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Conservatives outraged over CNN photo of Thatcher with ‘pedophile’ Jimmy Savile
Conservative supporters Margaret Thatcher expressed outraged on Monday after CNN marked the death of the the former British prime minister by airing a photo of her with former BBC television presenter Jimmy Savile, a suspected pedophile. In a CNN Starting Point segment soon after the news of Thatcher’s death broke…
BBC inquiry begins as sex abuse scandal grows
An inquiry into the BBC’s culture and practices got under way with the broadcaster reeling from allegations of child sex abuse perpetrated by the late Jimmy Savile, one of its biggest stars. The probe begins a year to the day since the death of Savile, the eccentric presenter now considered…
Vatican says it regrets honoring notorious British pedophile
The Vatican said Sunday it regretted conferring a papal knighthood on Jimmy Savile in 1990, but said there was no way to revoke the honour despite revelations of child sex crimes committed by the disgraced British television star. The Vatican is “deeply saddened that someone who has been defiled in…
Sex abuse scandal ‘worst BBC crisis in 50 years’
Unfolding claims of sexual abuse against late BBC star Jimmy Savile have plunged Britain’s national broadcaster into its biggest crisis for 50 years, a senior reporter has warned. Veteran BBC foreign editor John Simpson explained in an interview to be aired Monday that the scandal had left the broadcaster in…
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