Jeremy Clarkson has launched an expletive-laden broadside against BBC executives as a million-strong petition calling for his reinstatement on Top Gear was delivered by tank to the corporation’s headquarters.

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.