so let s see who s going to be waiting me. i ll have a wee chat with them. they ll be like, you ll never guess! i waited tables, lesley paterson was at mine! lesley paterson, not for the first time in her life, is going for gold. colin paterson, bbc news, hollywood. and a reminder of our top story. the bbc has apologised to sports fans, after scrapping large parts of today s coverage in a deepening dispute about impartiality. the corporation took its best paid star, gary lineker, off air on friday over tweets he posted criticising the british government s use of language on immigration. a range of other bbc sports broadcasters and pundits then pulled out of the programmes in solidarity with the presenter, meaning they couldn t be broadcast in their usual form. the bbc says it realises fans would be disappointed, and that it is working hard to resolve the situation. the bbc s director general, tim davie, who is in washington is due to give an interview and we will hopefully be able to
presenter or you re a football presenter, then you are not bound by those same rules. and i think what the bbc has done is actually the real problem of today is that the bbc has undermined its own credibility by doing this. because it looks like, it looks like the perception out there is that the bbc has bowed to government pressure. the bbc s view is that it has rules. presenters with a particularly high profile have, it says, an extra responsibility to be impartial. and for the current director general tim davie, this is crucial for what he says is a cornerstone of the bbc impartiality. if gary lineker breached the guidelines, why didn t you sack him? well, i think we always look to take proportionate action, and that s what we ve done. but haven t you just kicked it further down the line? aren t you delaying the innevitable? i don t want to add to the statement. i think we ve had very constructive discussions. the statement is very clear, and that s where we are. as editor in chie
this is bbc news welcome if you re watching here in the uk or around the globe. i m lucy gray. our top stories. the bbc says it is working hard to resolve the situation after a number of sports presenters pulled out of programmes this afternoon in a show of solidarity with the presenter gary lineker, who s been suspended for criticising government asylum policy. the bbc director general insists impartiality rules need to be upheld. but the opposition labour party accuses bosses of bowing to government pressure. as editor in chief of the bbc, i think one of our founding principles is in partiality, that is what we are delivering. the is in partiality, that is what we are delivering. are delivering. the bbc is not actina are delivering. the bbc is not acting impartially are delivering. the bbc is not acting impartially by - are delivering. the bbc is not acting impartially by caving i are delivering. the bbc is not acting impartially by caving ini are delivering. the bbc is not i
tory mp5 acting impartially by caving in to tory mps who are complaining about gary lineker. they have got this one badly gary lineker. they have got this one badly wrong gary lineker. they have got this one badly wrong and now they are very, very exposed, as is the government. banking failure since the 2008 financial crisis. us regulators shut down silicon valley bank in the biggest banking failure since the 2008 financial crisis. and we ll catch up with lesley paterson the triathlete who s nominated for numerous awards 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, tom, my name is lesley paterson, he said, i know your story, how many hours a day do you train? the bbc has apologised for its limited sports programming this weekend after several tv and radio shows have been cancelled, as controversy continues over the corporation s decision to take
sports, football pundit, football presenter. but also, as i said earlier, i think the real issue that is going to come back to bite the bbc is the position of the chairman who has very clear links to the conservative party and remains in post. he has not had to recuse himself while he has been under investigation and i think that is a real problem for them. i d make even talking to staff about this? yeah, yes, more generally about the impartiality guidelines. i think concerned. i know, to the point at which they were first revised, people were very concerned about their rights, for example, to support black lives matters, to go on pride matches and other sorts of things and people must be free to express themselves in relation to things that they feel very