Officers investigating the Jimmy Savile scandal have arrested former pop star Gary Glitter.
He was held at an address in central London and taken to a police station in the capital.
A Scotland Yard spokesman said: "Officers working on Operation Yewtree have today arrested a man in his 60s in connection with the investigation.
"The man, from London, was arrested at approximately 7.15am on suspicion of sexual offences, and has been taken into custody at a London police station.
"The individual falls under the strand of the investigation we have termed 'Savile and others'."
