The Latest Breaking News from Jimmy Savile

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Kris Swales

Ahead of BBC drama The Reckoning, here’s what happened to the disgraced star’s property portfolio

The divisive series will examine the life of Savile, depicting his heinous crimes and their long-lasting and destructive impact

Police have urged people to report any allegations.

The comedian is accused of rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse between 2006 and 2013

The presenter, comedian and actor Russell Brand is at the centre of a joint investigation by The Times, The Sunday Times and Channel 4 Dispatches, which has reported allegations of abuse made against him by four women, which include emotional abuse, sexual assault and rape. Brand has denied these allegations,…

In 2007, before Twitter rage and pile-ons, Brand offered up his female assistant to go to Savile’s place naked. With little social media to provide a forum for outrage, no action was taken

Unit investigating non-recent sexual offences helping Met probe

Russell Brand did not create the lad culture of the Noughties. That was us. We nourished a culture of leaked sex tapes and upskirt pictures of female celebrities “falling out” of nightclubs, a world where women were asked to laugh along with rape jokes but still branded as sluts for…