The bbc s star football presenter, gary lineker, has been suspended over comments he made criticising the british governments asylum policy. Ina in a tweet he compared the language of the uk government with germany in the 1930s. Britain will pay france hundreds of millions of dollars over the next three years for a new Detention Centre and more patrols to help clamp down on migrants crossing the channel in small boats. Saudi arabia and iran have agreed to re establish diplomatic ties seven years after riyadh s embassy in tehran was attacked following the saudi execution of a shia cleric. The gunman opens fire at a Jehovah Witness Hall and the german city of hamburg. Seven People Killed including an unborn baby. At ten oclock well be here with a full round up of the days news. First. The chef, the model the missing millions vt a Global Pandemic and a national emergency. From this evening, i must give the british people a very simple instruction. You must stay at home. An economy grindin
£10 million of tax payer s money that should have been used to help small businesses during covid. drivers are stuck for hours overnight after snow in some parts of the uk causes disruption on the roads. # never fighting but it always wins. later in the hour on the bbc news channel, looking at the penultimate news channel for the six nations champion. can they keep the grand clean dream good evening. gary lineker has been pulled by the bbc from presenting match of the day following his tweets criticising the government s latest immigration policy. a bbc spokesman said he will step back from match of the day until there is an agreed and clear position on his use of social media . the controversy blew up after gary lineker compared the home secretary s language on people arriving here on small boats across the channel with that used in 1930s germany. bbc staff are expected to remain impartial and not express personal opinions those defending gary lineker have said that
the bbc s star football presenter, gary lineker, has been suspended over comments he made criticising the british government s asylum policy. ina in a tweet he compared the language of the uk government with germany in the 1930s. britain will pay france hundreds of millions of dollars over the next three years for a new detention centre and more patrols to help clamp down on migrants crossing the channel in small boats. saudi arabia and iran have agreed to re establish diplomatic ties seven years after riyadh s embassy in tehran was attacked following the saudi execution of a shia cleric. the gunman opens fire at a jehovah witness hall and the german city of hamburg. seven people killed including an unborn baby. at ten o clock we ll be here with a full round up of the days news. first. . .the chef, the model & the missing millions(vt) a global pandemic and a national emergency. from this evening, i must give the british people a very simple instruction. you must stay at home.
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