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Savile reviews to be led by ex-judge and news boss

Former High Court judge Dame Janet Smith and ex-Sky News executive Nick Pollard are to lead the BBC's independent reviews stemming from the Jimmy Savile sex abuse allegations.

The corporation last week announced separate inquiries and now the two heads have been appointed by the BBC Executive and agreed by the BBC Trust.

Dame Janet Smith will lead the examination of the "culture and practices of the BBC" during the years Savile worked there.

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