20 December 2012 Last updated at 10:08 ET
Mark Easton, Home editor Article written by Mark Easton Home editor

BBC criticised over Savile report

BBC Trust chairman Lord Patten said the corporation accepted the report in its "entirety"

Here's my report into the Pollard review which showed there was "chaos and confusion" at the BBC over a shelved report into sexual abuse by Jimmy Savile, but there had been no cover-up, an inquiry has found.

The report dismissed claims the Newsnight probe was dropped to protect tribute shows to the late TV presenter.

Newsnight's editor and deputy are being replaced after another inquiry criticised a report which led to Lord McAlpine facing false claims of abuse.

The BBC's head of news, Helen Boaden, is returning to her job, but her deputy is to resign.

Mark Easton, Home editor Article written by Mark Easton Mark Easton Home editor

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A British soldier has been killed… How often has this sad phrase drifted into our consciousness from a news report, reminding us of the risks being taken in our name by young men and women posted to some dusty foreign province?

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