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For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails The BBC has apologised after an impartiality row over a tweet by Gary Lineker ended with the presenter reinstated as the host of Match of the Day.Director-General Tim Davie said he recognised the potential confusion caused by the grey areas of the BBC's social media guidance following a difficult period for staff, contributors, presenters, and most importantly, our audiences.

Gary Lineker has cancelled his appearance on Match Of The Day Live due to illness, BBC Sport has said.Lineker returned to presenting duties on Saturday after he was taken off air by the broadcaster last weekend over his comments comparing the language used to launch a new Government asylum seeker policy with 1930s Germany.

The BBC was sent into meltdown this weekend after presenters and pundits staged a mutiny in solidarity with Gary Lineker, who has been forced off air over a tweet about the government's asylum crackdown.Lineker, who has hosted Match of the Day for almost a quarter of a century, has been embroiled in a row over impartiality after comparing the language used to launch a new asylum policy with 1930s Germany.

The BBC was sent into meltdown this weekend after presenters and pundits staged a mutiny in solidarity with Gary Lineker, who has been forced off air over a tweet about the government's asylum crackdown.Lineker, who has hosted Match of the Day for almost a quarter of a century, has been embroiled in a row over impartiality after comparing the language used to launch a new asylum policy with 1930s Germany.

Gary Lineker will return to TV screens to present live coverage of the FA Cup quarter-final between Manchester City and Burnley on Saturday.It will mark the 62-year-old broadcaster's first appearance on the BBC since he was told to step back from hosting Match Of The Day in a row over impartiality.Lineker was taken off air last week for a tweet comparing the language used to launch a new Government asylum seeker policy with 1930s Germany.

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email An ex-BBC governor's call for Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer and Ian Wright to be fired from Match of the Day and replaced with women at half the price has been condemned by Labour MPs.

Gary Lineker has said that he is still bewildered by the row with BBC bosses over his remarks on social media criticising the government's policy on asylum-seekers.The star presenter and former England footballer was briefly told to step back from Match of the Day earlier this month over his Twitter output, sparking a crisis in BBC sports programming as his fellow presenters, pundits and commentators withdrew their labour in solidarity.

England record-breaker Harry Kane reflected on a magical moment after he put his World Cup pain behind him to stand alone as the country's all-time leading goalscorer on Thursday night.Kane's 44th-minute penalty in Naples helped England to an impressive 2-1 win away to Euros champions Italy and earned him a slice of history.

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Sir Keir Starmer has described BBC chairman Richard Sharp's position as increasingly untenable over the Gary Lineker row.Mr Sharp is facing calls to resign amid the ongoing impartiality row at the corporation, despite an agreement for the star presenter to return to Match Of The Day. Labour and others have suggested he is compromised by the investigation into whether he failed to properly share details of his involvement in an 800,000 loan for Boris Johnson when he was at No 10.

The BBC announced on Monday that it had reached an agreement with Gary Lineker, a star sports personality, that will allow him to return to hosting its flagship soccer program, Match of the Day.The move defuses a crisis that began with a politically charged post that Mr. Lineker posted on Twitter last week about the British government's immigration policy and escalated into a staff mutiny that threatened the BBC's reputation and stability.

Rishi Sunak should not appoint the next BBC chairman, veteran broadcaster David Dimbleby has said after Richard Sharp quit the role over a report which found he broke the rules.Mr Sharp, a former Tory donor, resigned on Friday after a review by Adam Heppinstall KC found he failed to disclose that he played a role in getting then-prime minister Boris Johnson an 800,000 loan guarantee.

Gary Lineker has waded into the row over the appointment of BBC chair Richard Sharp just weeks after he was suspended by the broadcaster for speaking out against the government.Richard Sharp resigned on Friday after a report found he breached the public appointments code when he failed to declare two conflicts of interest during his appointment.

Gary Lineker has said the government should never be involved in appointing the chair of the BBC, after the resignation of the incumbent, Richard Sharp.Sharp announced on Friday he was stepping down after accepting the findings of an independent investigation which said he breached the rules for public appointments.

Governments and oppositions have always complained that the BBC is too generous to the other side.In the past, that charge has not been sustainable for long enough to think the corporation is systemically failing at impartiality.Its news output is generally fair and balanced, especially when compared with the frothy partisanship in many newspapers.

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The BBC's reputation is on the line in the difficult process of coming up with new social media guidelines amid the Gary Lineker controversy, the head of Ofcom has said.Melanie Dawes, chief executive of the media regulator, said the impartiality row goes straight to the heart of the BBC's wider reputation beyond its news and current affairs coverage.

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Labour has compared Tory pressure on the BBC to suspend Gary Lineker to something akin to Vladimir Putin's Russia sparking a new row in the saga.Shadow culture secretary Lucy Powell accused Tory ministers and MPs of orchestrating a cancel campaign which saw the Match of the Day host pulled off air.

The BBC's savings target has increased by 40% to 400 million amid high inflation and a licence fee freeze.In its Annual Plan published on Thursday, the broadcaster said it was responding by cutting 1,000 hours of content commissions across its portfolio, among other measures.The BBC previously projected it needed to save 285 million by 2027/28 the end of the current charter period.

Former director-general Lord Birt has said presenters such as Gary Lineker who are inextricably bound up with an important BBC programme should have to abide by impartiality rules.The executive, who led the BBC between 1992 and 2000, appeared before the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee as part of a session in the wake of the pundit and former England player's three-day suspension from Match Of The Day. Lineker was taken off by the BBC after posting a tweet in which he said the language used by the Government to promote its asylum plans was not dissimilar to 1930s Germany, but was returned following a boycott by top on-air talent.

Suella Braverman's plans to deport migrants to Rwanda feature on several of Sunday's newspaper front pages.No migrants have been relocated to the country since the deal was signed last April by Ms Braverman's predecessor, Priti Patel, but the Sunday Telegraph and Sunday Express report that the Home Secretary plans to get flights running by summer.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails A former BBC director-general has said the reinstatement of Gary Lineker as host of Match Of The Day is like a 5-0 win for the sports presenter.Greg Dyke, who is also a former chair of the Football Association (FA), said there was a perception that the broadcaster had been bullied by the Government into its initial decision to remove Linker from the programme.

LONDON The BBC secured a draw on Monday in its showdown with Gary Lineker, reversing the former soccer great's suspension from the airwaves for a tweet that criticized the U.K. government's new migration policy.The about-face followed a weekend of chaos and crisis for Britain's publicly funded national broadcaster, which faced a huge backlash after sidelining one of its best-known hosts for expressing a political opinion.

Gary Lineker has won his 4.9 million tax battle with HMRC.The Match Of The Day host was told by the taxman he should have been classed as an employee of the BBC and BT Sport for his presenting duties, rather than as a freelancer.The tax authorities pursued him for 4.9 million it claimed should have been paid on income received between 2013 and 2018.

Gary Lineker has won his 4.9 million tax battle with HMRC.The Match Of The Day host was told by the taxman he should have been classed as an employee of the BBC and BT Sport for his presenting duties, rather than as a freelancer.The tax authorities pursued him for 4.9 million it claimed should have been paid on income received between 2013 and 2018.

Gary Lineker said he is still bewildered by the disproportionate response to his tweet earlier this month which resulted in him being briefly taken off air as host of the BBC's Match Of The Day.Following a tweet posted by the pundit on March 7, in which he said the language used by the Government to promote its asylum plans was not dissimilar to 1930s Germany, he was taken off by the BBC due to concerns about impartiality, but returned to the programme following a boycott by top on-air talent at the broadcaster earlier this month.

The BBC has defended its news coverage of the Gary Lineker impartiality row after they received complaints deeming the amount excessive.In a complaint report published on Friday, the corporation said some viewers had also expressed that they felt the story should have focused more on the Illegal Migration Bill and criticism it has received.

The UK Government has said it wants to get cracking on sending migrants on a one-way trip to Rwanda, with plans being made for summer deportations.Cabinet Office minister Oliver Dowden cited challenges in the courts as the reason for why the policy has yet to proceed.But he expressed confidence the plans are lawful and insisted swift action would follow should the courts decide in the Government's favour.

Author Michael Rosen has echoed Gary Lineker's statement about perceived parallels between the language used surrounding the Government's immigration policies and Nazi Germany, while speaking on a stage outside Downing Street.The former children's laureate cited Lineker during a speech which condemned the Illegal Migration Bill and Suella Braverman's rhetoric to hundreds of protesters who had marched to Whitehall.

Suella Braverman has made her first trip to Rwanda as home secretary amid criticism that the Guardian, other liberal newspapers and the BBC have been shut out from the publicly funded visit.Ahead of the trip on Friday, Braverman said her controversial policy to deport asylum seekers to the African country will act as a powerful deterrent against dangerous and illegal journeys.

Gary Lineker thought he had a "special agreement" with the BBC's director general to tweet about refugees and immigration, his agent has said.In a piece in the New Statesman, Jon Holmes has described the crisis talks held with BBC bosses during last week's stand-off.He said he warned them that suspending Lineker could be damaging, hours before a staff walk-out began.

Nicola Sturgeon was always going to leave some big shoes to fill, but the SNP has already been finding the First Minister a hard act to follow.The race for the SNP leadership has been a rocky affair, with dramatic resignations and acrimonious clashes between the candidates during live TV debates.Even interim chief executive Mike Russell said, only a few days ago, that the party is in a tremendous mess.

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Last updated on .From the section England
Harry Kane could have been forgiven for not just having history on his mind as he stared down Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma before the moment that re-wrote England's record books.

Harry Kane moved ahead of Wayne Rooney as England's outright record scorer with his successful penalty against Italy.The Tottenham striker has taken just 81 caps to surpass Rooney's previous national record of 53 goals.Here, the PA news agency looks at England's leading men's goalscorers and how Kane compares to his predecessor as captain.

Gary Lineker has tweeted about folk who constantly tell fibs less than an hour after Boris Johnson's legal defence over Partygate was published.The former PM insisted in his written evidence to the inquiry that his denials over lockdown parties in No 10 were made in good faith and based on what he honestly knew at the time.

A debacle with sports host Gary Lineker sparks a furious debate about free speech and impartiality at the BBC.Plus, what could AI mean for the media?The suspension by the BBC of Gary Lineker, a well-known footballer-turned-broadcaster, over a tweet comparing the United Kingdom's new immigration bill with 1930s' Nazi Germany, is exposing the double standards in British journalism and politics.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails The mid-week papers focus on the Chancellor's budget package which is set to include a major expansion of childcare support.The Daily Telegraph, the Financial Times, the i and the Daily Express all report on Jeremy Hunt's 4bn childcare bid to get parents back to work.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Tuesday's front pages focus on the aftermath of the BBC's apology following an impartiality row over a tweet by Gary Lineker as well as Gary Glitter's recall to prison.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails The front pages are dominated by Gary Lineker and the BBC, with reports that the two parties may be close to a deal that would end the standoff.The Daily Mirror, The Sun, The Times, The Guardian, the Daily Mail, the Daily Telegraph and the i all report on a potential truce which would see Lineker back in the Match Of The Day presenting seat.

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Rishi Sunak has committed to giving Tory MPs the freedom to decide Boris Johnson's fate ahead of his live TV grilling on whether he lied over Partygate.The prime minister suggested on Monday he would not use the Tory whip to exert pressure on his colleagues to go easy on his predecessor as he faces a possible suspension.

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Watch live as MPs debate the government's Illegal Migration Bill in the House of Commons on Monday (13 March).Last week, Rishi Sunak and Suella Braverman, the home secretary, vowed to stop the boats as they unveiled the plan, which has since been heavily scrutinised.