As it happened: Reaction to Entwistle's resignation
Key Points
- BBC director general George Entwistle has resigned in the wake of the Newsnight north Wales child abuse broadcast
- The broadcast led to former Conservative treasurer Lord McAlpine being wrongly implicated in abuse
- BBC Trust chairman Lord Patten, who criticised "shoddy journalism" at Newsnight, says the BBC needs a thorough, structural, radical overhaul
- Lord Patten says a new director general will be chosen within weeks
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