BBC apologises for Tory’s link to abuse accusation

The BBC “unreservedly” apologised last night for broadcasting a programme concerning allegations of sex abuse at a children’s home which led to a former Tory party treasurer being wrongly accused.

Earlier yesterday, Alistair McAlpine denied the claims, calling them “wholly false and seriously defamatory”.

McAlpine, 70, who served as treasurer under Margaret Thatcher, said he had never visited the Bryn Estyn care home in Wrexham, Wales, and denied abusing residents there.