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Gary Lineker set for BBC return during Saturday’s FA Cup coverage

Lineker was taken off air last week for a tweet comparing the language used to launch a new Government asylum seeker policy with 1930s Germany.

The Independent UK

Gary Lineker returns to TV and delivers perfect opening line after "interesting" week

Friday night saw Gary Lineker back on TV screens for the first time since his brief suspension by the BBC, having criticised the government's response to illegal migrants by flouting impartially guidelines

Daily Mirror

Robbie Savage's heartwarming gesture to BBC staff who missed pay amid Gary Lineker row

Robbie Savage's BBC Radio 5 Live phone-in Six-0-Six was cancelled last weekend after the Gary Lineker Match of the Day row, with production staff missing out on getting paid

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Gary Lineker news – live: Defiant Match of the Day star says he’s ‘still punching’ ahead of BBC return

Lineker to return to hosting duties after being reinstated by Tim Davie

The Independent UK

Gary Lineker had a ‘special arrangement’ with the BBC to tweet about refugees, says agent

Match of the Day star BBC thought he had arrangement allowing him to make comments about refugees and the small boats crisis, agent claims

The Independent UK

Gary Lineker thought he had ‘special agreement’ with BBC over tweets, says agent

Jon Holmes, who represents the Match Of The Day Host, has offered an insight into the recent impartiality row

Evening Standard

Lineker thought he had ‘special agreement’ with Tim Davie over tweets says agent

Jon Holmes, who represents the Match Of The Day Host, has offered an insight into the recent impartiality row.

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Gary Lineker thought BBC had agreed he could tweet about refugees, says agent

Jon Holmes suggests Match of the Day star had thought Tim Davie had special agreement with him before outcry over tweet

The Guardian - UK

Ian Wright fumes at BBC after turning Gary Lineker row into a "hot mess"

Ian Wright was the first pundit to boycott Match of the Day after the BBC controversially axed Gary Lineker - who was reinstated by the broadcaster on Monday morning

Daily Mirror

Gary Lineker slams Tory MP's 'outrageous' comments that he called northern voters 'racist bigots'

The Match of the Day presenter called the comments 'outrageous'

Manchester Evening News

Ian Wright says ‘heads have got to roll’ after BBC management caused ‘hot mess’ over Gary Lineker row

The former England footballer joined fellow pundits – including Alan Shearer and Alex Scott – to walkout in solidarity with Lineker

The Independent UK

Gary Lineker slams ‘outrageous and dangerously provocative’ false claim about him made by conservative MP Jonathan Gullis on Channel 4 News

The reinstated Match of the Day responded to comments made by Conservative MP Jonathan Gullis

Wales Online

Gary Lineker challenges ‘dangerously provocative’ comments made by Tory MP

The Match Of The Day host described accusations that he called northern voters ‘racist bigots’ as ‘outrageous’.

The Independent UK

Ian Wright says BBC management caused ‘hot mess’ over Gary Lineker impartiality row

The former England footballer joined fellow pundits – including Alan Shearer and Alex Scott – to walkout in solidarity with Lineker

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The Independent UK

Ian Wright says BBC management caused hot mess over Gary Lineker impartiality row

The former England footballer joined fellow pundits – including Alan Shearer and Alex Scott – to walkout in solidarity with Lineker.

The Guardian - UK

Gary Lineker suspension echoes Putin’s Russia, says Labour

Shadow minister accuses government of ‘deliberate strategy of undermining BBC’ as calls mount for corporation’s chair to quit

Wales Online

Gary Lineker challenges Elon Musk after son receives Twitter abuse

Sports presenter re-shared a private message which said his eldest son, George, should to be 'burned at the stake'

Evening Standard

Gary Lineker row goes to heart of BBC reputation, says Ofcom boss

Dame Melanie Dawes also said the proposed local radio cuts had not been the BBC’s ‘finest hour’ in terms of communication.

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The BBC-Lineker row: Can journalists be ‘impartial’ about human rights?

The BBC is back as an “anti-national” force, but Arnab Goswami may not get a chance to pull off a 56-inch Godi Award-worthy performance this time. The nationalist trolls, after all, are not desi but British in the public broadcaster’s latest controversy.

The Independent UK

Ofcom chief hopes BBC can find way through ‘difficult episode’ with Gary Lineker

Dame Melanie Dawes also said the proposed local radio cuts had not been the BBC’s ‘finest hour’ in terms of communication.

Daily Mirror

Loose Women pulled off air all week in huge ITV schedule shake-up

There will be no new episodes of lunchtime chat show Loose Women on ITV this week, after Monday's instalment aired hosted by Ruth Langsford

Daily Record

ITV Loose Women star Janet Street Porter faces backlash after Gary Lineker dig

The 76-year-old host stirred viewers up the wrong way with her comments about the newly reinstated BBC host.

Daily Mirror

BBC rocked by 'huge rift' as Gary Lineker fallout sees details leak from bosses' meetings

Gary Lineker will return to his presenting duties at the BBC this weekend, but the agreement to bring him back may not be the end of the matter as bosses face discontent from staff

Wales Online

Gary Lineker row has reportedly caused 'civil war' at BBC

The Match of the Day host compared the Government's migrant policies to Nazi Germany in a tweet

Daily Mirror

Mark Chapman issues apology on BBC 5 Live return after Gary Lineker saga

Mark Chapman has addressed the BBC's mass exodus over the weekend, which bought their sports coverage to a halt amid the decision to axe Gary Lineker from Match of the Day

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