support in next week s budget. we ll catch up with lesley paterson the triathlete who s in the running at this weekend s oscars for her screenplay of a german first world war epic i went iwent up i went up to tom cruise and i said, hi, i went up to tom cruise and i said, hi. tom, i went up to tom cruise and i said, hi. tom, my i went up to tom cruise and i said, hi, tom, my name is lesley paterson. he said i hi, tom, my name is lesley paterson. he said i know hi, tom, my name is lesley paterson. he said i know your story. he said how many he said i know your story. he said how many hours a day do you dream? the six nations roars back into life this afternoon, as england meet france, both needing to win to keep title hopes alive, while wales are aiming to avoid a new low in rome. and after a frosty and icy start of the weekend there is a bit more snow to come the weekend there is a bit more snow to come tonight in northern parts but tomorrow looking much milder. al
in tehran was attacked following the saudi execution of a shia cleric. the bbc says highest paid and most recognised presenter, gary lineker, will step back from fronting its flagship football programme after he criticised the british government s migration policy. the broadcaster said that lineker, a former england captain, would not present his popular programme, match of the day, until an agreement was reached over his social media use. in a tweet, he d compared the language used by the uk government to set out its plan to that used by germany in the 1930s. the bbc said lineker should keep away from taking sides on party political issues under its impartiality guidelines. his co presenters, former footballers and pundits alan shearer and ian wright, say they will not appear on the saturday night programme in solidarity . here s our media correspondent david sillito. gary lineker, for more than 20 years, the face of match of the day. and it was only yesterday that he sai
links with borisjohnson. also on the programme. asylum policy also centre stage at a meeting in paris where the uk promises france £0.5 billion to deal with illegal channel crossings. the gang who stole £10 million of taxpayers money that should have been used to help small businesses during covid. woman shouts. we tell the story of four afghan sisters terrorised by the taliban, now living in safety in germany. and the music from small town america that s now booming in the uk. and coming up on the bbc news channel. british number one cameron norrie is through to the third round in indian wells. he beat taiwan s wu tung lin in straights sets. good evening. the bbc is in crisis tonight, after forcing gary lineker to step back from presenting match of the day over critical tweets about the government s immigration policy. its move led to ian wright and alan shearer pulling out of the programme in solidarity. and the bbc has in the last hour said the show will go ahead with
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