Gary Glitter is the latest in a string of high-profile celebrities to be convicted following investigations by Scotland Yard’s Operation Yewtree.

Former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher made repeated attempts to get Jimmy Savile knighted – despite pleas from her concerned aides – it was reported today.

Jimmy Savile visited wards at an NHS hospital to find children to abuse, it has been claimed.

VETERAN British broadcaster Jimmy Savile, a famously eccentric culture figure, has died at his home in northern England. He was 84.

The “larger than life” veteran DJ and broadcaster Sir Jimmy Savile has died aged 84.