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22 February 2013Last updated at 12:18

Savile rumours were 'common gossip'Jimmy Savile at Leeds General Infirmary

It was "common gossip" that late DJ Jimmy Savile liked "young" people, assumed to be girls, presenter Jeremy Paxman told a BBC inquiry.

As it happened: transcript reaction

Transcripts of the evidence to the inquiry into the dropping of Newsnight's Jimmy Savile investigation have been published.

BBC transcripts: Who said what

The BBC publishes thousands of transcripts from the Pollard Review of Newsnight's decision to axe a report into abuse by Jimmy Savile. Here are some key quotes.

Background

Will the reports make a difference?Pollard has exposed "chaos and confusion" A Journalist holds a copy of The Pollard Report at New Broadcasting House,

Who goes and who stays?Who was in charge when the row first brokePeter Rippon, Steve Mitchell, Helen Boaden

Q&A: BBC crisis explainedBackground to the director general's resignation George Entwistle resigns on 10 November

Crisis timelineThe events that led to Entwistle stepping downGeorge Entwistle outside New Broadcasting House

What went wrong?Ken MacQuarrie's report on Newsnight broadcastKen MacQuarrie

Entwistle resignation statementStatements in full and letters exchangedGeorge Entwistle

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