Bbc Child Abuse Scandal

• New chief starts job of restoring BBC's reputation

  New BBC director-general Tony Hall took up his post on Tuesday, starting the task of restoring the reputation of the world's biggest broadcaster that has been rocked by a child sex abuse scandal.

• BBC announces staff shake-up after Jimmy Savile scandal

  The BBC announced a staff shake-up on Thursday in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal, including the replacement of the head of news who was criticised for her handling of the crisis over child sex abuse.

• Review slams BBC over Jimmy Savile report but says no cover-up

  An official report on Wednesday strongly criticised the BBC's handling of allegations of child sex abuse against late presenter Jimmy Savile, but cleared the world's biggest broadcaster of a cover-up.

• Police make arrest in connection to Britain's alleged child abuse

  Police investigating alleged child abuse centering on former BBC presenter Jimmy Savile said on Wednesday they have arrested a man in his 70s.

• British TV network pays damages over false child sex abuse claim

  British commercial television network ITV on Thursday said it had paid out $199,362 to a senior politician who was wrongly linked to child sex abuse by one of its programmes and the BBC.

• BBC settlement with politician likely: Reports

  A lawyer for the Conservative Party politician wrongly implicated in a child sex abuse scandal said on Thursday a settlement with the BBC is likely to be reached shortly.

• BBC marks unhappy 90th birthday

  The BBC marked the 90th anniversary of its first ever transmission on Wednesday beset by doubts about its future after scandals surrounding its reporting of child sex abuse allegations.

• Two more BBC executives hit by child sex-abuse scandal

  BBC director of news Helen Boaden and her deputy Stephen Mitchell "stepped aside" amid the crisis over a report wrongly accusing a British politician of child abuse and similar allegations against late BBC presenter Jimmy Savile, media reports said.

• BBC trust head calls for radical overhaul over sex abuse crisis

  The head of the BBC's governing body said Sunday the broadcaster needs a radical overhaul following the resignation of its chief executive in wake of a scandal over a botched report on child sex-abuse allegations.

• BBC chief quits over child sex abuse controversy

  The BBC's top executive resigned on Saturday night after the prestigious broadcaster's marquee news magazine wrongly implicated a British politician in a child sex-abuse scandal, deepening the crisis that exploded after it decided not to air similar allegations against one of its own stars who police now say was one of the nation's worst paedophile...

• BBC star may have abused girls over four decades

  Jimmy Savile, the late BBC TV star at the centre of a child sex scandal that has shaken Britain's state-funded broadcaster, may have abused up to 25 victims some as young as 13 over four decades, police said on Tuesday.