Daming report into pulling of Newsnight report into Savile

The decision to drop a Newsnight report into the Jimmy Savile sex abuse allegations was "seriously flawed" and plunged the BBC into "chaos and confusion".

In Britain, a review’s found there was no cover-up, but there was a lack of leadership and organisation at the corporation.

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The deputy director of news at the BBC has now resigned.

Nick Pollard, who compiled the report, says there were major failings: