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america correspondent, tim davey insisted that he would not be resigning. well, i m very sorry for the disruption today. it has been a difficult day and i am sorry that audiences have been affected and they have not got the programming. as a keen sports fan i know, like everyone, that to miss programming is a real blow and i am sorry about that. we re trying very hard to resolve the situation. and make sure that we get output back on air. he is an outstanding broadcaster. he is a brilliant broadcaster and to be clear, success for me is gary gets back on air and together we are giving the audiences that world class sports coverage which, as i say, sorry we have not been able to deliver today. but gary lineker has made lots of comments before. you allowed him to criticise the qatari government on the bbc. why is this different? this is nothing to do with anything to do with the specifics of where a tweet is sent and i will talk in general terms but it is about getting involved
for the bbc, not the government. the british chancellor, jeremy hunt, has met the governor of the bank of england, andrew bailey, to discuss the collapse of silicon valley bank, which mostly financed tech start ups. the director general of the bbc, tim davie, has apologised for the widespread disruption to bbc sports output today but says he won t resign. a number of tv and radio programmes have been pulled from the schedules after presenters and pundits walked out in support of gary lineker. the former footballer was taken off this evening s match of the day programme which he presents for breaching the corporation s social media guidelines. tim davie spoke to our north america correspondent nomia iqbal. well, i m very sorry for the disruption today. it has been a difficult day and i am sorry that audiences have been affected and they have not got the programming. as a keen sports fan i know, like everyone, that to miss programming is a real blow and i am sorry about tha
america correspondent, tim davey insisted that he would not be resigning. well, i m very sorry for the disruption today. it has been a difficult day and i am sorry that audiences have been affected and they have not got the programming. as a keen sports fan i know, like everyone, that to miss programming is a real blow and i am sorry about that. we re trying very hard to resolve the situation. and make sure that we get output back on air. he is an outstanding broadcaster. he is a brilliant broadcaster and to be clear, success for me is gary gets back on air and together we are giving the audiences that world class sports coverage which, as i say, sorry we have not been able to deliver today. but gary lineker has made lots of comments before. you allowed him to criticise the qatari government on the bbc. why is this different?
is gary gets back on air and together we are giving the audiences that world class sports coverage which, as i say, i m sorry we have not been able to deliver today. sorry about the way you handled it? or sorry about the way that he was taken off air? i think we made decisions and i made decisions based on a real passion about what the bbc is and it is difficult. it is this balance between free speech and impartiality and i honestly do not believe, despite a lot of the commentary, that this is about left or right. it is about our ability. we are a fierce champions of democratic debate, free speech, but with that comes the need to create an impartial organisation. but gary lineker has made lots of comments before. you allowed him to criticise the qatari government on the bbc. why is this different?