The Latest Breaking News from Gary Lineker

“The conversation over the last few weeks has at times been difficult,” says the BBC’s director- general Tim Davie. Understatement of the year? Davie is having a torrid month. First he went to war with Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker over political tweets. Then he inadvertently opened a…

A word that was bandied about freely in the wake of the Gary Lineker-BBC affair was “impartiality”. Apparently the gold standard of UK broadcasting, it was something that certain critics judged the BBC sports presenter to have breached in his personal social media posts.

Carol appeared on Radio 4 this morning (March 29) to pay tribute to the late Paul O'Grady

The NHS leads Wednesday’s papers.

John Birt says appointment process for chairman ‘fatally flawed’ due to ‘cosiness’ of Boris Johnson loan

The former England player was suspended from Match Of The Day after a tweet criticising the Government's language over its asylum plans

‘I don’t think his appointment should stand,’ says Lord Birt – as Lord Patten also criticises under-fire chair

Tribunal rules TV host has not failed to pay any tax or national insurance as IR35 rules do not apply to him

Lord Birt said he hoped an ongoing review of social media guidelines offered ‘crystal clarity’.

Gary Lineker was facing a huge tax bill after HMRC claimed he should have been classed as an employee of the BBC rather than a freelancer

BBC presenter Gary Lineker has won a £4.9 million tax battle with the UK Government ...