Bbc Sex Abuse Scandal

• BBC broadcaster admits 14 indecent assaults

  BBC broadcaster Stuart Hall has pleaded guilty to multiple assaults on young girls.

• 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.

• Jimmy Savile is suspect in 199 crimes

  British police investigating sex abuse allegations against the late BBC entertainer Jimmy Savile say that they have recorded 199 crimes in which Savile is a suspect.

• BBC Trust chief defends huge director-general payout

  The head of the BBC's governing body insisted on Tuesday he had to give director-general George Entwistle a huge pay-off when he quit in the wake of paedophilia scandals engulfing the corporation.

• 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.

• Tony Hall is new BBC boss

  The BBC appointed a former journalist who runs the Royal Opera House to lead the broadcaster on Thursday after sex abuse scandals that shook public trust in one of Britain's most treasured institutions.

• 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.

• 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...

• Politician dragged into British sex abuse scandal after BBC report

  Internet speculation was circulating on Saturday after a BBC news programme embroiled in the Jimmy Savile sex abuse scandal aired a report in which two men claimed they had been abused by a top politician.

• British pop star Gary Glitter arrested in sex abuse case

  The sex abuse scandal surrounding the late BBC children's television host Jimmy Savile widened on Sunday as police arrested former rock star and convicted sex offender Gary Glitter in connection with the case, British media said.