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Mail Online UK
| 6 months ago
The great niece of Jimmy Savile has told how she was driven to the brink of suicide by the Facebook backlash after claiming she was one of the TV star's victims. Caroline Robinson, 49, spoke out last month about how she had been abused twice by her...
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Mail Online UK
| 6 months ago
17 November 2012 The BBC's Children In Need telethon raised more than 26million for charity despite damage to the Corporation's reputation from recent scandals. The seven-hour fundraiser, whose highlights included Apprentice star Sir Alan Sugar...
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The Sun UK
| 6 months ago
Dave Lee Travis yesterday fiercely denied sexually assaulting two female colleagues while admitting: Of course I have groped a woman's breasts. The Beeb legend, 67 dubbed The Hairy Cornflake declared: I am a man, and women have groped me before. But...
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Mail Online UK
| 6 months ago
Sir Terry Wogan and Fearne Cotton shortly before he made reference to 'recent news' while taking about sexual abuse Children in Need presenter Sir Terry Wogan failed to mention Jimmy Savile on tonight's show as he made reference to the 'awful...
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News 24
| 6 months ago
British radio presenter Dave Lee Travis on Friday protested his innocence following his arrest for sexual offences, after his employers said he was being taken off the air with immediate effect. Travis, who counts Myanmar democracy leader Aung San...
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CNN
| 6 months ago
A BBC "Newsnight" program on November 2 focused on allegations of child abuse from the 1970s and 1980s at children's homes in Wales. It said two victims had alleged that a Conservative, Thatcher-era politician, whom it did not identify by name, had...
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SF Gate
| 6 months ago
A British radio station has suspended the radio program of a disc jockey who has been arrested as part of a national child sex abuse scandal. Bauer Media says Dave Lee Travis ' weekend show on Magic AM will not be broadcast until the investigation...
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The Sun UK
| 6 months ago
Lee Travis has denied any wrongdoing and said his arrest yesterday "has nothing to do with kids". The former Radio 1 presenter was taken off air with immediate effect by radio station Magic AM. Travis, who was arrested by officers investigating the...
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Mail Online UK
| 6 months ago
Because that to me is the most important thing in the world and I do not wish to have my name sullied around something that bloody evil, to be honest,' he said. Scroll down for video Denial: Former Radio 1 DJ Dave Lee Travis denied being a paedophile...
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Sky News
| 6 months ago
DJ Dave Lee Travis has denied any wrongdoing after being arrested by police investigating the Jimmy Savile sex abuse claims. Speaking outside his home near Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, he protested his innocence and said he did not want his name...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 6 months ago
Dave Lee Travis, the former Radio 1 DJ and Top of the Pops presenter, was arrested yesterday (Thursday) by detectives investigating allegations of sexual abuse. The 67 year-old was detained at his home in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, at 7.45am on...
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The Independent
| 6 months ago
Former Conservative politician Lord McAlpine has commenced legal action against a long list of organisations and individuals who wrongly linked him to a paedophile ring after coming to a £185,000 settlement with the BBC...It comes after the BBC...
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United Press International
| 6 months ago
Longtime British disc jockey Dave Lee Travis was arrested Thursday on suspicion of sexual offenses 30 years ago. Travis, who worked for the BBC's Radio 1 for many years, is the fourth person to be arrested following allegations that the late Jimmy...
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International Herald Tribune
| 6 months ago
In the letter, sent 10 days before Mr. Thompson left the BBC in September, lawyers representing him and another executive threatened to sue The Sunday Times in London over contentions in an article it was preparing that they had been involved in...
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Al Jazeera English
| 6 months ago
03 The mistaken report has caused turmoil within the BBC, leading to the resignation of its director general [AFP] The BBC has reached a settlement with a former senior Conservative politician wrongly implicated in a child sex abuse scandal.
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CNN
| 6 months ago
A BBC "Newsnight" program on November 2 focused on allegations of child abuse from the 1970s and 1980s at children's homes in Wales. It said two victims had alleged that a Conservative, Thatcher-era politician, whom it did not identify by name, had...
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Mail Online UK
| 6 months ago
15 November 2012 Former Radio 1 DJ Dave Lee Travis yesterday became the fourth person to be arrested by police investigating allegations of sexual abuse following the Jimmy Savile scandal. The 67-year-old was held during an early-morning raid at...
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United Press International
| 6 months ago
Five U.K. women's groups are pressing for an examination of gender bias at the BBC in the wake of two child sex-abuse scandals and growing allegations of misconduct at the broadcaster. Jimmy Savile with former Prime Minister Gordon Brown. (Downing...
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Qatar English Daily
| 6 months ago
Radio and TV presenter Dave Lee Travis was reportedly arrested yesterday as part of the British police investigation set up in the wake of allegations against his BBC colleague Jimmy Savile. Police said a man in his 60s was being held on suspicion of...
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The Age
| 6 months ago
Travis was a regular fixture on BBC Radio 1 from its launch in 1967 until 1993, when he resigned from his weekend morning show on air, saying he did not agree with changes being made to the station. Over the years he presented various Radio 1 shows...
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The Independent
| 6 months ago
If proof were needed that Dave Lee Travis remained influential beyond his BBC Radio 1 golden years, it came when following her release from 15 years of house arrest Aung San Suu Kyi revealed the Hairy Cornflake had helped her endure her captivity. In...
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SF Gate
| 6 months ago
A lawyer for the politician wrongly implicated in a child sex abuse scandal says his client is likely to reach a settlement soon with the BBC and may sue people who named him on Twitter. Lawyer Andrew Reid said Thursday that a deal between Alistair...
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News 24
| 6 months ago
Former radio DJ Dave Lee Travis was arrested on Thursday as part of the police investigation set up in the wake of allegations against his BBC colleague Jimmy Savile, British media reported. Police said a man in his 60s was being held on suspicion of...
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Sydney Morning Herald
| 6 months ago
But Robert McAlpine, the ex-Tory party treasurer who became a victim of mistaken identity, said on Thursday no amount of money could repair the damage done by the Newsnight report. "It gets into your soul and you just think something is wrong with...
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BBC
| 6 months ago
Dave Lee Travis 'arrested in Jimmy Savile police inquiry' 15 November 2012 Last updated at 10:07 ET Former Radio 1 DJ Dave Lee Travis has been arrested as part of the police probe set up in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal, the BBC understands.
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The Independent
| 6 months ago
Suggested Topics Dave Lee Travis, the former Radio 1 DJ, has been arrested by officers working on the Jimmy Savile child abuse inquiry on suspicion of sexual offences. The 67-year-old became the fourth person to be arrested after hundreds of people...
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Holy Moly
| 6 months ago
Just because two people worked closely together at Radio 1 and have both been accused of sexual misconduct over the years doesn't make them both paedophiles. Unfortunately Dave didn't give a statement this morning, although last month he did have...
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The Guardian
| 6 months ago
Hulton Archive/Getty Images Former BBC Radio 1 DJ Dave Lee Travis has been arrested by Metropolitan police detectives investigating allegations of historical sexual offences. Lee Travis was held at his home in Bedfordshire on Thursday morning by...
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Sky News
| 6 months ago
Former DJ Dave Lee Travis has been arrested by police investigating the Jimmy Savile child abuse scandal, Sky sources say. The one time Radio One star and former presenter of Top Of The Pops, is reportedly being questioned on suspicion of sexual...
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Reuters
| 6 months ago
Topics File photo of disgraced British entertainer Jimmy Savile is seen arriving at the unveiling of a new monument, commemorating the fighter pilots who fought in the Battle of Britain, in London in this September 18, 2005 file photograph. Police...
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The Independent
| 6 months ago
Suggested Topics The former BBC radio presenter Dave Lee Travis has been arrested by police investigating sexual abuse. He is the third media personality to be held in Operation Yewtree, the police investigation that began after the allegations...
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Newyork Times
| 6 months ago
The politician, Lord Alistair McAlpine, a former treasurer of the Conservative Party in the Thatcher era, was not identified by name in the report on the Newsnight program on Nov. 2, but the broadcast provoked a slew of accusations on the Internet...
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Mail Online UK
| 6 months ago
Savile, an average of five per day, since the first sexual abuse allegations emerged. The number of contacts made about other claims of sexual abuse has trebled in the last month, rising to 550. Peter Watt said: 'It's crucial that people continue to...
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BBC
| 6 months ago
Met Police make fourth arrest Police believe Jimmy Savile could have abused the "vast majority" of 450 possible victims Metropolitan Police detectives have arrested a man in his 60s as part of the police investigation set up in the wake of the Jimmy...
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Sky News
| 6 months ago
A man in his 60s and from Bedfordshire is being held by police investigating the Jimmy Savile child abuse scandal. He was arrested at 7.45am on suspicion of sexual offences and is being questioned. A police spokesman said the allegations made against...
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The Idaho Statesman
| 6 months ago
A lawyer for the Conservative Party politician wrongly implicated in a child sex abuse scandal said Thursday he is likely to reach a settlement with the BBC shortly. Lawyer Andrew Reid told BBC Radio that a settlement between Alistair McAlpine and...
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The Independent
| 6 months ago
The former Conservative politician who was wrongly linked to a child sex abuse scandal as a result of the botched Newsnight investigation is expected to reach a settlement with the BBC, his solicitor has told the corporation. Lawyers for Lord...
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The Guardian
| 6 months ago
Children in Need will reference the Jimmy Savile scandal, but will not mention the ex-presenter by name. Photograph: Royal Mail/PA The BBC will attempt to address some of the fallout from the Jimmy Savile scandal in its annual Children in Need...
