Author: News Desk

‘Just spewing hate across the airwaves.’

His comments last year have drawn comparisons.

Sad news.

Les Blues sealed a huge 53-10 win at Twickenham.

Employees have come through with the answers.

Disruption to the BBC’s football coverage continues on Sunday.

Ice, ice baby.

The Sunday Papers Sunday Papers – BBC day of disruption Most of Sunday’s front pages reflect the impact of a day of disruption for sports programming at the BBC following the decision to ask Match of the Day host Gary Lineker to step aside. According to the Mail on Sunday, the BBC experienced a “day of unprecedented drama” due to the lack of football coverage after Gary Lineker was removed from air. The paper reports that TV and radio schedules had to be hastily rearranged because other presenters and pundits refused to appear on the shows. The Mail describes the…

The Observer – Linekar row threatens to topple BBC chiefs and hit asylum plan Summary of the front page The Observer says the Lineker row “threatens to topple BBC chiefs” as well as “derail parts of the government’s controversial new asylum policy”. In its Sunday spread, the paper reports that BBC Chairman Richard Sharp and the corporation’s Director General Tim Davie “were both under growing pressure to resign,” as leading sports and media personalities have continued to defend the football star’s “right to criticise what he regards as racist language used by ministers to promote their immigration policy”. The front…

The BBC was forced to scrap much of its weekend sports programming as presenters walked out in support of football host Gary Lineker, who was suspended for sending a tweet criticising the British government’s new asylum policy.