Jimmy Savile

Sir Michael Lyons says BBC has been the victim of "hysteria", as the number of girls abused by the presenter approaches 100.

Derek Chinnery, who worked as the Radio 1 controller from 1978 to 1985, discloses that he questioned Jimmy Savile over sex abuse allegations two decades ago.

Jimmy Savile did not care whether he was reviled for molesting children after his death, saying: “I’ll leave it to the psychologists to sort out the psychology of child abuse.”

Jimmy Savile was in a foul mood; he was clearly not his normal, brash, cheery self.

Savile was investigated by police during a series of sex abuse inquiries spanning six decades – but each time he evaded justice following police blunders, the Sunday Telegraph can disclose.

Sir Christopher Bland, the former chairman of the BBC, said an inquiry was required to relieve suspicions that the Newsnight investigation in to Sir Jimmy Saville was dropped because of pressure from senior executives.

The Variety children’s charity last night became the latest body to be dragged into the Jimmy Savile sex abuse scandal after it emerged he was suspected of molesting girls on its Sunshine Coaches.

Police investigating the Sir Jimmy Savile sex abuse scandal have now received 340 lines of enquiry and are dealing with 40 potential victims, Metropolitan Police announces.

Police investigating the Sir Jimmy Savile sex abuse scandal have now received 340 lines of enquiry and are dealing with 40 potential victims, Metropolitan Police announces.

Deputy Prime Minister said he could not understand how the Jimmy Savile scandal had remained hidden for so long, adding there must have been people at the BBC who 'knew what was going on.'

Savile's former director reveals he saw presenter having sex with16-year-old girl, but BBC officials "did nothing".

The NHS trust responsible for Stoke Mandeville Hospital is under mounting pressure to commission an independent inquiry into how much was known by staff about Sir Jimmy Savile’s alleged abuse of child patients there.

A woman has told ITV producers she was abused as a child by a well-known media figure, who is still alive but has not been named, following a documentary airing allegations about Jimmy Savile.

June Thornton, a former nurse at Leeds General Infirmary, tells ITV1's Daybreak she saw Jimmy Savile 'molesting' a female patient with brain damage.

The cruise line has shelved plans for a sail-by tribute in honour of the entertainer Sir Jimmy Savile.

Further claims that Sir Jimmy Savile abused young patients at Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Buckinghamshire emerge, while the hospital is under pressure to set up an inquiry.

Sir Jimmy Savile may not have acted alone in his sexual abuse of young girls, the chairman of the BBC Trust has admitted as he addressed the “cesspit” of “appalling allegations” for the first time.

Stoke Mandeville hospital is under pressure to set up an inquiry after it was claimed that nurses knew TV presenter Sir Jimmy Savile went on “ward rounds” to find young patients to abuse.

As efforts continue to remove tributes and memorials to Sir JImmy Savile, two more abuse allegations dating back more than 50 years have surfaced in Manchester.

Sir Jimmy Savile's elaborate gravestone broken up and sent to landfill by family as police say he could have abused up to 25 victims.