Fran Unsworth the burgeoning Jimmy Savile sexual abuse scandal. She ceased this role in August 2013 and was appointed Deputy Director of News and Current Affairs. In November 2013, Unsworth was replaced as Head of Newsgathering by Jonathan Munro. Unsworth was president of the Society of Editors between 2011–12, and is a board member of the organisation. She is also a board member of the European Union's Erasmus Mundus programme. In August 2014, Unsworth ordered helicopter filming of a police raid on a mansion belonging to Cliff Richard. The coverage led to the singer suing the BBC for breach of privacy. On
Raid on Kerdasa insurgency already and it's increasing. They are killing people in the streets," he said in a press statement. On 6 August 2014, twelve detainees were sentenced to death and other 9 were sent to prison for life over killing Major General Nabil Farag. Raid on Kerdasa The raid on Kerdasa () took place on September 19, 2013, in Kerdasa when Egyptian security forces stormed the town to cleanse it from alleged terrorist spots. The operation was in response to an earlier massacre on August 14 the same year, where protesters attacked a police station killing eleven security personnel shortly after