Jimmy Savile

PR guru Max Clifford is charged with 11 counts of indecently assaulting teenage girls, two of them under age, over a 20-year period.

As the media reveals Rolf Harris as the celebrity quizzed over historical sex allegations, Simon Israel asks whether the media should identify such people before any charges are considered or brought.

Rolf Harris is named as the veteran entertainer who was arrested by police investigating allegations of sexual abuse following the Jimmy Savile scandal.

An 82-year-old man from Berkshire is arrested on suspicion of sexual offences as part of the Jimmy Savile sex abuse investigation, the Metropolitan Police confirms.

Comedian Jim Davidson “vigorously denies” the allegations made against him, his solicitor confirms following the star’s re-arrest for further alleged sex offences.

DJ Dave Lee Travis insists his “conscience is clear” and denies any wrongdoing, following his re-arrest over sexual assault allegations. Channel 4 News understands further arrests are imminent.

As a report warns that police could still repeat the errors of the Jimmy Savile case, have the authorities failed to act on the lessons of the 2002 Soham murders?

Policing inspectors have conceded there is a “distinct possibility” that officers could fail to stop another Savile-like scandal from happening again.

The BBC publishes 3,000 pages of documents in a bid to be “open and transparent” about its investigations into the Jimmy Savile scandal – but, as our editor Ben de Pear points out, issues remain.

Former culture secretary Ben Bradshaw, and former head of Channel 5 head David Elstein discuss the BBC’s release of documents relating to the decision to not air and investigation into Jimmy Savile.

A 65-year-old man is arrested by Operation Yewtree detectives investigating allegations of sexual abuse linked to Jimmy Savile and others.

The BBC apologises for airing a children’s programme on Sunday in which a character dresses up as disgraced DJ Jimmy Savile.

The BBC launches a search for a new editor of Newsnight after the programme dropped a report into Jimmy Savile’s decades-long campaign of sexual abuse.

More than 50 of Jimmy Savile’s sex abuse victims are seeking compensation for the trauma they suffered by him. But as well as suing his estate, the victims could look for damages from the taxpayer.