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Jeremy Paxman, George Entwistle, Helen Boaden and Meiron Jones

'It was common gossip Jimmy Savile liked young girls'

In this series of damning interviews, the BBC inquiry reveals the full  extent of managers’ paralysis in the  face of the Jimmy Savile scandal

BBC executives criticised for refusing to provide interviews over report transcripts

Broadcasters and politicians criticised senior BBC executives for refusing to give interviews in response to the evidence uncovered in the Pollard report transcripts.

BBC news chief said Newsnight had 'contemptuous' attitude towards rest of editorial operation

Helen Boaden, the BBC Director of News, said the corporation’s treatment of the women who came forward to accuse Sir Jimmy Savile of sexual assault was “shaming” and described the “contemptuous” attitude which Newsnight held towards the rest of the BBC’s news operation.

BBC Trust chairman Lord Patten, left; ex-Newsnight editor Peter Rippon

Lord Patten under fire as 'dysfunctional' BBC faces Savile report

Reams of 'unedifying' internal documents show corporation's 'meltdown'

David Cameron: BBC has acted stupidly

David Cameron has embroiled himself in a dispute with the BBC after the Tory candidate in the Eastleigh  by-election pulled out of a radio debate.

'We cursed the cancer. It's dead': Religious satellite TV show 'Miracle Hour' is 'risking lives' by promising cures say charities

During one episode a caller was told to tell relative with cancer 'not to worry about anything'

Chairman of the BBC Trust, Lord Patten

BBC Trust chairman says executives misled him over Jimmy Savile scandal

Long-awaited report into handling of Newsnight debacle to be released on Friday

850 members of BBC staff came forward to raise their concerns

Top BBC executive accused of bullying in Rose review

Several staff at the BBC are each the subject of multiple allegations in an official inquiry into bullying and sexual harassment, The Independent can disclose.

A National Union of Journalists placard taped outside the BBC Television Centre in White City, London

BBC's flagship news programmes hit as journalists strike over compulsory redundancies

BBC staff staged a one-day strike across Britain today in protest at plans for compulsory redundancies at the troubled broadcaster.

BBC journalists to stage 24-hour strike over jobs

BBC journalists will stage a 24-hour strike tomorrow in a row over jobs, threatening disruption to radio and TV news programmes.

Sport on TV: The bare-faced cheek of the man with no clothes

You have to admire the man's naked ambition. Well, there's not much else to look at, to be honest. Mark Roberts from Liverpool was on some kind of winning streak: 517 times he had run around in public in the nude. Streak! The man who can't keep his clothes on (Channel 4, Thursday) followed him as he planned one final exhibition. We never get to see streakers on TV any more; the cameras always turn away, since it's regarded as encouraging publicity-seekers. But there are quite a lot of those on our screens in these days of reality programming. At least they keep their clothes on, most of the time.

South African model Reeva Steenkamp (left), with her former boyfriend Oscar Pistorius, who stands accused of her murder

Oscar Pistorius murder trial: TV show featuring Reeva Steenkamp will still air tonight

Producer says Tropika island of Treasure 'shines with her light and her laughter echoes in every conversation'

Newsnight's economics editor, Paul Mason

Paul Mason interview: on Europe's recession, Golden Dawn, and what follows the Arab Spring

After years following the financial crisis' aftershocks around the world, Newsnight economics editor Paul Mason talks about his newly updated book

Masterchef's Gregg Wallace has admitted he would like to try horse meat

'To beef or not to beef? That is the equestrian': Masterchef's Greg Wallace admits he would like to try horsemeat

As the nation examines its freezers to look for lasagnes which potentially contain horsemeat, Masterchef's Gregg Wallace has admitted he would like to try the controversial foodstuff.

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Michael Landy's artistic marriage made in heaven... and hell
'He will always be a friend': Jackie Stewart backs Polanski

'He will always be a friend'

Jackie Stewart backs Roman Polanski
The price of pacifism: Refusing to go to war is finally being recognised as a brave act

The price of pacifism

From the Second World War refusenik to the 19-year-old Israeli, Holly Williams talks to five people who risked shame and suffering to take a stand as conscientious objector.
'It was mass hysteria': Jason Isaacs on groupies, theatre bores and snogging James Bond

Jason Isaacs: Groupies, theatre bores and James Bond

To millions, Jason Isaacs is one of Harry Potter's arch enemies – but his wife prefers him as a Scottish TV detective.
Notes from a small island: Is Sealand an independent 'micronation' or an illegal fortress?

Sealand: 'Micronation' or illegal fortress?

Thomas Hodgkinson spent a week at the tiny platform off the Suffolk coast to find out.
Not a bad bone: Mark Hix cooks with cutlets and ribs

Mark Hix cooks with cutlets and ribs

If you ignore cutlets and ribs, you'll risk missing out on some delicious and easy meals, says our chef.
The experts' guide to summer: From getting fit for the beach to recreating that Olympic buzz

The experts' guide to summer

From getting fit for the beach to recreating that Olympic buzz
Sex, drugs and fast cars: The legend of James Hunt has set Hollywood hearts racing

Legend of James Hunt has set Hollywood hearts racing

Early glimpses of Ron Howard's film Rush suggest it will portray Hunt as a high-living lothario, with an insatiable appetite for partying.
Macklemore: 'I don't have moderation when using drugs and alcohol. It was hurting my life'

Macklemore: 'I don't have moderation'

The next Vanilla Ice or the next Eminem? Macklemore doesn't have a record contract – but he does have the UK's biggest-selling single of the year.
Don't be shy: Bill Granger's Sri Lankan recipes

Don't be shy: Bill Granger's Sri Lankan recipes

Sri Lankan cuisine is light, sunny, wonderfully spiced – and so easy to cook from scratch. Just as soon as you've broken into the coconut, that is.
Sir James Dyson’s latest project: Cleaning up hospitals

Sir James Dyson’s latest project: Cleaning up hospitals

Doctors are hailing the revamp of a Bath neonatal unit, where babies sleep more and feed better, as the model for patient care
One man returns to Argentina's town that drowned

One man returns to Argentina's town that drowned

Epecuen was submerged under 10 metres of water in 1985. Now the floods have gone – and 83-year-old Pablo Novak has moved back in