Bbc Child Sex Abuse

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  Former BBC Journalist Duncan Bartlett Pleads Guilty To 35 Child Sex Abuse Offences

  A former BBC journalist has been jailed for eight years for a string of child abuse offences, including paying money to watch live streams of children being sexually exploited in the Philippines.

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  UK Child-Sex Probe: 'I Was Raped by Ex-PM Edward Heath in 1961'

  Allegations linking former Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath to child sex abuse threatened fresh disgrace for Britain's political establishment today as claims of high-level historic paedophilia pile up.

• BBC radio presenter arrested in sex abuse inquiry

  Radio presenter Paul Gambaccini was arrested on Tuesday as part of a wider inquiry into alleged child sexual exploitation, his spokesman told the British Broadcasing Corporation (BBC) on Friday.

• British artist Graham Ovenden jailed for child sex abuse

  British artist Graham Ovenden, known for his paintings of young girls, was jailed for child sex offences today after judges said an initial suspended sentence was unduly lenient.

• BBC veteran broadcaster Stuart Hall jailed for sex assaults

  Veteran British television and radio presenter Stuart Hall was jailed for 15 months on Monday after admitting to 14 charges of indecently assaulting girls as young as nine.

• 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.

• Jimmy Savile report details child sex abuse cases above 200

  British police say the late entertainer Jimmy Savile committed more than 200 sex crimes over more than half a century, with most victims being children and teens who were assaulted across the length and breadth of Britain, from TV studios to hospitals and even a hospice.

• 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 settles libel suit with wronged politician for 185,000 pounds

  The BBC reached a settlement Thursday with the Conservative politician wrongly implicated in a child sex abuse scandal.

• 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.

• 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.