BBC director-general Tony Hall has described the sexual abuse by broadcaster Jimmy Savile as a “dark chapter” in the corporation’s history.

Great British Bake Off star Paul Hollywood has criticised the BBC over its handling of Jeremy Clarkson following the Top Gear “fracas”.

Former Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson is already thinking about his next television project after becoming “obsessed” with the long-running BBC motoring series he fronted before being axed for attacking a colleague.

Former Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson has pulled out of a planned appearance hosting BBC satirical show Have I Got News For You.

BBC bosses have given Jeremy Clarkson permission to present satirical quiz show Have I Got News For You despite not renewing his Top Gear contract.

Jeremy Clarkson will face no further police action over his attack on a Top Gear producer at a hotel, North Yorkshire Police said.

Axing Jeremy Clarkson as host of Top Gear is not a “fatal blow” for the show, Chris Evans has said, as he again ruled himself out from taking over.

North Yorkshire Police have spoken to potential witnesses to the fracas which cost Jeremy Clarkson his job at the BBC, saying they “have a duty to investigate” what happened.

Jeremy Clarkson faces the possibility of police action after the “unprovoked” attack on a colleague that left them in hospital and ended his BBC career.

Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson has thanked the hundreds of thousands of fans who have backed him after his suspension.

BBC director-general Tony Hall has refused to “speculate” on Jeremy Clarkson’s future as the broadcaster launched an investigation into the fracas that saw the Top Gear host suspended.

BBC director-general Tony Hall says he is still “a fan” of suspended Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson, but said allegations of a fracas with one of the show’s producers were “serious”.

BBC Trust boss Rona Fairhead will be questioned about her work at HSBC after she was summoned before a UK parliamentary select committee.

The man in charge of BBC TV has said he expects to lose viewers when BBC3 moves online.

The chief constable of South Yorkshire Police has apologised to Cliff Richard if the force was "insensitive" about the search of the singer’s home.

Cliff Richard has said the sex allegation involving a boy is completely false and that he will continue to co-operate with police.

Cliff Richard has been interviewed under caution by South Yorkshire Police detectives investigating a sex crime claim involving a young boy.

The BBC has been accused of a “cover up” over its role in the police raid on Cliff Richard’s flat following sexual assault allegations.

Director general Tony Hall said BBC journalists "acted appropriately" in their coverage of the police raid on Cliff Richard’s flat following sexual assault allegations.

Director general Tony Hall said BBC journalists “acted appropriately” in their coverage of the police raid on Cliff Richard’s flat following sexual assault allegations.

Cliff Richard has turned down the freedom of his adopted Portuguese home city after finding himself at the centre of a police sex abuse investigation.

Cilla Black has rallied to the defence of fellow showbiz veteran Cliff Richard and said she thinks allegations that he sexually assaulted a boy in the 1980s are "without foundation".

Cliff Richard has pulled out of a charity event after finding himself at the centre of a police sex abuse investigation.

Cilla Black has rallied to the defence of fellow showbiz veteran Cliff Richard and said she thinks allegations that he sexually assaulted a boy in the 1980s are “without foundation”.

The BBC has confirmed plans to shut down the digital TV channel BBC Three in autumn next year, moving all of its programming online to the BBC iPlayer service.

TV star Graham Norton has hit out at the BBC over giant pay-offs given to his former bosses.

TV star Graham Norton has hit out at the BBC over giant pay-offs given to his former bosses.

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 decision to go ahead with a controversial BBC documentary about North Korea went “right to the top”, the corporation’s head of news programming said today.

The BBC was accused of “caving in” to pressure after ruling it would broadcast just five seconds of Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead during Sunday’s chart run-down.

Baroness Thatcher’s tempestuous relationship with the BBC looks set to continue after her death as the corporation found itself in the middle of a row over whether to play the Wizard Of Oz track which celebrates her demise.

The lessons from the Jimmy Savile affair are being learnt by the BBC, the new director general said today.

A strike by BBC journalists disrupted radio and TV news programmes today, with the threat of further action unless a row over jobs is resolved.

In Britain, the BBC has appointed a new Director General - and given him the task of repairing the corporation's battered reputation.

The head of the Royal Opera House, Tony Hall, was given the biggest job in broadcasting today after being appointed BBC director-general as the corporation acted quickly to move on from its crisis.

A TRAGIC heroine killed by her own hand.

OUTSOURCING company IT Alliance is to create 20 jobs in its Irish testing division, bringing job numbers in that area to 60 by the year-end.

A US man who was stopped for driving erratically was distracted because he was looking at pornography, authorities said today.

The leaders of Zimbabwe and Venezuela today denounced US President George W Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair as “unholy men”, and blamed the US and other developed countries for world hunger, pollution and war.

More than half of the €548m in aid promised by US President George Bush will be given immediately to help those at risk from famine in Ethiopia and Eritrea, US officials in Rome said today.

THE United States is receiving reports that United Nations’ food aid for desperately hungry North Korean women and children is being eaten by the military instead, a senior US official said yesterday.

A top US food aid official today warned Zimbabwe will face a “major famine” if the government does not clear away bureaucratic roadblocks and allow massive amounts of food to be imported by the end of the year.