The chair of the BBC's Children in Need charity has resigned, after reports that she protested over grants awarded to an LGBT youth charity, whose former chief had been involved in a child abuse scandal. Rosie Millard, a writer and broadcaster, accused the charity of "institutional failure" in her letter of resignation shared with the Times.

The chair of the BBC Children in Need charity has quit over grants awarded to an LGBT organisation hit by child sex abuse scandals. Rosie Millard, 59, accused the charity of “institutional failure” in a letter,

CHILDREN in Need chairwoman Rosie Millard has quit over payments made to a scandal-hit charity whose ex-boss is a convicted paedo. The 59-year-old accused the BBC charity for disadvantaged kids of

In her resignation letter to the Children in Need board, Rosie Millard, a 59-year-old former BBC journalist who had chaired the fundraising behemoth for six years, criticised grants of £466,000 awarded to the charity LGBT Youth Scotland (LGBTYS).

The BBC Children in Need chief has quit her role after the charity granted £460,000 to an LGBT group - which has faced child sex abuse scandals. Rosie Millard hit out at the BBC charity, accusing the body of “institutional failure” in her resignation letter,