steve barnett this is bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. to viewers in the uk i'm lucy grey and these are the latest headlines. the bbc apologises for changes to sports programme schedules after presenters and pundits pull out in support of presenter gary lineker who was told to �*step back�* after criticising the uk government's asylum bill. the bbc director general insists impartiality rules need to be upheld. but the opposition labour party accuses bosses of bowing to government pressure. as editor—in—chief of the bbc i think one of our founding principles is impartiality and that's what we're delivering on. thank you very much. the bbc is not acting impartially by caving in to tory mps who are complaining about gary lineker.

they have got this one badly wrong and now they are very, very exposed — as is the government. the bbc has apologised for its "limited sports programming" this weekend after several tv and radio shows have been cancelled, as controversy continues over the corporation's decision to take gary lineker off match of the day. the presenter will not be hosting the programme tonight after criticising the government's language about migrants on social media. a number of presenters and pundits decided not to take part in some shows, in solidarity with gary lineker. football focus and final score were among those pulled and radio 5 live has also faced disruption to its schedules. a bbc spokesperson said it's working hard to resolve the situation.

our media correspondent david sillito reports. when gary lineker left home this morning, it wasn't his normal saturday schedule. the decision by the bbc to drop him from match of the day for tweets — one of which described a statement by the home secretary as "beyond awful" has had repercussions. we've got big games... match of the day will tonight go ahead without presenters, pundits, many of its best known commentators and post—match interviews. and the disruption has spread to other programs. alex scott said she wouldn't be presenting football focus. the bbc�*s replaced it with bargain hunt. continuity announcer: in a change to the schedule, it's bargain hunt. - and a former director general of the bbc, greg dyke, who himself left the job after a run—in with government at the time,

feels the corporation has handled this badly. there is a long established precedent in the bbc, that is if you're an entertainment presenter or you're a football presenter, then you are not bound by those same rules. and i think what the bbc has done is actually the real problem of today is that the bbc has undermined its own credibility by doing this. because it looks like, it looks like the perception out there is that the bbc has bowed to government pressure. the bbc�*s view is that it has rules. presenters with a particularly high profile have, it says, an extra responsibility to be impartial. and for the current director general tim davie, this is crucial for what he says is a cornerstone of the bbc — impartiality. if gary lineker breached the guidelines, why didn't you sack him? well, i think we always look to take proportionate action, and that's what we've done.

but haven't you just kicked it further down the line? aren't you delaying the inevitable? i don't want to add to the statement. i think we've had very constructive discussions. the statement is very clear, and that's where we are. as editor in chief of the bbc, i think one of our founding principles is impartiality and that's what we're delivering on. and for the bbc there's another issue hanging over it — its chairman. there is an ongoing inquiry into richard sharp's role into a loan made to borisjohnson, which has raised questions about his appointment and impartiality. so it was only a day or two ago that gary lineker said he thought all this was beginning to abate. events have rather gone in the opposite direction. david sillito, bbc news. the opposition labour party leader sir keir starmer has criticised the bbc�*s decision.

the bbc is not acting impartially by caving in to tory mps who are complaining about gary lineker. they've got this one badly wrong and now they're very, very exposed, as is the government because at the heart of this is the government's failure on the asylum system. and rather than take responsibility for the mess they've made the government is casting around to blame anybody else, gary lineker, the bbc, civil servants, the blob. what they should be doing is standing up, accepting they've broken the asylum system and telling us what they're going to do to actually fix it, not whinging on about gary lineker. but the bbc has the right to expect its presenters to be impartial. it is not impartial for the bbc to cave in to tory mps complaining about gary lineker. it's the opposite of impartial. and now you can see just how badly exposed that they are. but at the heart of this it's very important to see what's going on. because the government has failed on the asylum system, but instead of taking responsibility for that they're joining in blaming anybody else they can, gary lineker, the bbc, the civil service, the blob, you name it, they'll blame anybody but themselves.

they should stand up, take responsibility, stop whinging about gary lineker and get on with the job. with me is our correspondent charlotte gallagher. in the last hour we have had the statement from the bbc apologising for the chaos in the bbc sports schedules that there is but it doesn't mention any addressing of these criticisms we have been hearing from labour and others. m0. hearing from labour and others. no, it is a general— hearing from labour and others. iifr, it is a general statement essentially as you said saying sorry, that there will be limited sports on the bbc this weekend and that the bbc is working to resolve the situation but this row has become less about what gary lineker said or didn't say on social media but a wider question about the bbc and how it enforces impartiality. it has snowballed from what was a fairly small story bubbling away in the newspapers to leading every news bulletin in the uk. if you step out

side the bbc news building their own news crews from across the uk, it is in every newspaper, if you go on social media athletes from around the world are tweeting about it and it has become a huge story for the bbc. it is really hard to see how they will get out of this one, how they will get out of this one, how they will get out of this one, how they will find a way out of this because gary lineker, it seems, doesn't want to back down from what he said on social media. he doesn't want to back down from what he said on social media.— he said on social media. he said he is stickin: he said on social media. he said he is sticking by _ he said on social media. he said he is sticking by it. _ he said on social media. he said he is sticking by it. a _ he said on social media. he said he is sticking by it. a few _ he said on social media. he said he is sticking by it. a few days - he said on social media. he said he is sticking by it. a few days ago - he said on social media. he said he is sticking by it. a few days ago he | is sticking by it. a few days ago he thought he would still be presenting much of the day. the tweets on tuesday, the bbc said they were speaking to gary lineker, and in a few days later we had them saying he would be stepping back from presenting so this is why there is this criticism from labour and others, saying what happened in between that changed minds, i suppose. we have heard from tim davie, the director—general, a little bit today, talking about how we are taking proportionate action, this is about impartiality. they say they are working hard on this and having good discussions. whether

gary lineker— having good discussions. whether gary lineker will _ having good discussions. whether gary lineker will say _ having good discussions. whether gary lineker will say they - having good discussions. whether gary lineker will say they are - gary lineker will say they are having good discussions or not we would have to ask him. he doesn't seem in any position to want to return to much of the day at the moment with this current situation with his twitter and the bbc have said he can't come back until that is resolved. it seems like every sportsman and woman on twitter is on his side, all going on saying i support gary lineker. none of them, it seemed, wanted to present much of the day, football focus, fighting talk on 5 live command football is such a big part of the bbc schedules at the weekend. it's been severely disrupted today, there is barely any on at all. you even had a league i, a minor club in the uk, saying they would not speak to bbcjournalists. it is a situation that is completely snowballed. we are expecting much of the day to go on the night in a very restricted format but we just don't know. the unions, bectu, the national union ofjournalists, they have both said they agreed with gary lineker, so who knows? we have both said they agreed with gary lineker, so who knows?— have both said they agreed with gary lineker, so who knows? we will see.

thank you. — lineker, so who knows? we will see. thank you, charlotte _ lineker, so who knows? we will see. thank you, charlotte gallagher, - lineker, so who knows? we will see. thank you, charlotte gallagher, on i thank you, charlotte gallagher, on theissues thank you, charlotte gallagher, on the issues at the bbc today. you're watching bbc news. business leaders are warning that companies are facing a cliff edge in their energy bills from april, which could see thousands go under. they're urging the government, which has been supporting firms with their bills over the winter, to extend that help in next week's budget. households too are waiting to hear if government support will continue with domestic bills. our business correspondent marc ashdown has the details. i've spent £76.83 this week. and have you had it on much? no! sue has turned me to reading into a fine art. sue has turned meter reading into a fine art. after seeing her energy bills treble she's now careful about the simple things like making tea and does her washing at certain times of day when her tariff is cheaper. i turn radiators off in rooms. i've shut doors. i sit with a rug around me at night in my lounge. you're just constantly cutting back on everything all the time and thinking, how can i save?

how can i not turn this on? the energy regulator ofgem sets a price cap for the maximum suppliers can charge households for a unit of energy. in april, that's expected to be £3,280 a year, down £1,000 from where it is now. but it's irrelevant at the moment as the government's energy price guarantee means a typical consumer pays a maximum of £2,500 a year. that figure is planned to rise to £3,000 in april. but analysts, politicians and even energy firms are planning for the chancellor in wednesday's budget to freeze the guarantee where it is for another three months. now, there will be some additional support for pensioners like sue, those on low incomes and on disability benefits. and if you want to see how you might be affected, there's loads of information on the bbc�*s website. now it is worth noting that for the past six months everyone's been getting a £66 discount on their bill, totalling £400 paid for by the government. but at the end of this month that is ending. businesses have also been receiving

support for their energy costs, but that's about to change. instead of a capped unit price similar to households, from april they'll receive a flat rate discount on wholesale prices. it means if there's another spike, their costs could rocket. so at the moment, you know, people are paying 21p per kilowatt hour for electricity. that could rise as high as 73, 74p per kilowatt, if they fixed last summer. so you're seeing some bills will rise by three times, maybe even four times from ist april. that's a cliff edge. that's an energy cliff edge and something that we really, really need to avoid, because that will lead to over 300,000 small firms, we think, shrinking, restructuring or having to close. in bourton—on—the—water they're feeling it. ben runs four convenience stores in the area. he's locked into a i2—month energy contract until october, which is about to get far more expensive. we had a £2,000 a month bill for our electric on our old contract.

with the government support for the last six months, that bill has doubled to £4,000 a month. from ist april we will be looking at a bill here for £10,000 a month for this store alone. it's not manageable. the government said its package of energy support has been unprecedented and from april will keep helping businesses while delivering value for taxpayers. the good news is analysts think the price cap could fall to around £2,000 byjuly and stay there for the rest of the year. but right now, households and businesses are hoping for some more help over the coming months. mark ashdown, bbc news. just to let you know the former england strikerjermain defoe is the latest to tweet about what is going on with gary lineker and the bbc. he says it is always such a privilege to work with bbc much of the day but tomorrow i have taken the decision tomorrow i have taken the decision to stand down from my punditry duties. that's the latest from

jermain defoe on twitter. sport and a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre. here's gavin. liverpool have followed up their seven nil premier league thrashing of manchester united by losing 1—0 at bournemouth. they began the stronger side on the south coast but the cherries went ahead through philip billing after nearly half an hour. the result lifts bournemouth off the bottom of the table. a big surprise there in many respects. the six premier league games today, that being one of them. everton against leeds in action at the moment, everton i—0 everton against leeds in action at the moment, everton 1—0 up in that one, lifting away from the drop zone. leeds against brighton is one to watch. i thought they were 1—0 up but richarlison pulls �*s goal was ruled out. those are the updates from the premier league at the moment. 0nto football, and celtic are through to the semi's of the scottish cup. aaron mooy put celtic a goal up

afterjust two minutes, kyogo furuhashi doubled their lead before the break. cameron carter—vickers with the third. last night, inverness caledonian thistle came from behind, to beat kilmarnock 2—1 to reach the semis. the top three players in the world suffered contrasting fortunes on day two of the players championship. scottie scheffler is second on seven under, jon rahm was forced to pull out with a virus. and rory mcilroy has missed the cut after finishing on five—over—par. the 18th hole summed up his tournament, hitting from off the fairway, he almost put himself in the water. he managed to get himself onto the green but ended up with a bogey. canada's adam svensson is the current leader. english trio tommy fleetwood, justin rose and aaron rai are all on two under. mikaela shiffrin has overtaken ingemar stenmark�*s 86 world cup victories with her 87th win in the giant slalom at are in sweden. the 27—year—old american surpassed swede stenmark�*s record on saturday, for her 13th world cup win of the season after also securing the season—long

world cup giant slalom title. shriffrin, had already secured the overall world cup title for a fifth time as well as the slalom crystal globe and has now won seven out of ten giant slaloms this season, as well as world championship gold. she breaks the record stenmark set with his victories in the 1970s and 1980s, and to make it all the more sweeter does it two days before her 28th birthday on monday. a warning of flash photography in this next clip. i beg your pardon, no clip. congratulations to mikaela shiffrin a 28, not 20th, as i said there. that's all the sport for now. acts very much, gavin. staying with the gary lineker controversy. and the disruption to the bbc sports schedules after presenters and pundits pulled out in solidarity with him. he was of course told

to stand back from motd after tweeting about the uk government's asylum bill. in a statement — in the last hour or so — the bbc said, "the bbc will only be able to bring limited sport programming this weekend. 0ur schedules will be updated to reflect that. we are sorry for these changes which we recognise will be disappointing for bbc sport fans." "we are working hard to resolve the situation and hope to do so soon." we spoke earlier to steven barnett, a professor of communications at the university of westminster — who has also written a book about the bbc and its relationship with the government. it is a blow—up of the bbc�*s own making, i'm afraid. i thought david sillito's report was spot on when he talked about the problem with the chairman richard sharp who we know was a major donor to the conservative party. we know now he facilitated a loan to borisjohnson. there was a scathing cross—party select committee report which came out obviously suggesting that he should consider his position. that was just last month. i think the problem is, and i support it...

did he directly say he should consider his position? it said he had a significant error ofjudgment and it said he should consider its impact. consider its impact. reading between the lines and i've appeared in front of select committees and read a lot of reports and it is pretty clear what they were suggesting. this has been a big part of the problem because at the same time as talking about gary lineker, everyone else is saying, well, what about lord sugar presenting the apprentice? karren brady who is right next to him, sits in the lords as a tory peer. what aboutjeremy clarkson when he was presenting? andrew neil, who i think is one of the best political presenters in the country, but he is chair of the spectator group and makes no bones about his conservative support. so all these people, i've actually seen a letter in response to a complaint a couple of years ago about andrew neil

from the bbc saying he has his own personal twitter account and what he says that twitter account is up to him. i think that's the right approach, within reason. just on that point, talking about richard sharp, who we have talked about, the bbc chairman, normally in something like this with the bbc chairman be talking to the director—general, tim davie, perhaps now, with all of what's going on? would they be having an influence on how they should be handling this? i think any responsible bbc chair should be looking at what is going on and, yes, being in conversation with the board and the director—general. the problem is that richard sharp is in a conflicted position. and actually, as i say, i supported his appointment, the bbc has a long history of both labour and conservative appointments as chair. but i think actually the correct response now,

because it has blown up in the way it has, is for the chairman to resign, to say that it's clear that this is now a question, a big question mark over the whole of the bbc�*s output and commitment to impartiality. his own position makes that resolution of this problem almost impossible. and i think if he can go and then everything calms down a bit, then there could be a calm discussion about how these social media rules apply, who they apply to, why they have been applied to gary lineker in this case and not to, for example, andrew neil or lord sugar, and let the bbc think about the way in which it wants to implement those social media guidelines. in my view, there needs to be a lot more discretion for free speech outside of its news coverage. because, as you well know, you are obliged to follow

very strict rules of impartiality, quite rightly. but outside of news coverage in the entertainment field, as greg dyke said, there has always been discretion for bbc presenters, personalities to express their views, and that's the right way to go. steven barnett, professor of communications at the university of westminster. we have asked someone from the bbc to come on to talk about this so if they agree to that we will bring you that. the us treasury has moved to reassure investors after the largest bank failure since the financial crash of 2008. the collapse of silicon valley bank — a major lender to tech companies — triggered a share sell—off in other banks linked to the sector. for more on this i've been speaking to peterjankovskis, vice president of research andanalysis at arbor financial services. i asked him how it came about. it has its roots in two factors, first economy wide interest rates have risen tremendously, which has lowered the value of assets that were held

by the bank, and that's not particular to silicon valley bank, that's true of all banks because fixed—term interest instruments do drop when interest rates rise. the second factor that is very specific is that they had a very narrow customer base. not only was it focused on technology but they were focused on technology start—ups which are controlled largely by these financing arms and when those financing arms suggested there was trouble at the bank all of their clients and associates pulled money simultaneously, and so the bank did not have enough funds available to make those calls. to meet those calls. people have had issues trying to get hold of their money. will everybody get everything out that they need to? well, the federal deposit insurance corporation has been very upfront saying anyone who has an account that is smaller than 250,000 will be made whole on monday, which i think is a very prompt response. of course what caused

the nervousness for all these tech firms to leave was they were likely holding much larger balances, for example, to meet a payroll. if you are a larger company, $250,000 is not nearly enough money, so those firms have decided to leave. some analysts say there could be further runs on banks next week. do you expect that too and do you think it could be confined just to banks linked to the tech sector? i think it's unlikely we will see anything widespread. certainly the stock market reflects that as well. many of the very large banks were down substantially on thursday when rumours emerged on this. jpmorgan, the largest bank in the us actually was up 2.5% yesterday. so i think most investors had decided this was an isolated event and do not expect this to spread further. peterjankovskis from arbor

financial services talking to me earlier. residents of a coastal community in norfolk are in for an agonising wait this weekend — as there are fears their homes could topple into the sea. several properties in hemsby — just north of great yarmouth — are at risk of collapse as the high spring tide batters the cliffs on which they strand. hemsby is used to life on the front line with the north sea, but that line has cut a few more metres into this coastal community. at high tide, local lifeboatman alanjones escorts me onto the beach. so we can see the sand is cut right back into the dune here, how much do you think you've lost? literally, as we speak, more chunks are just sliding down. last night we could have walked in front of the dune face. this morning, we've at least lost three metres, if not more. 0f 92 wooden properties on these sandy dunes, after the storm, three more are at risk of toppling over into the sea. we came across police cordoning off a road teetering on the cliff edge. what's going on with the road?

well, the road is now basically on the verge of collapse. we've lost a temporary building which was there, that's now gone into the sea. the old road near the lifeboat shed is completely gone and that's in the sea as well. so yeah, we're in a hell ofa mess there. we've actually called in for extra resources. norfolk fire and rescue, police are here now getting properties evacuated. a number of seafront properties have been evacuated, but not all. fire crews visit residents, urging them to leave before the next spring high tide. margaret, who's suffering from covid, has finally decided to leave her clifftop home. the house seems fine, i but the electricity supply, of course, is on the dune side, so it's the electricity that - will go before the house. people on the norfolk coast are all too used to winter storms. over the years, a number of homes have been lost as the soft cliffs erode. but this ex—soldier has held out. when lance martin's house teetered on the edge three years ago, he brought in rocks to shore it up.

when that failed, he dragged his home back ten metres from the cliff edge. but now, we watch as he starts packing up his life. he has no choice but to leave, for now. as you can see now out of the window there, i've got about two metres left. you are teetering on the edge aren't you? exactly, we are really teetering on the edge and it's, you know, it's touch and go whether the house survives or not. the local council is offering temporary accommodation to those who've had to leave their homes. within a fortnight, it'll bring in some rock defences to shore up a clifftop road. we're trying to retain the access road, because if we lose that, then that will impact on a number of other properties as well. local people say this beach has to be protected. that would cost around £15 million. that said, it's reckoned that tourism in hemsby brings around £88 million a year to the local economy. for the next few days, all eyes are on the winter winds and high tides, fearful of what devastation may come in their wake.

alex dunlop, bbc news, on the norfolk coast. now on bbc news the weather with chris faulks. hello there. in the aftermath of that winter storm that we had thursday and friday that brought heavy snowfall, the hillier parts of the uk have been left with a winter wonderland, this was the scene over looking the peak district in holmfirth. meanwhile this weather watcher picture could have come straight from the alps, this is in snowdonia caked in snow, and the satellite picture from nasa shows you can see extensive snow cover across wales and northern england, northern ireland and southern and northern areas of scotland added to snowdonia that has seen the greatest snow depths, this morning 22 centimetres of snow lying on the ground, not far behind that was the staffordshire moors with 20 centimetres of snow. there is more snow to come over night, whereas most of us will see mild as coming in for a time, bit of snow over the

hills of northern england and scotland, above 200 metres elevation, a few centimetres of snow possible but quite high up above 400 metres elevation you could be looking at around 5—10 centimetres of snow a bit because it is just the higher hills, risk of disruption is certainly a lot less than it was compared with the weather system that went through thursday and friday. heading into the second half of the weekend, we have some strengthening south—westerly wind is set to move in across the uk and they will drag in some milder weather conditions. a bright start to the day for many of us on sunday but cloud thickens across western areas and through the afternoon outbreaks of rain started to move on. the wettest weather looks to be across parts of northern ireland of western scotland, but look at the temperatures, 10—14 c, it's going to be a lot milderfor sure. now, from monday we see the same area of low pressure bringing a swathe of strong winds across the country, look how tightly packed the isobars are. a blustery kind of day for most of us on monday, with outbreaks of rain, tending to ease formal showery

conditions but there will be lots of showers across western areas of the country. those showers and outbreaks of rain driven in by gusts of wind in excess of 50 mph. you might see a few tree branches being brought down from those. for most of us it is mild again, temperatures 13 or 14 degrees. in scotland we are starting to see the cold air return and there will be some hill snow across northern areas. that cold air pushes southwards into the middle part of the week dropping the temperatures, but again more snow to come across the high ground in northern scotland. this is bbc news. i'm lucy grey and these are the headlines. the bbc�*s football programmes are in disarray as on—air staff from various shows pull out of saturday's broadcasts in support of presenter gary lineker who was told to �*step back�* after criticising the uk government�*s asylum bill. the corporation apologises for the last—minute schedule changes to sports programming

while the director general insists impartiality rules need to be upheld. but the opposition labour party accuses bosses of bowing to government pressure. business leaders in the uk are warning that companies are facing a cliff edge in their energy bills from april, which could see thousands go under. the us treasury has moved to reassure investors after the largest bank failure since the financial crash of 2008. the collapse of silicon valley bank triggered a share sell—off in other banks linked to the tech sector. officials in the german city of hamburg say the gunman who shot dead seven people at a jehovah�*s witness meeting hall was a former member of the religious group who left on bad terms. you�*re watching bbc news. now it�*s time for talking business. hello, everybody, welcome to talking business with me, aaron heslehurst, let�*s take a look at what�*s on the show. rates are rising around the world, so why aren�*t more savers getting a better dealfrom their banks? bumper profits are expected

from the world�*s biggest financial institutions this year. as they charge more to borrow. but those with savings haven�*t seen the same consistent increase in what they get paid for putting money in the bank. so, why not? i�*m going to be discussing it with these three, there they are, matthew plosser from the new york federal reserve, liz lumley from the banker magazine and frederick mallerfrom university college london, who thinks central banks should consider more radical steps to get the banks to pass on better deals for savers. plus, the boss behind the trains of tomorrow. my interview with the global ceo of one of the world�*s biggest train and tram makers, on the future of transport across the world.