Liverpool Daily Post - Tag - jimmy savile

Morning news headlines for May 10, 2013

Liverpool Daily Post — Fri, 10 May 2013 07:25:00 GMT

OLYMPIC gold-medal winning sailor Andrew Simpson has died after his catamaran capsized off the coast of California and a review into a police force’s contacts with Jimmy Savile has concluded there is no evidence its officers protected him from arrest or prosecution.

Insurer RSA could face claims in Savile sex abuse scandal

Liverpool Daily Post — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 13:11:00 GMT

Liverpool insurance company RSA could be liable to pay-outs linked to the Jimmy Savile BBC sex abuse scandal.

Headlines for March 18, 2013: Cross Party deal on press regulation, Cyprus tax on savings and double budget blow predicted

Liverpool Daily Post — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 08:41:00 GMT

A CROSS-PARTY deal for a new press regulator underpinned by statute appeared closer today; politicians in Cyprus will vote today on a bank account levy which could affect the savings of thousands of British expats and vulnerable sexual abuse witnesses should be allowed to give evidence in new specialist courts MPs will argue today.

Morning news headlines for March 12, 2013

Liverpool Daily Post — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 08:28:00 GMT

POLICE forces across Britain have come under fire for ignoring Jimmy Savile’s abuse victims as it emerged the disgraced presenter could have been stopped as early as 1964; hundreds of drivers were stranded in their vehicles in freezing conditions after snow bought traffic to a standstill and Falkland Islanders have voted overwhelmingly to remain a British overseas territory.

Will Batchelor: Stripping Jimmy Savile of his knighthood won’t change the terrible truth

Liverpool Daily Post — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 12:00:00 GMT

IF, LIKE me, your social life peaked around the same time as Britpop, you probably also stayed in on Saturday night.

Morning news headlines for December 19, 2012

Liverpool Daily Post — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 08:26:00 GMT

THE “plebgate” row that engulfed Andrew Mitchell was allegedly fuelled by a police officer who posed as a member of the public and falsely claimed to have witnessed the events and the High Court is being asked today to quash the original inquest verdicts returned after 96 Liverpool football fans died at Hillsborough 23 years ago.

TV COLUMN: BBC coverage this week is fine example of the media eating itself

Liverpool Daily Post — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:00:00 GMT

Instead she – or he – just wanted to tell you about how their boss had just quit and everything they were supposed to have done wrong.

David Higgerson's TV review: Have I Got News For You gets off to a bad start

Liverpool Daily Post — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 15:00:00 GMT

If ever there was a programme which knows how to tell a negative story to its advantage, it’s HIGNFY. Finding your presenter (in this case, Angus Deayton) on the front page of a Sunday newspaper for dubious reasons would normally kill off a programme which is all about taking the mickey out of those in the news.

Tributes pour in to veteran DJ and charity fundraiser Sir KJimmy Savile

Liverpool Daily Post — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT

TRIBUTES were paid to “larger than life” veteran DJ and broadcaster Sir Jimmy Savile. He would have celebrated his 85th birthday today.