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Everyone's shooting the BBC. Amusing, maybe, but we may come to regret it.

A crisis, yes. But let’s not all shoot the BBC.

11 November 2012 10:51

I have just returned from two hours of broadcasting on the BBC World Service. It is an odd time to be inside the BBC, not least because reporters from the… Continue reading

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Tom Watson made the allegation about a paedophile ring with links to Downing Street at Prime Minister's Questions. Picture: Getty

Rob Wilson attacks Tom Watson on child abuse claims

9 November 2012 17:03

After Lord McAlpine’s statement this morning about the allegations and rumours of child abuse surrounding the Tory peer and other figures, Tory MP Rob Wilson has gone on the warpath… Continue reading

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Lord McAlpine in 1996. The peer today denied the allegations of child abuse that have been swirling on social media for the past week. Picture: PA

Lord McAlpine: Abuse allegations ‘wholly false and seriously defamatory’

9 November 2012 11:54

Lord McAlpine has broken cover this morning after the Guardian named him in its story claiming the peer is a victim of mistaken identity in the swirling allegations about a… Continue reading

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Bryn Estyn is one of the care homes at the centre of the North Wales child abuse allegations. Picture: Getty

Calls grow for a wider public inquiry on child protection

6 November 2012 17:06

The government is moving at a swift pace over the allegations of child abuse at North Wales children’s homes: yesterday it announced an review of the Waterhouse inquiry, today Theresa… Continue reading

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