Alex Scott and Jason Mohammad have confirmed that they will not present their shows Football Focus and Final Score today, in solidarity with Gary Lineker as the BBC fallout over comments made by the Match of the Day host continues.
Football Focus, which was due to air at midday, has now been pulled off the air following Scott's announcement, with the slot replaced by an episode of Bargain Hunt. Meanwhile, an episode of The Repair Shop is now due to be shown in the 4:30pm slot in place of Final Score, according to the BBC's schedule.
The BBC confirmed on Friday that Lineker had been asked to step back from his presenting duties until they had an "agreed and clear position on his use of social media", following remarks he made on Twitter concerning the Government's new Illegal Immigration Bill. A statement from the BBC said that they had found the presenter to have breached their guidelines on impartiality, after he described the new bill as "not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the 30s".
