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The Latest Breaking News from Gary Lineker

Gary Lineker swept aside amid astonishing levels of online outrage

In today’s Football Daily email: A badly-timed announcement, Ken Sema speaks out and Antonio Conte comes out swinging

The Guardian - UK

Gary Lineker: Match of the Days fans slam "pathetic" BBC decision as host axed

The BBC have stood Gary Lineker down from hosting duties on Match of the Day after a tweet of his sparked a row with the Conversative government, leaving fans furious

Daily Mirror

BBC confirm Gary Lineker to 'step back' from Match of the Day role

Gary Lineker will be off presenting duties on BBC's Match of the Day following his controversial tweet on Government immigration policy

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Gary Lineker: History of Match of the Day host’s political tweets

England football legend has been vocal about his political views on Twitter down the years

The Independent UK

Gary Lineker to 'step back' from BBC's Match of the Day

Leeds Live

Gary Lineker 'stepping back' from Match of the Day as BBC seeks agreement following Suella Braverman Twitter storm

Lineker took aim at the home secretary but was initially set to present the Saturday night flagship show this weekend as normal.

Daily Record

Gary Lineker to STEP BACK from Match of the Day after asylum tweet

GARY Lineker will “step back” from presenting Match Of The Day until he and the BBC have reached an “agreed and clear position” on his use…

The National (Scotland)

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Gary Lineker axed by BBC until they can 'agree on his use of social media'

The presenter has been embroiled in a row after comparing the language used to launch a new Government asylum policy with 1930s Germany

Belfast Live

Gary Lineker to step back from BBC Match of the Day presenting role amid Twitter controversy

Gary Lineker has been in the spotlight this week over his reaction to the government's new plan for asylum seekers.

Manchester Evening News

Match of the Day to air without presenter or pundits after Gary Lineker’s suspension

BBC commentators also refusing to appear after corporation takes its highest-paid presenter off air over impartiality concerns

The Guardian - UK

Gary Lineker off air for Match of the Day after asylum seeker tweets as Ian Wright pulls out

A statement issued by the BBC on Friday said that the ex-footballer, 62, had breached impartiality guidelines.

Daily Record

Gary Lineker will 'step back' from BBC's Match of the Day over social media row

Chronicle Live

Gary Lineker steps back from Match of the Day after Twitter row

The presenter has been embroiled in a row over impartiality after comparing the government’s small boats policy with 1930s Germany

The Independent UK

Gary Lineker to step back from presenting Match of the Day

BBC issues statement amid impartiality row

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Wales Online

Gary Lineker to 'step back' from presenting Match Of The Day

It's until an agreement on his use of social media has been made, the BBC has said - after one of his tweets about the government's new asylum policy sparked furore

Daily Mirror

Gary Lineker taken off air by BBC as star steps back from Match of the Day

BBC have confirmed Gary Lineker will not present Match of the Day this weekend and say his social media posts were a 'breach of our guidelines', but sources close to the presenter claim the decision to 'step back' from the show was not a joint one

Evening Standard

BBC’s move to pull Gary Lineker off Match of the Day sparks backlash

Lineker’s co-hosts Alan Shearer and Ian Wright withdraw from Saturday’s show in support of Lineker

Daily Mirror

'Right-wingers wielding red card over Gary Lineker's migration tweet is deeply ironic'

Brian Reade analyses the issues surrounding Tory outrage over Gary Lineker's recent tweet about the Government's immigration policy

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Daily Mirror

Andrew Marr says Tories are 'weirdly obsessive' about the BBC amid Gary Lineker row

Andrew Marr used his LBC show to blast the Tories and the BBC over their response to Gary Lineker's migrant tweet and urged people to 'start talking about something else'

The National (Scotland)

Richard Madeley calls Gary Lineker's immigration comments 'stupid' and 'an insult'

RICHARD Madeley has called Gary Lineker’s comparison of the UK Government’s asylum policies to that of Germany’s in the 1930’s “an…

Daily Mirror

Chris Packham drags Lord Sugar into Gary Lineker BBC row over unearthed tweets

Tweets by Lord Alan Sugar are now being called into question following a row over what BBC stars can and can't say on social media

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak says paying France to stop small boats crossing Channel is a ‘sensible investment’

The prime minister is in Paris for his first summit with Emmanuel Macron as he bids to reset Anglo-French relations

The Independent UK

Sunak defends Government’s asylum policy following criticism from Lineker

The row was sparked by Gary Lineker’s response on Twitter to a Home Office video unveiling plans to stop migrants crossing the Channel.

Daily Mirror

Rishi Sunak wades into Gary Lineker row - saying BBC star will be 'proved wrong'

The Match of the Day host branded the Government’s Illegal Migration Bill “an immeasurably cruel policy directed at the most vulnerable people in language that is not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the '30s”

Evening Standard

OPINION - Lineker has played into Tory hands: for them, a row on migrants is good

Gary Lineker has had quite the week. Let’s deal first with the claims that the much-loved commentator should be sacked because, as his critics say, he has broken BBC impartiality rules and angered licence-fee payers because he expressed his views on political matters. Arguments in his defence are clear to…

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