George Entwistle

Thursday 4 April 2013

The new boss of the BBC has criticised the large pay-offs given to senior staff in the past when they left the corporation.

BBC tribute page 'censored' Savile accusations

Friday 22 February 2013

Detailed accusations about Jimmy Savile's sex crimes were censored after viewers tried to post them on a BBC tribute web page.

Watchdog to probe pay-offs at BBC

Thursday 27 December 2012

THE public spending watchdog is to investigate BBC severance packages after it emerged almost 200 senior managers received payoffs of more than £100,000 each in the past three years.

Ditching Savile story was 'flawed but not cover up'

Thursday 20 December 2012

The decision to drop a Newsnight report into Jimmy Savile's sex abuse was not the result of a cover up, but was flawed and wrong, a review has found.

Newsnight reviews depict BBC in chaos

Wednesday 19 December 2012

The decision to drop Newsnight's report into Jimmy Savile's decades long campaign of sexual abuse was "flawed" and plunged the BBC into "chaos and confusion", according to a review carried out by former Sky News executive Nick Pollard.