LONDON >> An investigation into the Jimmy Savile sex abuse scandal cleared the BBC of wrongdoing Thursday, even as it painted a damming portrait of an institution where employees were afraid to raise ...

The British Broadcasting Corporation, the BBC, has long been seen as a gold standard in journalism. Lately, though, that reputation has been called into question over how the network handled ...

The BBC dropped a Newsnight investigation into whether Jimmy Savile was a paedophile following "pressure" from senior managers at the corporation, a documentary will claim this evening. The BBC and ...

A specialist sex crimes squad set up after UK entertainer Jimmy Savile was found to have abused hundreds of people is helping to investigate the damning allegations against Russell Brand, it emerged ...

LONDON (AP) – An independent report into how British police handled allegations against disgraced late BBC entertainer Jimmy Savile said Tuesday that police held records that connected him to sexual ...

Charges against Barry Bennell mushroomed into a scandal that rocked English soccer. By Richard Pérez-Peña A three-year investigation concluded that the TV personality had raped at least eight people ...

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s government could order a full public inquiry into the British Broadcasting Corp.’s handling of the Jimmy Savile sex abuse scandal, the country’s top media minister said Sunday.

The Metropolitan Police enquiry into alleged sexual abuse of children by Jimmy Savile and others has now become a formal criminal investigation. Two weeks of information-gathering for Operation ...

Director general George Entwistle tells the committee that "a problem of culture" allowed the former "Top of the Pops" host's behavior and that a dropped report on Savile should have aired. By Stuart ...

LONDON (Reuters) - British police arrested comedian Freddie Starr on Thursday as part of an investigation triggered by allegations that the late BBC presenter Jimmy Savile sexually abused hundreds of ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Jimmy Savile, the late BBC TV star at the centre of a child sex scandal that has shaken Britain's state-funded broadcaster, may have abused up to 25 victims some as young as 13 over ...