Tony Blackburn returns to the BBC: the benefits of a returning employee

Tony Blackburn is set to return to the BBC eight months after he was sacked following an investigation, and subsequent publication, of a report into sexual abuse at the corporation - The BBC reports. 

At the time, the veteran radio DJ alleged that Tony Hall, the corporation’s Director-General, had personally decided to dismiss him. Blackburn said he would sue, but his complaint was rejected by the BBC Trust in the summer.