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OPINION - BBC backs down on Gary Lineker and says ‘sorry’

It must feel discouraging. Imagine winning election after election. Throw in a couple of referendums for good measure. You’ve earned the power to pass laws, move fast and break things. You also enjoy the latitude to appoint coteries and contemporaries to top jobs across the bureaucracy. Yet you look around…

Evening Standard

Piers Morgan calls Gary Lineker news a victory for free speech as he slams the BBC

Piers Morgan supported his arch nemesis Gary Lineker after the BBC confirmed the former footballer would be returning to Match of the Day following his suspension

Daily Mirror

Lineker goes from soccer star to TV host to liberal champion

It looks like the BBC picked on the wrong guy

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GMB's Susanna Reid reminisces as throwback BBC presenting snap shared on air

The 52-year-old presenter was stunned at the picture alongside her ex-colleague and former BBC newsreader Simon McCoy during Monday's show when they were discussing the ongoing rows of Gary Lineker.

Daily Record

Tory MPs furious at BBC ‘climbdown’ giving Lineker ‘carte blanche’

Conservatives condemn ‘pathetic capitulation’ – claiming it will hasten end of BBC licence fee

The Independent UK

BBC chair Richard Sharp under growing pressure to quit over Gary Lineker row

Keir Starmer describes Sharp’s position as ‘increasingly untenable’ as Rishi Sunak offers lukewarm defence of BBC chair

The Guardian - UK

Gary Lineker – live: Tory MPs ‘furious’ at BBC ‘climbdown’ as presenter returns to Match of the Day

Corporation apologised to the Match Of The Day presenter after taking him off air over his tweets about Suella Braverman’s immigration policy

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BBC viewers call for Laura Kuenssberg to stand down after 'biased' Gary Lineker chat

Laura Kuenssberg has left BBC viewers demanding she steps down after allegedly breaching impartiality rules during a conversation about Gary Lineker this weekend

Daily Mirror

Good Morning Britain beeps Lucien Laviscount's savage dig at Conservatives amid Gary Lineker row

Good Morning Britain's North America correspondent Noel Phillips asked several famous faces about the controversial ordeal on the Oscars' champagne carpet overnight

Bristol Post

Tories demand axing of licence fee as they seek revenge on BBC over Gary Lineker U-turn

Jacob-Rees Mogg said the £159-a-year charge is "passed its sell-by date and needs to go" as the BBC rejected pressure from Tory MPs to sack Gary Lineker from Match of the Day

Daily Mirror

Pressure remains for BBC chairman as Lineker row deepens political faultlines

The row over Gary Lineker’s comments come at a difficult time corporation, which is marking its centenary.

The Independent UK

Six Nations: Steve Borthwick must heed warnings from France flaying as England brutally exposed

Record Twickenham drubbing quickly flushed away any progress made under the new regime

Evening Standard

Loose Women's Janet Street-Porter issues withering dig at Gary Lineker over BBC row chaos

BBC director general Tim Davie announced an independent review will be carried out on social media guidelines after Gary Lineker was taken off air

Daily Mirror

ITV's Lorraine Kelly's dig at BBC over Gary Lineker row demanding bosses 'sit down and sort rules out'

The Scots presenter admitted the row was 'mayhem' as she voiced that the major broadcaster 'badly handled' the situation as the Match of the Day host returns to his duties.

Daily Record

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Manchester Evening News

ITV This Morning viewers left baffled by Mike Tindall and James Haskell appearance as Phillip Schofield drops 'grenade' on pair

The former rugby stars appeared live on the ITV daytime show to chat about their upcoming podcast tour

The National (Scotland)

Jacob Rees-Mogg says the UK should have 'freer media' like the United States

JACOB Rees-Mogg has said that the Gary Lineker row highlights how the UK could “have a much freer media, as they do in the United States” by…

Daily Mirror

John Barnes fumes 'BBC can't have it both ways' as he backs Gary Lineker in row

Football star John Barnes has backed his former teammate Gary Lineker after the BBC suspended the Match of the Day host over an impartiality row

ABC News

Economist blames rising inflation on COVID-19 policies, as woman tells Q+A she can no longer afford university

A young Australian tells Q+A she has been forced to forego her education due to the spiralling cost of living, opening the door for economist Gigi Foster to blame COVID-era government policy for rising inflation in Australia.

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Sports Illustrated

BBC Reinstates Gary Lineker After ‘Match of the Day’ Controversy

The Independent UK

BBC chair Richard Sharp’s position ‘untenable’ after Lineker row, says Keir Starmer

‘How on earth is he still in position?’ asks Labour leader amid impartiality row

Daily Mirror

Gary Lineker BBC revolt shows government are yet to learn from Marcus Rashford mess

The decision to take the Match of the Day presenter off air should only be framed as the broadcaster bending to government pressure - but when will Tories learn that taking on football will always end in defeat

Evening Standard

Gary Lineker to make BBC return for Man City vs Burnley FA Cup quarter-final

Lineker will present live coverage of Saturday’s game from the Etihad Stadium after reinstatement following impartiality tweet row

Daily Mirror

Gary Lineker won't host Saturday's Match of the Day highlights despite BBC return

Gary Lineker has been reinstated by the BBC following a chaotic weekend which saw the broadcaster in disarray, but he won't immediately return to Match of the Day

The Independent UK

BBC reveal Gary Lineker’s first TV appearance after tweet row

Mark Chapman is set to present Saturday night’s Match of the Day highlights show.

Asharq Al-Awsat

BBC Backtracks on Lineker Over Tweet Slamming UK Asylum Plan

The BBC secured a draw on Monday in its showdown with Gary Lineker, reversing the former football great's suspension from the airwaves for a tweet that criticized the UK government’s new migration policy. The about-face followed a weekend of chaos and crisis for Britain's publicly funded national broadcaster, which faced…

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