Basically, The police have accepted they acted wrongly, and have compensated Sir Cliff. The BBC may not accept that they acted wrongly, but that is the decision of the court.

To claim "investigations that find no crime committed still need to have been made. " is typical Steve Shaw bollocks.
As a 'well-educated scientist' he should be aware that it is not possible to prove the negative that "no crime has been committed". There is the possibility to disprove individual allegations, but to prove that "no crime has been committed"? Impossible.