TICKER: BBC’s director general resigns over broadcasting false claims by a sex abuse victim

The BBC’s director general, George Entwistle, has resigned in the wake of the Newsnight child abuse broadcast. In a statement outside New Broadcasting House in London, Mr Entwistle said: “I have decided that the honourable thing to do is to step down.” Earlier, Mr Entwistle said Newsnight’s report, which led to Thatcher-era Tory Lord McAlpine... Read More