Discontent dims the glamour of the Cameroons

Prime Minister David Cameron apologized Wednesday for the “appalling” standard of care at a British hospital and said doctors and nurses should have been fired.

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Monday the publicly funded BBC had serious questions to answer about a sex abuse scandal involving one of its former stars and suggestions that bosses had been involved in covering up allegations. Pressure is growing on new BBC chief George Entwistle to explain why the internationally renowned media organization axed its own expose of alleged abuse of underage girls by the eccentric, cigar-chomping Jimmy Savile who died last year. ...

Two people accused of enslaving three women for more than 30 years had been on the radar of the authorities since the 1970s when they were arrested by police. The pair, thought to be Asian and illegal immigrants, were first arrested by the Metropolitan Police almost 40 years ago. They were detained again Thursday morning as part of an investigation into slavery but were released on bail to a date in January after several hours of questioning. A spokesman for David Cameron, the British prime minister, said he regarded the case as “utterly appalling.”