BBC Savile colleague held for suspected sexual offences
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Buy SPH photosLONDON (AFP) - Radio and TV presenter Dave Lee Travis was reportedly arrested on Thursday as part of the British police investigation set up in the wake of allegations against his BBC colleague Jimmy Savile.
Police said a man in his 60s was being held on suspicion of sexual offences, although they did not officially name him.
But British media widely reported that Travis, 67, was being questioned by detectives.
Travis, nicknamed the Hairy Cornflake, worked with Savile at BBC Radio 1 during the 1970s and 1980s and was one of the most recognisable faces in British broadcasting.
