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.

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

The BBC could face a full public inquiry into the Jimmy Savile sex abuse scandal if the corporation’s investigations fail to “get to the bottom” of the accusations, Britain's Culture Secretary Maria Miller has warned.

Former pop star and convicted sex offender Gary Glitter has been bailed until December after his arrest by police investigating the Jimmy Savile scandal.

Officers investigating the Jimmy Savile scandal today arrested former pop star Gary Glitter.

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.

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 Mark Thompson defended Jeremy Clarkson today but admitted the 'Top Gear' host was a “polarising figure” for viewers.

The BBC is set to cut up to 2,000 jobs as part of changes aimed at making savings of around 20%, according to sources.

BRITAIN’S historic papal visit came to an end yesterday as Benedict XVI gave a final wave from the steps of his plane.

Billy Wright’s father insisted today there was “firm and final” proof of state collusion in his son’s killing.

The official inquiry into the murder of Loyalist terrorist Billy Wright in the Maze Prison found that there was no “state collusion” in his killing, Northern Ireland Secretary Owen Paterson said today.

Democratic Unionist claims that the Good Friday Agreement has been superseded by the St Andrews accord are simply window-dressing, SDLP leader Mark Durkan claimed today.

Serving and retired officers lost confidence in the North’s outgoing Police Ombudsman, rank-and-file members said today.

The political progress that has been made in the North could be undone by raking over its bloody past, a former senator has warned.

The woman charged with overseeing the Garda urged Sinn Féin today to accept the new policing arrangements in the North.

The expansion of MI5’s role in the North is to be raised with Taoiseach Bertie Ahern in Dublin tomorrow.

Devolution of policing powers to the Northern Assembly should proceed as soon as possible, the province’s chief police officer said today.

Devolution of policing powers to the Northern Ireland Assembly should proceed as soon as possible, the province’s chief police officer said today.

Rank-and-file gardaí joined senior officers today to wish the new head of the Garda Siochana Inspectorate success in the role.

Singer-songwriter Sting was given an honorary doctorate in his home city today.

THE Catholic Church is compounding injustice by forcing priests at the centre of child sex abuse allegations to stand down, it was claimed yesterday.

The West’s relations with Islam will be seriously damaged if Turkey’s application to join the European Union is blocked, former EU external affairs commissioner Lord Patten warned today.