to reassure their tech start up sectors after the collapse of one of the main sources of funding, the silicon valley bank. the stars are gathering on the champagne coloured carpet at the oscars. we ll have the latest on hollywood s biggest night of the year. hello and welcome to bbc news. talks between the bbc and its highest paid presenter gary lineker are said to be moving in the right direction after a second day of scheduling disruption following his removal from the match of the day programme. bbc news understands there are hopes of a resolution soon but not all issues are fully resolved at this stage. the bbc had forced gary lineker to step back from his duties, after he posted a tweet criticising the government s language on migrants. our media correspondent, david sillito, has been looking at the weekend s events. have you spoken to tim davie yet, mr lineker? i i m going to walk my dog and i m going to do my shopping, so would you mind letting me do it on my o
funding why we put an enormous amount of funding in why we put an enormous amount of funding in place to support them. for social funding in place to support them. for social care, that largely goes through for social care, that largely goes through local authorities. so one of the earliest things we did was provide the earliest things we did was provide billions of pounds extra for local authorities in honouring fenced local authorities in honouring fenced grants so they would have extra fenced grants so they would have extra funds to spend on the things they needed to at the time. that was done, they needed to at the time. that was done, i they needed to at the time. that was done, i cant they needed to at the time. that was done, i can t remember exact what date, done, i can t remember exact what date, but done, i can t remember exact what date, but relatively early on in the pandemic date, but relatively early on in the pandemic. with regard to social
conference in which we were trying to dealwith. i had conference in which we were trying to deal with. i had to level with the public to deal with. i had to level with the public and say, i am afraid a large the public and say, i am afraid a large number of people will lose their large number of people will lose their loved ones before their time and it their loved ones before their time and it was their loved ones before their time and it was a pretty grim press conference. and in that discussion, we were conference. and in that discussion, we were asked about the way through. and i think. we were asked about the way through. and i think, patrick said the idea was to and i think, patrick said the idea was to flatten the curve, suppress the virus was to flatten the curve, suppress the virus with some measure of herd immunity the virus with some measure of herd immunity by the virus with some measure of herd immunity by september, would be a -ood immunity by sep