A BBC radio and television presenter was charged for engaging in "indecent assaults" in the 1970s and 80s on Wednesday, Reuters reports:

Stuart Hall, 82, best known for hosting the popular TV program "It's a Knockout" in the 1970s and 80s and who still appears on radio, was not charged with rape, police said.

"The offences are alleged to have been committed between 1974 and 1984 and to involve three girls aged between 9 and 16 years," police said in a statement.