BBC editor leaves post as differences emerge over Savile probe

BBC Newsnight editor Peter Rippon has stepped aside after the corporation said his explanation of why the show dropped its investigation into the Jimmy Savile sexual abuse scandal was “inaccurate or incomplete”.

He has handed over control of the current affairs show while an inquiry into how the BBC handled the scandal is carried out.

Earlier this month, Rippon defended his decision to axe the report in a BBC blog but the corporation has now issued a correction.