this is bbc news, i'm mark lobell. our top stories... the bbc�*s director general, tim davie, says he won't resign but apologises for widespread disruption to the corporation's sports output on saturday — after presenters and pundits walked out in support of the match of the day host, gary lineker. success for me is gary gets back on air, and together, we are giving to the audiences that world—class sports coverage, which as i say, i'm sorry we haven't been able to deliver today. the prime minsister rishi sunak hopes the controversy can be resolved and urges people to maintain perspective on his policies but the labour leader keir starmer says the bbc was not acting impartially in suspending gary lineker. and the british chancellor, jeremy hunt, has met the governor

of the bank of england, andrew bailey, to discuss the collapse of silicon valley bank, which mostly financed tech start—ups. hello to you in the uk and around the world the director general of the bbc, tim davie, has apologised for the widespread disruption to bbc sports output today but says he won't resign. a number of tv and radio programmes have been pulled from the schedules after presenters and pundits walked out in support of gary lineker. the former footballer was taken off this evening's "match of the day", which he presents, for breaching the corporation's social media guidelines. tim davie spoke to our north america correspondent nomia iqbal. well, i'm very sorry for the disruption today.

it's been a difficult day, and i am sorry that audiences have been affected and they haven't got the programming. as a keen sports fan, i know, like everyone, that to miss programming is a real blow, and i am sorry about that. we are working very hard to resolve the situation and make sure that we get output back on air. and i think that he is an outstanding broadcaster. he's a brilliant broadcaster. and to be clear, success for me is gary gets back on air and together we are giving to the audiences that world class sports coverage, which as i say, i'm sorry we haven't been able to deliver today. gary lineker has made lots of comments before — you allowed him to criticise the qatari government on the bbc. why was this different? is it because he attacked the uk government?

no, absolutely not. this is nothing to do with anything to do with the specifics of where a tweet is sent. and i'll talk in general terms, but it's about getting involved in party political matters. now, what i would say is i'm listening hard. this has been a tough time for the bbc and we care about our audiences. we want to get the right outcome for this. we're working very hard to get that done. and i would like to see gary lineker return on air on the bbc. you're questioning his impartiality, but there are lots of people who are questioning yours. they are saying that you buckled under pressure from the uk government, the conservative party, of which you were once a member an official, and the right—wing press to take action against gary lineker. is that true? is it the uk government, the right wing press, all of that that made it different for you this time? this. . .absolutely not. anyone who knows me, by the way, knows that we are in the bbc and myself are absolutely driven

by a passion for impartiality, not left, right, or pandering to a particular party... to say, i support your migrant policy, i back it. it's brilliant. he would be taking an opinion. would you have removed him from airfrom? i'm not going to go through... are you going to remove, lord sugar, karren brady, chris packham, presenters also give their opinions. why aren't they off air? well, the current guidelines as they exist today and i do want to reflect on those guidelines, do draw a distinction between those people who are seen as bbc figures who work on big bbc events for that are different to those that are appearing on programmes. we can debate that. i'm in listening mode. i want to make sure that going forward we have a workable solution. let's be clear. we've got the best sports broadcaster in the world. we want to make sure that he can come back on air. we work together to make that happen and everyone wants to see a reasonable solution to this.

and that's where i am. i am really focused on getting to a solution, working quickly together to make it happen. i'm going to wrap up shortly, but you've suspended gary lineker for an anti—government tweet. and, of course, there are questions being asked about richard sharp, the chairman of the bbc, who is being investigated forfacilitating a loan for the former prime minister, borisjohnson. why is he still in a job? well, to be very clear, we asked gary to step back. in terms of the chairman, i have a lot of responsibilities in this job for thousands of people, one thing i don't do is the appointment of the chair, and it's a different process. you know, the way in which the board is hired, and that role is a different thing to editorially, me running the bbc, making those decisions, trying to be fair, and getting a bbc that is truly impartial. and boy, we should be fighting for this in this world, calmly, rationally fighting for a bbc that really actually champions free speech.

my last question to you. impartiality is a big value for the bbc, but so is trust. right now there are many people in the uk that simply do not trust you. do you think you should resign? absolutely not. i think myjob is to serve licence fee payers and deliver a bbc that is really focused on world class, impartial, landmark output. and i look forward to us resolving this situation and looking forward to delivering that. our correspondent robin brant has more. it is a horror show for tim davie. he finds the highest paid presenter for software by him, ——he finds the highest paid presenter for forced off the air by him,

then a coterie of others following a solidarity, leaving the schedules were today on tv and radio, ripped up. that, as you heard tim davie there, for serving audiences that is a disaster. when it comes to impartiality, he has made this an absolute cornerstone of his leadership of the bbc, and the bbc of the future. as the man at the top of the organisation, he believes as do many others within the bbc, that that is crucial to survival in the future. it is clear from listening to that interview that the olive branch is being offered, he said the benchmark of success for the bbc is having gary lineker back on the telly, there is no doubt about that. changes are coming to clear up the grey area and ambiguity when it comes to bbc editorial guidelines. they are very important guidelines so, if on the other hand we get a firming up of editorial guidelines and less grey area, less ambiguity for gary lineker and plenty of other presenters going forward when it

comes to impartiality and personal political views. the body language of gary lineker seen at a football match that they markedly different from the director general of the bbc. the former director general greg bike said the bbc had undermined its own credibility as it appeared that it bowed to government pressure. the director general saying that it is not about left or right but that has not stopped politicians weighing in. an unusual comment from rishi sunak at five, six o'clock on a saturday, it is unusual for him to engage in those statements at that time. he heaped praise on gary lineker first and said he cannot always manner and pointedly said that it is for the bbc and gary lineker to resolve this matter but he urged people to maintain some perspective.

the fact that rishi sunak chose to engage at that time on a saturday evening shows that liberty in street thinks it is significant enough. we had from the labour party leader keir starmer, who had a fairly strident view on this. the bbc is not acting impartially by caving _ the bbc is not acting impartially by caving in _ the bbc is not acting impartially by caving in to tory mps who are complaining about gary linacre. they've — complaining about gary linacre. they've got this one badly wrong and now they— they've got this one badly wrong and now they are very, very exposed, as is the _ now they are very, very exposed, as is the government, because at the heart _ is the government, because at the heart of— is the government, because at the heart of this is a government's failure — heart of this is a government's failure on _ heart of this is a government's failure on the asylum system, and rather_ failure on the asylum system, and rather than — failure on the asylum system, and rather than take responsibility for the mess— rather than take responsibility for the mess they made, the government is catching _ the mess they made, the government is catching on to blame anyone else, gary lineker, — is catching on to blame anyone else, gary lineker, the bbc, civil servants, _ gary lineker, the bbc, civil servants, what they should be doing is standing _ servants, what they should be doing is standing up, accepting they broken — is standing up, accepting they broken the assignment system and telling _ broken the assignment system and telling us _ broken the assignment system and telling us what they are going to do to actually— telling us what they are going to do to actually fix it, not whinging on about _ to actually fix it, not whinging on about gary lineker. —— the asylum system _ about gary lineker. -- the asylum s stem. ., ., ._ about gary lineker. -- the asylum s stem. ., ., , system. the man who may be the next -a system. the man who may be the next pay minister— system. the man who may be the next pay minister in — system. the man who may be the next pay minister in the _ system. the man who may be the next pay minister in the uk _ system. the man who may be the next pay minister in the uk saying - system. the man who may be the next pay minister in the uk saying that - pay minister in the uk saying that the bbc is not acting impartially in

the bbc is not acting impartially in the directorate general making impression italic —— impartiality has been. turning to sports programming, has disruptive has spent two bbc sports programme includes hugely. this is the most important thing for millions of people across the uk who expect to see match of the day, which has been going on it's the centrepiece at the bbc�*s coverage of sport, it has been on the schedule since the 1960s. that is not happening, not in the usual form that is not happening, not in the usualform tonight, anyway, much reduced programme down to 20 minutes. radio sports coverage as well, that was minutes. radio sports coverage as well. that wa— minutes. radio sports coverage as well, that was absolutely ripped to shreds. well, that was absolutely ripped to shreds let's _ well, that was absolutely ripped to shreds. let's have _ well, that was absolutely ripped to shreds. let's have a _ well, that was absolutely ripped to shreds. let's have a listen - well, that was absolutely ripped to shreds. let's have a listen to - well, that was absolutely ripped to shreds. let's have a listen to a - well, that was absolutely ripped to | shreds. let's have a listen to a man who did go to work today, ian dennis, who works at 55. good afternoon. _ dennis, who works at 55. good afternoon, amy _ dennis, who works at 55. good afternoon, amy and _ dennis, who works at 55. good afternoon, amy and dennis. i dennis, who works at 55. good l afternoon, amy and dennis. this dennis, who works at 55. good - afternoon, amy and dennis. this is bbc radio — afternoon, amy and dennis. this is bbc radio 5— afternoon, amy and dennis. this is bbc radio 5 live, it's a difficult time _ bbc radio 5 live, it's a difficult time for— bbc radio 5 live, it's a difficult time for bbc sport for that work in the department will stop and we all hope that that gets resolved. personally i found today very difficult, _ personally i found today very difficult, i am a bbc staff member can commentator for bbc radio 5 live, and — can commentator for bbc radio 5 live, and today, like every saturday afternoon. — live, and today, like every saturday afternoon, we provide a service to you. _ afternoon, we provide a service to you. the _ afternoon, we provide a service to you, the audience. so,

afternoon, we provide a service to you, the audience.— afternoon, we provide a service to you, the audience. so, some chose to attract, you, the audience. so, some chose to attract. plenty — you, the audience. so, some chose to attract, plenty chose _ you, the audience. so, some chose to attract, plenty chose to _ you, the audience. so, some chose to attract, plenty chose to go _ you, the audience. so, some chose to attract, plenty chose to go to - you, the audience. so, some chose to attract, plenty chose to go to rick - attract, plenty chose to go to rick and explain the position as well, because what we saw was that solidarity among some of them are prominent members, or rather freelance presenters around gary lineker, many at the top of the bbc wouldn't have expected to see that kind of list of names simply falling behind gary lineker and refusing to work. if you are a fan of repeats of bargain hunter, you are in luck, there is an extra movie on tonight as well, so the gap has been felled, but the bbc at the very top of hope this is simply a one half or this weekend only.— this is simply a one half or this weekend only. this is simply a one half or this weekend onl . , ,_ weekend only. tim davies saying he does help to — weekend only. tim davies saying he does help to reflect _ weekend only. tim davies saying he does help to reflect on _ weekend only. tim davies saying he does help to reflect on the - does help to reflect on the guidelines whether he can reach an agreement with gary linacre or not will be remain to be seen. while this drags on, what is the mood like at the bbc?— this drags on, what is the mood like at the bbc? ., ., ., , at the bbc? look again at the number of --eole at the bbc? look again at the number of peeple and — at the bbc? look again at the number of peeple and how _ at the bbc? look again at the number of people and how quickly _ at the bbc? look again at the number of people and how quickly they - at the bbc? look again at the number of people and how quickly they chose | of people and how quickly they chose to show solidarity, over the use often in social media, explaining that they refused to come to work today. sports presenters, commentators, former professionals who are now analysts as well, the

scale of that satellite about how people felt about the actions they have been —— that have been taken at the very top of the bbc and how they felt about 20 gary lineker has done. the other issue going forward are the editorial guidelines, it's absolutely crucial to the circuiting organisation. 0ur bbc careers are built around that book, but that sits in the office is. there's also theissue sits in the office is. there's also the issue about discipline, how you discipline freelance members of staff. this is not the first time gary lineker has run into trouble. 0ne gary lineker has run into trouble. one of the trade unions at the bbc spoke today earlier about how to deal with that issue in particular. the it the of the bbc to take action against a staff and iiess the it the of the bbc to take action against a staff an— against a staff and less famous freelancer _ against a staff and less famous freelancer as _ against a staff and less famous freelancer as if _ against a staff and less famous freelancer as if they _ against a staff and less famous freelancer as if they chose - against a staff and less famous freelancer as if they chose not| against a staff and less famous i freelancer as if they chose not to arrive _ freelancer as if they chose not to arrive today, but obviously we would have to _ arrive today, but obviously we would have to deal with that should the situation — have to deal with that should the situation arise. i think more of concern, — situation arise. i think more of concern, really, for me, is that obviously— concern, really, for me, is that obviously this situation has caused a lot obviously this situation has caused

a tot of— obviously this situation has caused a lot of concern for people working across _ a lot of concern for people working across the — a lot of concern for people working across the bbc in relation to how they respond to the info personality guidelines, which in our view need to be _ guidelines, which in our view need to be both — guidelines, which in our view need to be both proportionate but also applied _ to be both proportionate but also applied consistently. —— the impartiality guidelines. if nothing else from our— impartiality guidelines. if nothing else from our discussion - impartiality guidelines. if nothing else from our discussion you - impartiality guidelines. if nothing else from our discussion you can | impartiality guidelines. if nothing . else from our discussion you can and should be clear that impartiality is what is at the very heart of estimates crucial for tim devi, what is at the very heart of estimates crucialfor tim devi, he believes it is crucial in terms of the bbc�*s survival. its existence going forward. i think the main take away from that interview we saw earlier, he wants gary lineker, the most highest paid presenter on the bbc, he wants them back on the telly, but there is clearly going to be sizeable scope to look again at the editorial guidelines and try to really cut down on the ambiguity, cut down on the gray area in terms of guidance and went members of staff and freelancers can say when it comes to personal politics on bbc platforms. gary lineker began his career at leicester city and was at their game against chelsea on saturday. the fans outside their king power

stadium gave their reaction to the events of the past few days. he is a leicester legend and i think he has been very unfairly treated. i disagree with the whole banning element. i think he has a right to reflect what other people are thinking. i think it is fine. for somebody who has been on match of the day for over 20 years, - ijust find it disappointing. all that has gone on, really. but i support him. i'm glad to see that other players - and other pundits are supporting him so hopefully the bbc get the finger about getting gary back on tv. - i'm disappointed with some of his comments, to be honest. i think he's let himself down. i do believe in freedom of speech. he should be able to say what he wants to say but, you know, think you have to take things into context and i don't think he has really done that. you should be allowed to have free speech. on his post he has not referenced match of the day. are anything like that, you know what i mean? he said his opinion. i think it is outrageous. it is expressing an opinion

which happens to be at loggerheads with what the government have said. and, for that, he has had to step down. leicesterfans outside the king power stadium. there's ongoing coverage of this story on the bbc website and if you want to understand how it all began there's a video of the whole row which began on twitter explained in just 90 seconds. that's all on the bbc website and bbc news app. turning to other news now. there are warnings that the collapse of a large american bank and its british arm could have a significant impact on tech start—up businesses. the british government says it's trying to minimize the disruption caused by the failure of the chancellor, jeremy hunt, has met the governor of the bank of england, andrew bailey, to discuss the collapse of silicon valley bank, which mostly financed tech start—ups. more than 200 companies in the uk had asked ministers to intervene. it's the biggest failure of a us bank since the 2008 financial crisis. sean hundtofte, ceo of solve finance who is in new york and was a client

with silicon valley bank tells us why the california regulator stepped in so quickly. i might be the only start—up founder with a phd in the study of financial crises. i think the california regulator acted for the former reason, if anything, contagion is going to be worse, so with the last great financial crisis we learned that we should not have let lehman fail because then you have spill—over effects, people start asking questions about their counterparties, that interbank lending market seized up and failed back in 2008, this time it would probably i imagine be worse, and we have already seen the impact on friday, there were market impacts on bonds, us treasury went up, mortgage bonds at silicon valley bank went down, people started asking

questions about other banks, so anything the california regulator, acting in the interest of depositors, might you know, create more questions being asked, which is fine, but it all depends on regulators' responses and international regulators' responses to the fires that pop up now. dutch police have used water cannon in an effort to disperse climate protesters in the hague. thousands of protesters have gathered in a park to oppose government plans to limit nitrogen emissions. the netherlands is believed to be a nitrogen hotspot with large numbers of livestock and heavy use of fertilisers. dutch farmers fear, the new policy will spell the end to many farms. anna holligan, reports from the hague. the dutch flag flown upside down. it has become a symbol of the dutch farmers' protests. many of the people here today are farmers. they are worried about their businesses, their dairy farms, which could be closed down under

government plans designed to cut harmful nitrogen pollution, to try to reach climate targets. thousands of farms in the netherlands are under threat. the dutch farmers' concerns and the cause has been picked up a climate conspiracy groups around the world. there are others here, too, anti—vax people and two local dutch political parties represented. the populist forum for democracy, their supporters walking around, carrying red and white heart—shaped balloons. and the freedom party. the leader spoke to the protesters from a stage in this rather muddy field earlier. the politicians are hoping to capitalise on the current frustration. because something that unites all of the people that have gathered to demonstrate today is a frustration with the current coalition government in the netherlands, run by the prime minister mark russa.

the politicians are hoping to capitalise on that frustration. this current unrest. as the parties and the country heads into local elections on the 15th of march. in israel, hundreds of thousands of people have been taking part in the latest protests — against government plans to radically overhaul the judicial system. record numbers of demonstrators turned out in cities like haifa. at the main protest in tel aviv reports suggest 200 thousand people attended. opponents of the reforms say they're a threat to israel's democracy. 0rganisers have promised to ramp up protests if the government doesn't shelve the legislation. the coastguard in italy, says it's rescued more than i2—hundred migrants, from boats in the mediterranean sea. it comes almost two weeks after at least 73 people died in a shipwreck in the same region, off calabria. three homes on the norfolk coast

have had to be demolished, because of the risk they'd collapse into the sea. high spring tides have battered hemsby, just north of great yarmouth, forcing residents to leave the wooden properties, as the coastline erodes. jon ironmonger, has that story. it's high tide in hemsby, and the coastline is shrinking once again. in the sea, remnants of a playhouse from the back garden of a property, which is among several on the marrams to be evacuated in the past 2a hours — though not entirely. it looks like two chickens have been forgotten about and not removed. seconds later, a shed behind the coop slips into... by mourning the authorities had decided that that

the three most precarious homes should be demolished, and soon they spun but as a renovation project had a few hours to gather her belongings before the digger moved in. the a few hours to gather her belongings before the digger moved in.- before the digger moved in. the off the front. how _ before the digger moved in. the off the front. how does _ before the digger moved in. the off the front. how does it _ before the digger moved in. the off the front. how does it feel - before the digger moved in. the off the front. how does it feel knowing | the front. how does it feel knowing it is auoin the front. how does it feel knowing it is going today? — the front. how does it feel knowing it is going today? devastating. - it's all your dreams gone, all your dreams shattered. yesterday, the council was granted emergency powers to build a rock barrier in order to shore up an access road that has been undermined and other homes now at risk. you're at the point of losing properties, when anybody actually is spurred into action. and that's certainly not the case. obviously we have to follow legislation, and that's what we have to do. as a borough council, as a local government organisation, that's what we have to do. it's too little, too late, for some in this worn—down community. jon ironmonger, bbc news. more than 300,000 people in the uk are said to be living with tourette syndrome — which causes all sorts of physical and verbal tics.

there's no cure but a new device — which looks like a smartwatch — has been described as a "game changer" when it comes to reducing those symptoms. navtej johal went to find out more. these people all have tourette syndrome. they're trying out a device at home which they hope will help them control the tics or involuntary movements caused by the condition. it looks like a wristwatch. once they turn it on, their tics stop almost completely. these videos were filmed as part of a clinical trial, and it's because of these sorts of results that the device is being called a game changer. tourette's is a neurological condition, which usually starts in childhood. it's disturbing that by stimulating it, we're reducing the... professor stephen jackson from the university of nottingham has led the research into the gadget. it works by delivering electrical pulses, which send signals to the brain, reducing the amount

and severity of tics. we only gave people 10 minutes of active stimulation each day. that 10 minutes a day was sufficient to bring about a very large effect. the effect was that nearly 60% of those using the gadget experienced at least a 25% reduction in their tics while receiving active stimulation. and that's not all. what it also shows is if you have repeated stimulation daily over a four—week period, there's greater than a 35% reduction in your tic severity, even when you're not wearing the device. we're very pleased with the results, atjust10 minutes a day is sufficient to give you a clinically meaningful result. 121 people took part in the trial. one of them was 13 —year—old milo, who was diagnosed with tourette's more than four years ago. we spoke to him last summer before the trial began. are you trying to suppress a tic right now? ithink, yeah, lam, to be honest, because when you're talking about it, this is certainly worse.

he says the device made a big difference to his tics. i would not tic almost at all. i mean, obviously i'd still tic with it, but no, nowhere near as much like it's got, i mean, sometimes it's quite severe, especially if i'm tired, but if i've got the device on, then no, really, it's so much better, so helpful. i think the thing with tourette's is that we don't know how, - as milo gets older, how it's going to progress. - it could stay the same. it could get a bit better. it could get worse. but to know that you've got that safety net there that can - help him is it's fantastic. one person who wasn't part of the trial but did try the device was singer—songwriter lewis capaldi. the musician has spoken openly about living with tourette's and contacted the team in nottingham. at the time, he had really bad tics, so he had head tics and shoulder tics and he tried the device

on and it was very effective. his tics went away and he said it made him feel calmer and more relaxed. i think it's really important to recognise that someone like lewis capaldi saying, "i have tourette's and this is how it affects me and this is how i cope with it," is inspirationalfor other people with tourette's. the charity tourette's action says the device could be life changing. and professorjackson says the success of the clinical trial means it's now cleared a big hurdle. we've demonstrated that it works. we've demonstrated it in a properly controlled, double—blind trial against a proper placebo, sham control. we've demonstrated its effectiveness, that will give people confidence to invest in this approach. it will now need regulatory approval. the university is hoping to have it available to the public within two years, with the ultimate aim of it eventually being available via a prescription on the nhs.

ending this platoon on bbc news, thanks for your company. hello there. the remaining snow will be melting during sunday as we get some much milder air, just for a while, though, because there is more snow in the forecast over the week ahead. and that weather front has been bringing some snow to the hills of northern england snd scotland, should be out of the way, though, by sunday morning, and following on from that, this is where we see the milder air coming in as the winds change direction to more of a south—westerly. there's still some cold air, though, to start the day in the far north of scotland, but otherwise, temperatures are going to be 5—8 celsius as we start the second half of the weekend. and with that milder air, there could be quite a lot of cloud, but we should see some sunshine here and there, more especially across eastern parts of england. we could see more rain coming back into scotland and across northern ireland, and then later in the day, some rain pushes into southwest

england and towards wales as those south—westerly winds pick up. and this is what it does to the temperatures, it's still chilly in the far north of scotland, but otherwise temperatures generally will be in double figures. we're likely to make ia celsius in the south east of england. with that milder air coming in, we see the snow melting, turning misty and murky in the hills, continued melting as we head overnight because we've got rain falling in many areas, but it will be turning colder in scotland. that rain turning to snow in scotland, especially in the hills. the winds pick up in the northwest, bringing in the colder air. the rain clears away from northern ireland, continues in northern parts of england and wales and to the south, where we've got some sunshine and a few showers as well. but it will be windy pretty much everywhere. the winds could be touching gale force in southern parts of england and wales. and later we could have some gales in the north west of scotland. that will make it feel colder, temperatures are going to be dropping through the day.

scotland and northern ireland, still making double figures across england and wales for one more day. but things will change overnight, that weather front sweeps rain south eastwards across the uk, and then the wind direction changes, and we all get this north westerly wind piling in on tuesday, making it feel much colder and bringing with it a mixture of sunshine, but also quite a few wintry showers. sleet and snow sweeping down across scotland, northern ireland into england and wales through the day as well. the temperatures in the south could reach 6—7 celsius. northern scotland was struggling to around 2—3 celsius, but it will be windy, strongest winds probably down north sea coasts. and when you factor in the strength of the wind, well, then those temperatures are going to feel more like closer to freezing.

this is bbc news, the headlines... the bbc�*s director—general, tim davie, has apologised for the widespread disruption to bbc sports output today after presenters and pundits walked out in support of the match of the day host gary lineker. the prime minsister rishi sunak said he hoped the controversy can be resolved but that it was a matter for the bbc not the government. the opposition labour party accuses the bbc of bowing to government pressure. the uk's chancellor, jeremy hunt, has met the governor of the bank of england, andrew bailey, to discuss the collapse of silicon valley bank which mostly financed tech start—ups. the german interior minister is leading calls to tighten the country's gun ownership laws after six people and an unborn baby were shot dead

in hamburg on thursday. eight others were wounded in the attack on a group