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.

Women who claim they were abused by Jimmy Savile at a girls’ school were “delinquents” who were “looking for money” by making allegations against the late TV entertainer, their former headteacher has said.

The “best opportunity” to catch Jimmy Savile over abuse claims was missed by police who decided not to interview the former headteacher of a children’s home, it was claimed today.

A Co Dublin man died after being stabbed three times, the Deputy State Pathologist told a murder trial jury today.

A key witness in a murder trial told a jury at the Central Criminal Court today that her boyfriend tried to defend himself with a shovel before being stabbed to death.