the days before the killings, the judge ruled yesterday.

BRITON Neil Entwistle arrived at court yesterday charged with murdering his American wife and baby.

BRITON Neil Entwistle goes on trial in the US today, accused of murdering his American wife and baby.

A British man accused of murdering his American wife and baby was sent to a psychiatric hospital after prison guards found a letter to his parents reportedly saying it could be his last and giving instructions for his burial, US police said today.

Coronation Street bigmouth Janice Battersby has become Britain’s unlikeliest exercise guru after topping the fitness DVD charts.

A British man accused of killing his wife and infant daughter lost two legal challenges this week when a judge ruled he must submit to a DNA test and denied a defence motion to dismiss the murder indictment against him.

The Who frontman Roger Daltrey insists late band member John Entwistle died in a manner fitting his notorious rock 'n' roll lifestyle.

Legendary British rock band The Who will tour the world for the first time in more than two decades later this year, and will release their first studio album since 1982.

Briton Neil Entwistle, accused of killing his American wife and nine-month-old daughter, today pleaded not guilty to murder charges.

British man Neil Entwistle is due to appear in a US court today accused of murdering his American wife and baby.

A British man accused of murdering his American wife and baby at their home in Massachusetts has been extradited to the United States, Scotland Yard said today.

A British man accused of murdering his American wife and baby searched the internet for information on how to kill and commit suicide days before their deaths, newly-released court papers have alleged.

THE British man arrested over the murder of his American wife and baby daughter told police he did not kill them but found them shot dead when he returned from an errand, according to a police affidavit yesterday.