BBC foots Lord McAlpine legal bill

Lord McAlpine

The BBC has agreed to pay Lord McAlpine a further £117,000 in legal costs after an erroneous Newsnight report implicated the Tory peer in child abuse claims.

Agrees to meet £117k in costs

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