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between the sports presenter gary lineker and the bbc. in the last few minutes, we have had this statement from director—general of the bbc, tim davie. "everyone recognises this has been a difficult period for staff, contributors, presenters and, most importantly, our audiences." "i apologise for this." "the potential confusion caused by the grey areas of the bbc�*s social media guidance that was introduced in 2020 is recognised." "i want to get matters resolved and our sport content back on air." "impartiality is important to the bbc." "it is also important to the public." "the bbc has a commitment to impartiality in its charter and a commitment to freedom of expression." "that is a difficult balancing act to get right where people are subject to different contracts and on—air positions, and with different audience and social media profiles." "the bbc�*s social media guidance is designed to help manage these sometimes difficult challenges, and i am aware there is a need to ensure that the guidance is up to this task."

"it should be clear, proportionate, and appropriate." "accordingly, we are announcing a review led by an independent expert reporting to the bbc on its existing social media guidance, with a particular focus on how it applies to freelancers outside news and current affairs." "the bbc and myself are aware that gary is in favour of such a review." "shortly, the bbc will announce who will conduct that review." "whilst this work is undertaken, the bbc�*s current social media guidance remains in place." "gary is a valued part of the bbc, and i know how much the bbc means to gary, and i look forward to him presenting our coverage this coming weekend." gary lineker said, "i am glad that we have found a way forward." "i support this review and look forward to getting back on air."

these pictures were from gary lineker at his home in london over the weekend after this huge crisis, frankly, that the bbc has found itself in. our reporter charlotte gallagher is with us, charlotte, it was obvious that the bbc director—general was trying to calm these down over the weekend, there was not an apology to gary lineker, and gary lineker has not deleted his tweet, but he is going to be back on air this weekend. find tweet, but he is going to be back on air this weekend.— air this weekend. and that is the resolution at _ air this weekend. and that is the resolution at the _ air this weekend. and that is the resolution at the bbc _ air this weekend. and that is the resolution at the bbc wanted, i air this weekend. and that is the i resolution at the bbc wanted, tim davie made it very clear at the weekend that he wanted gary lineker back on air, he called him the best sports broadcaster in the world. a couple of key points from the statement by be the bbc, gary lineker back, that is the main one, so no more disruption like we saw this weekend, sports programmes pulled off air, no apology to gary lineker himself, but a general

apology from tim davie about what he calls a difficult period. there will be a review led by an independent expert on current social media guidelines, particularly how they refer to freelancers outside news and current affairs, so people are gary lineker and alan sugar, for example. and tim davie also acknowledged that there was perhaps acknowledged that there was perhaps a potentialfor acknowledged that there was perhaps a potential for confusion acknowledged that there was perhaps a potentialfor confusion in the current social media guidelines. interestingly, he also said that while the review is taking place, the current social media guidelines will still be there, so perhaps gary lineker will not be as vocal on twitter during this time. big question now for the bbc, how this became such a huge story, and it looks like the bbc has backed down, gary lineker has got what he wanted, he is now back on air, and i think we can imagine the newspaperfront pages saying that the bbc has bowed to gary lineker, bowed to pressure. yes, you know, and we had heard that

there had been huge complaints, of course, we saw huge support for gary linekerfrom his course, we saw huge support for gary lineker from his sporting course, we saw huge support for gary linekerfrom his sporting colleagues and the sports output on the bbc, and the sports output on the bbc, and football, really badly affected. is this really a rather embarrassing climb—down for bbc management? we saw last week this row escalated after the bbc put out a statement saying they would have words with gary lineker, that was sort of a public rebuke, wasn't it? it gary lineker, that was sort of a public rebuke, wasn't it?- gary lineker, that was sort of a public rebuke, wasn't it? it was a tellin: off public rebuke, wasn't it? it was a telling off to _ public rebuke, wasn't it? it was a telling off to gary _ public rebuke, wasn't it? it was a telling off to gary lineker, - public rebuke, wasn't it? it was a telling off to gary lineker, the i telling off to gary lineker, the biggest bbc star, the highest—paid bbc star, and i think many people are saying that bbc management failed to realise that other presenters, commentators and pundits would stand in solidarity with gary lineker, and that it would cause such chaos for the schedule. much of the day, which has been on for decades, cut to 20 minutes with no present is because of this. —— match of the day. some people will be of the day. some people will be saying this was a climb—down and how was there no plan b or exit

strategy, but others will be saying, thank god this row is over for the moment and things are going back to normal and we will have gary lineker back on television and normal football coverage. bud back on television and normal football coverage.— back on television and normal football coverage. back on television and normal football coveraue. �* . ., football coverage. and we have heard from labour — football coverage. and we have heard from labour leader _ football coverage. and we have heard from labour leader keir— football coverage. and we have heard from labour leader keir starmer, - football coverage. and we have heard| from labour leader keir starmer, who accused the bbc of being in a mess, repeating that the chairman's position is increasingly untenable, saying, how on earth is he still in position, this is richard sharp, that gary lineker has been taken off air, and richard sharp is facing accusations of conflict of interest after facilitating a loan for boris johnson shortly before he was appointed chairman. richard sharp has resisted calls to quit, keir starmer has said, this was said by the labour leader before gary lineker, the announcement on gary lineker, the announcement on gary lineker, keir starmer said, this is a mess of the bbc�*s own making, they need to sort it out and fast. well, it does seem that, you know, the leadership of the bbc and gary lineker have come to an agreement,

but the question of a richard sharp remains. yes, and it is a big question for a lot of people. the bbc is underfar more question for a lot of people. the bbc is under far more scrutiny than the bbc -- bbc is under far more scrutiny than the bbc —— than gary lineker, and of course richard sharp's appointment was by the government, but people have said, why did gary lineker get suspended and richard sharp was allowed to remain in post? we have also seen a tweet in the last couple of minutes by gary lineker, saying, after a surrealfew days, i am delighted we have navigated our way through this, i want to thank you all for the incredible support, particularly my colleagues at bbc sport, football is a tough game, but the backing was overwhelming. he says, i have been presenting sport on the bbc for almost three decades, and i am immeasurably proud to work with the best and fairest broadcaster in the world, i cannot wait to get back in the match of the day chair on saturday, and that tweet goes on

there, it says it is one of four from gary lineker. and of course he has had a huge support from his colleagues, but the questions are going to go on now about not only his role and how he operates, but how all the other staff who are freelancers operate. we have seen a number of people, names over the weekend, there are newspaper columnist page to have used but also proud to report on radio 4, alan sugar, michael portillo, all of those contracts going to be potentially reviewed, charlotte, and the way those people operate? i think they will have too, because this has drawn attention to other people in the bbc, michael portillo, ed balls, for example, former politicians who present for the bbc and also have very strident political views, deborah meaden presents on the bbc, she is very vocally anti brexit, and she has not been censured or suspended, so i think because this has drawn

attention to so many other people, it is going to be an incredibly big review, looking at what people can and cannot say. it is so much simplerfor me and you, and cannot say. it is so much simpler for me and you, because we work in news and current affairs, we are not allowed to express opinions, but there has been a great area with freelancers in entertainment. find freelancers in entertainment. and very interesting that the third tweet from gary lineker i am just saying, a final thought from gary lineker, a final thought, however difficult the last few days have been, it simply doesn't compare to having to flee your home from persecution or war to seek refuge in a land far away. it is heart—warming to have seen the empathy towards their plight from so many of you. so gary lineker making very clear that his support for refugees, for asylum seekers, will continue. find his support for refugees, for asylum seekers, will continue.— seekers, will continue. and i think that tweet in _ seekers, will continue. and i think that tweet in particular— seekers, will continue. and i think that tweet in particular will - seekers, will continue. and i think that tweet in particular will be - that tweet in particular will be picked up on by newspapers, by commentators, probably party politicians, saying that he is still tweeting about political issues.

however, that is very different to his original tweet, where he compared government language and policy to a 1930s germany, that is a lot milder, saying he understands how people feel so dreadful in that situation, but i think this is going to be an ongoing situation until the review comes out of what can and cannot be said by bbc freelancers and talent, as they are called. find and talent, as they are called. and “ust and talent, as they are called. and just picking — and talent, as they are called. and just picking up _ and talent, as they are called. and just picking up an editorial in the times, just working out the wider response, the times editorial says today that there is a suggestion that tim davie may be about to climb down and welcome lineker back, but he should stick to his guns, if the director—general retreats, he will surrender all authority and the bbc�*s reputation for enforcing impartiality. we are going to get that kind of response now, aren't we? m, , that kind of response now, aren't we? ~.,, , ., , ., that kind of response now, aren't we? , we? most definitely, it was a big statement. _ we? most definitely, it was a big statement, suspending - we? most definitely, it was a big statement, suspending gary - we? most definitely, it was a big - statement, suspending gary lineker, there is no bigger person at the bbc, and it cause complete chaos and was a real statement on impartiality, and trust, and now it

looks like there has been a climb—down by the bbc. looks like there has been a climb-down by the bbc. charlotte gallaaher, climb-down by the bbc. charlotte gallagher, thank _ climb-down by the bbc. charlotte gallagher, thank you _ climb-down by the bbc. charlotte gallagher, thank you very - climb-down by the bbc. charlotte gallagher, thank you very much. l climb-down by the bbc. charlotte. gallagher, thank you very much. in the last few minutes, tim davie has been speaking to david sillito. three days ago, a clear breach of guidelines, now gary lineker back on air, this looks like a complete climb—down by the bbc. i air, this looks like a complete climb-down by the bbc. i don't think so. i have always _ climb-down by the bbc. i don't think so. i have always said _ climb-down by the bbc. i don't think so. i have always said that _ climb-down by the bbc. i don't think so. i have always said that we - climb-down by the bbc. i don't think so. i have always said that we need i so. i have always said that we need to take proportionate action. for some people, by the way, we have taken too severe action, david. 0thers taken too severe action, david. others think we are being too lenient. 0ne others think we are being too lenient. one of the joys of this affair as there has been no easy solution, but asking gary to step back was a significant thing, and now we look forward with this agreement, moving forward, to resolve things and get back to business as usual. re-examining uuidance business as usual. re-examining guidance and _ business as usual. re-examining guidance and guidelines - business as usual. re-examining guidance and guidelines sounds l business as usual. re-examining i guidance and guidelines sounds like kicking the can down the road. as gary lineker agreed to stop tweeting about politics, which is what you asked on friday?— about politics, which is what you asked on friday? what we have a treat, asked on friday? what we have a great. and _ asked on friday? what we have a great. and i've — asked on friday? what we have a great, and i've spent _ asked on friday? what we have a great, and i've spent time - asked on friday? what we have a| great, and i've spent time talking to gary, we have had lots of

discussion, is that between now and when the review reports, gary will abide by the editorial guidelines, and that is where we are. you said this was foundational _ and that is where we are. you said this was foundational as _ and that is where we are. you said this was foundational as an - and that is where we are. you said this was foundational as an issue, | this was foundational as an issue, impartiality, this was a line in the sand. itjust seems to have been a bit of disruption to match of the day and you have abandoned it. if that wasjust disruption day and you have abandoned it. if that was just disruption to match of the day, you probably were not having the same weekend i was having! i think it was a very big moment in terms of us saying, we have to take stock, we have to take action, we did, which we thought was proportionate, and as the bbc, we believe we did the right thing, i think i did the right thing. having said that, i think you have to look at the balance here and act fairly, and you know, there are lots of people... and you know, there are lots of peeple- - -_ and you know, there are lots of --eole...~ ., ., ,._ people... were you unfair to gary lineker, then? _ people. .. were you unfair to gary lineker, then? i— people. .. were you unfair to gary lineker, then? i think— people... were you unfair to gary lineker, then? ithink i _ people... were you unfair to gary lineker, then? i think! acted - people... were you unfair to gary lineker, then? i think! acted in l lineker, then? i think! acted in the riaht lineker, then? i think! acted in the right way — lineker, then? i think! acted in the right way through _ lineker, then? i think! acted in the right way through this. - lineker, then? i think! acted in the right way through this. it i lineker, then? i think! acted in. the right way through this. it has always been difficult, as everyone has been saying, there's been no easy answers, it has been tough to

get the balance right, but asking gary lineker to step aside, think, was appropriate at that moment, then we research, and we do the things we have laid out in this agreement, which i think are right, and we go forward. ., , ., which i think are right, and we go forward. ., i. ., ., forward. how were you so out of touch with _ forward. how were you so out of touch with your— forward. how were you so out of touch with your own _ forward. how were you so out of| touch with your own corporation, organisation, staff, programmes that you did not foresee the complete chaos that happened?— you did not foresee the complete chaos that happened? well, i respect the views of — chaos that happened? well, i respect the views of the _ chaos that happened? well, i respect the views of the sports _ chaos that happened? well, i respect the views of the sports teams, - chaos that happened? well, i respect the views of the sports teams, they l the views of the sports teams, they obviously were put in a very difficult situation. i think people across the bbc, if you talk to them, are all very passionate about our standing as an impartial broadcaster, it is so important in this world, and this affair tells you how polarised debate has become. i want to fight for a bbc where we can have proper, calm debate to facilitate free speech, that is a really important thing, and this will allow us to do it.— will allow us to do it. there are many peeple. _ will allow us to do it. there are many people, and _ will allow us to do it. there are many people, and all— will allow us to do it. there are many people, and all they - will allow us to do it. there are

many people, and all they see| will allow us to do it. there are l many people, and all they see is will allow us to do it. there are i many people, and all they see is a conservative director—general, chairman bowing to pressure from the conservative press?— chairman bowing to pressure from the conservative press? anyone who knows me that, conservative press? anyone who knows me that. yes. — conservative press? anyone who knows me that. yes. 30 _ conservative press? anyone who knows me that, yes, 30 years _ conservative press? anyone who knows me that, yes, 30 years ago, _ conservative press? anyone who knows me that, yes, 30 years ago, some - me that, yes, 30 years ago, some political involvement, but absolutely not affected by pressure from one party or the other, that is not how we work, editorially, in the bbc. it is a convenience narrative, it is not true. and the impartiality guidelines would be equally applied in terms of being critical of the left or the right. the issue is getting involved in party political matters, and we apply that independently. i would matters, and we apply that independently. iwould note, david, that one of the things i think the bbc does, and this interview is a demonstration, is it goes after the stories without fear or favour, and i would ask the journalist around you and all the people in the bbc, they are not under that pressure, and they shouldn't be, and that is how we should work. the and they shouldn't be, and that is

how we should work.— how we should work. the issue of impartiality _ how we should work. the issue of impartiality is _ how we should work. the issue of impartiality is not _ how we should work. the issue of impartiality is not what _ how we should work. the issue of impartiality is not what you - how we should work. the issue of impartiality is not what you say, l how we should work. the issue of| impartiality is not what you say, it is what the audience believes. what they will see is someone who seems to have caved in, and the key issue, those questions about a conservative chairman and the many questions about his role and relationship with borisjohnson, how about his role and relationship with boris johnson, how will you about his role and relationship with borisjohnson, how will you restore impartiality, the perception of impartiality, the perception of impartiality of that situation? from an executive _ impartiality of that situation? from an executive point _ impartiality of that situation? from an executive point of— impartiality of that situation? from an executive point of view, - impartiality of that situation? fr'rrrn an executive point of view, we do one thing, which as we help our teams deliver flawlessly, work that is truly impartial. either way, the audience numbers, for all this talk of crisis, the audience numbers in terms of trust in the bbc and through work like you are doing, and others, the number of people who see our coverage is fair and balanced us in good order at the moment, and more important around the world and it has ever been. 0n the question regarding the chairman, i think we have got an effective board which works well together, but as i said, i don't appoint the chairman, so thatis i don't appoint the chairman, so that is for others to tackle that

question — as this review comes through. fin question - as this review comes throu~h. ._ ., question - as this review comes throu~h. ., ., through. on friday, he made a catastr0phic— through. on friday, he made a catastrophic mistake, - through. on friday, he made a catastrophic mistake, you - through. on friday, he made a. catastrophic mistake, you didn't realise what was going to happen, and you are trying to make things better. ., ~' and you are trying to make things better. ., ~ ., ., , better. no, i think what we did was make a choice _ better. no, i think what we did was make a choice to _ better. no, i think what we did was make a choice to take _ better. no, i think what we did was make a choice to take action, - better. no, i think what we did was make a choice to take action, and l make a choice to take action, and out of that, we have got to a point where we have agreed how to go forward and protect the bbc�*s impartiality, that is what we are doing. thank you. tim davie, and we will be speaking to my colleague in a moment on that for a bit more, to my colleague in a moment on that fora bit more, but to my colleague in a moment on that for a bit more, but ijust want to show you that gary lineker has been tweeting, just to show you what he has said. "after a surreal few days, i'm delighted that we have navigated a way through this..."

those are the tweets from gary lineker in the wake of that statement, and david sillito is with me, who did the interview with the director—general, tim davie, and you asked him the difficult questions that have been raised over the weekend, firstly, about his own position as a former member of the conservative party, is he really impartial? he has been weakened and damaged by this whole row, hasn't he? {lin has been weakened and damaged by this whole row, hasn't he?—

this whole row, hasn't he? on many fronts, it is — this whole row, hasn't he? on many fronts. it is very _ this whole row, hasn't he? on many fronts, it is very uncomfortable - this whole row, hasn't he? on many fronts, it is very uncomfortable for. fronts, it is very uncomfortable for the head of the bbc here, but he says, at the end of it, he has not caved in. he says, we have made a statement and we said, yes, there has been a clear breach of the guidelines, and we wanted gary lineker to stop tweeting about political controversies and party political controversies and party political matters, and he says gary lineker has agreed to that while this review takes place looking at the guidance. they have kicked the can down the road and can look at the guidelines. there seems to be two immovable forces on friday, the bbc saying there is a clear breach of guidelines, stop the tweets, and gary lineker saying he is entitled to have his own opinions and express them. now, there are grey areas, if we went into it, the issue is that it does say there is a lower risk to bbc impartiality, for instance, a sports presenter making a comment about politics, than there is extra guidelines about social media that says certain people with a high

profile have an additional responsibility. the question, i'm afraid on my twitter account, i see how many people have said, what about this presenter, what about that presenter, why have they not been censured? there are clear grey areas, the bbc are sensitive to that, they will try and figure that out and come up with a bit of clarity about all of this, but the key question is, gary lineker, back on air, he is still tweeting, still talking about issues, but not party political matters. the key question on friday was that tweet was directly criticising a government minister, saying the statement was beyond awful and that the language being used was like that of germany in the 1930s. in being used was like that of germany in the 1930s— in the 1930s. in the wider question here is how _ in the 1930s. in the wider question here is how much _ in the 1930s. in the wider question here is how much political - in the 1930s. in the wider question | here is how much political pressure is the bbc under from the government, and data management cave into that? that is one key question thatis into that? that is one key question that is being asked, and whether this review will look into, is there

any politicisation going on in how the bbc is run, not only social media accounts, there will be a lot of questions about who conduct the review and what it looks into. thea;r review and what it looks into. they say independent, _ review and what it looks into. they say independent, the _ review and what it looks into. iie: say independent, the person review and what it looks into. tie: say independent, the person has review and what it looks into. tierg say independent, the person has not been appointed yet, and i will certainly be issues there. for the audience, the key thing, when you see someone on the bbc, are they an independent person, and do you know under what criteria they are there. i think most people understand, in news and current affairs, you do not express your opinions. however, there are many programmes where you see people, for instance, michael portillo does his railways programme and then appears expressing strong political views, and then appears expressing strong politicalviews, ed and then appears expressing strong political views, ed balls, a former cabinet minister, labour cabinet minister, does programmes on the bbc and still express a strong political views. i think most people accept these are political people who will carry on being political, but what about, say, chris packham and his views about climate change, views about the environment? where are

those boundaries? it is far from clear at the moment exactly who should abide and what they should say, but a cleverer person than me could write those guidelines and not end up in another row like this in months to come. bud end up in another row like this in months to come.— months to come. and it is interesting _ months to come. and it is interesting to _ months to come. and it is interesting to see - months to come. and it is interesting to see that. months to come. and it is l interesting to see that gary months to come. and it is - interesting to see that gary lineker has, as part of the set of four tweets, still again expressed his solidarity to refugees, to those seeking asylum — he is still making the point, isn't he? he is not backing down in any way. i the point, isn't he? he is not backing down in any way. i think the ke thin backing down in any way. i think the key thing is — backing down in any way. i think the key thing is about _ backing down in any way. i think the key thing is about political— key thing is about political controversy, to express sympathy for refugees is, i think, things that would cross the entire political spectrum, people can feel sorry for people, but criticising the policy of how you deal with that, party political matters, that is an area of grey areas, but it is certainly, we have been led to believe that gary lineker has agreed to avoid party political controversy, the

political tweets, up until this guideline, these guidelines are reviewed. ., ., ., , reviewed. you are led to believe that, that _ reviewed. you are led to believe that, that he _ reviewed. you are led to believe that, that he will _ reviewed. you are led to believe that, that he will avoid - reviewed. you are led to believe that, that he will avoid party - that, that he will avoid party political controversy for however long it takes to avoid this review to complete?— long it takes to avoid this review to complete? yes. because that has not been put — to complete? yes. because that has not been put out _ to complete? ies because that has not been put out in the official statement, has it?— not been put out in the official statement, has it? no. we will wait to see if gary _ statement, has it? no. we will wait to see if gary lineker— statement, has it? no. we will wait to see if gary lineker says - statement, has it? no. we will wait to see if gary lineker says anything | to see if gary lineker says anything more. i mean, we have had four tweets so far, i am sure that there may be more to come at some point in the future, but we have been led to believe that until the review comes out and comes up with a definite statement about who can say what and how they can say it, that he has agreed to, shall we say, tone down the tweets and avoid party political controversy, directly criticising the government, effectively. because imartiali the government, effectively. because impartiality and _ the government, effectively. because impartiality and what _ the government, effectively. because impartiality and what his _ the government, effectively. because impartiality and what his party - impartiality and what his party political, again, can be interpreted in many, many ways, can't it? filth. in many, many ways, can't it? oh, es. in many, many ways, can't it? oh, yes- whether— in many, many ways, can't it? oh, yes. whether you _ in many, many ways, can't it? oh, yes. whether you are _ in many, many ways, can't it? oh, yes. whether you are sympathetic| in many, many ways, can't it? oh, i yes. whether you are sympathetic not

s mathetic yes. whether you are sympathetic not sympathetic to _ yes. whether you are sympathetic not sympathetic to refugees, _ yes. whether you are sympathetic not sympathetic to refugees, you - yes. whether you are sympathetic not sympathetic to refugees, you do - yes. whether you are sympathetic not sympathetic to refugees, you do not l sympathetic to refugees, you do not have to make an explicit tweet for that to be interpreted by anyone who wants to look for a row. the that to be interpreted by anyone who wants to look for a row.— wants to look for a row. the ability for --eole wants to look for a row. the ability for people to _ wants to look for a row. the ability for people to be — wants to look for a row. the ability for people to be upset _ wants to look for a row. the ability for people to be upset by - wants to look for a row. the ability for people to be upset by anything | for people to be upset by anything you say, especially on twitter, almost infinite. i think there is an agreement at the moment between the bbc and gary lineker that some of the heat has been taken out of this for the time being. the the heat has been taken out of this for the time being.— for the time being. the other, of course, huge _ for the time being. the other, of course, huge question _ for the time being. the other, of course, huge question of- for the time being. the other, of course, huge question of all- for the time being. the other, of course, huge question of all of. course, huge question of all of this, has been the position of richard sharp, who does have the power to remove him? it is richard sharp, who does have the power to remove him?— power to remove him? it is the government. — power to remove him? it is the government, this _ power to remove him? it is the government, this is _ power to remove him? it is the government, this is a - power to remove him? it is the i government, this is a government appointment, and it always has been from day one. all bbc chairman part one or two have some political affiliation known. i mean, labour governments have appointed labour chairman, people with labour pack rats, conservatives have appointed conservative chairman, chris patton, the former cabinet minister, a lot of them have ended up being criticised by governments because they have been seen to be too cruel

bbc when they are in charge. the questions about richard sharp mean there is an ongoing inquiry looking at questions about what was known to the people appointed him and to the commons media select committee, who are part of the oversight process, about whatever role there was in a loan guarantee that was made to borisjohnson. he said there was no facilitation, he did not organise the loan, but certainly people very surprised when i heard that in the newspapers, read that in the newspapers, read that in the newspapers, and they say they ought to have heard that when they were listening to him answering questions in the commons. 50 listening to him answering questions in the commons.— in the commons. so in terms of richard sharp, _ in the commons. so in terms of richard sharp, the _ in the commons. so in terms of richard sharp, the timeline - in the commons. so in terms of richard sharp, the timeline of l in the commons. so in terms of- richard sharp, the timeline of that, is there a board meeting today? we know that there are these two inquiries going on, any date on when...? inquiries going on, any date on when- - - ?_ inquiries going on, any date on when. . . ? inquiries going on, any date on when...? ., ~ ., ., ., when...? no, we know nothing of board meetings _ when...? no, we know nothing of board meetings or _ when...? no, we know nothing of board meetings or when - when...? no, we know nothing of board meetings or when bbc - board meetings or when bbc executives all the board will be looking at this, or whether they will say anything about this. the key thing, i think, is that there is

an independent inquiry looking at this, and the appointments committee, and also the bbc itself, its board is looking at what he said after he joined the bbc, its board is looking at what he said after hejoined the bbc, but its board is looking at what he said after he joined the bbc, but that is not about the crucial issue of what he said leading up to these appointments. ih he said leading up to these appointments.— he said leading up to these appointments. he said leading up to these a- ointments. , ., ., ., appointments. in terms of, again, reaction to — appointments. in terms of, again, reaction to all— appointments. in terms of, again, reaction to all this, _ appointments. in terms of, again, reaction to all this, the _ appointments. in terms of, again, reaction to all this, the bbc - appointments. in terms of, again, reaction to all this, the bbc mightj reaction to all this, the bbc might want to separate what happens with richard sharp and gary lineker, but for many people, these issues have been linked, and it goes to a much wider question about how the bbc goes forward with any government determining the licence fee, ahead of a potential election next year, where culture wars might very well be brought to the acting by this government, and this is only going to get more heated, isn't it, the whole question of how the bbc is judged and how its presenters and staff arejudged? i judged and how its presenters and staff are judged?— staff are 'udged? i don't think i have staff are judged? i don't think i have known — staff are judged? i don't think i have known a _ staff are judged? i don't think i have known a moment - staff are judged? i don't think i have known a moment when i staff are judged? i don't think i i have known a moment when there hasn't been heat on the bbc. there are three principles here, or fighting one another. impartiality, to be seen to be impartial, and so

thatis to be seen to be impartial, and so that is the core element of not speaking out, but then there is also a quote on the front of broadcasting house from george orwell, talking about saying things that people do not want to hear, free speech is right at the heart of the bbc as well, and then of course there is the ever present issue of independence, and the fact is that, you know, the government appoints the chairman, who is at the top of the chairman, who is at the top of the tree, how does the bbc prove that it the tree, how does the bbc prove thatitis the tree, how does the bbc prove that it is free, that it is a public broadcaster, not a state broadcaster?— broadcaster, not a state broadcaster? �* , ., , broadcaster? and 'ust finally, there has been a huge — broadcaster? and just finally, there has been a huge outpouring - broadcaster? and just finally, there has been a huge outpouring of - has been a huge outpouring of support from the sports staff over the weekend for gary lineker, and disquiet there, how is that going to be resolved by bbc management? i think they were rather taken by surprise at the speed with which so many people said, no, i will not be going into work, i will not be

sitting in the match of the day studio, i will not be replacing gary lineker, and it was presenters, pundits, commentators, and even players — there was a great deal of support. and the interesting thing is, there are two elements to this. there are people who support gary lineker�*s politics and oppose gary lineker�*s politics and oppose gary lineker�*s politics, and then there is another issue — does he have a right to say what he wanted to say, or should hejust right to say what he wanted to say, or should he just shut up because right to say what he wanted to say, or should hejust shut up because he is on the bbc? i think those are separate issues, and a lot of people think, you know what, i love him as a sports presenter, i think you should be allowed to say what he wants to say, and a lot of people think, if you are paid that amount of money and you are the face of the bbc, i think you should be impartial. bbc, i think you should be impartial-— bbc, i think you should be impartial. bbc, ithink you should be imartial. ,, ., ., ., impartial. david sillito, for now, thank ou impartial. david sillito, for now, thank you very _ impartial. david sillito, for now, thank you very much _ impartial. david sillito, for now, thank you very much indeed - impartial. david sillito, for now, thank you very much indeed for| impartial. david sillito, for now, i thank you very much indeed for all that. let's take a look at some of the key quotes from the bbc statement released at ten o'clock and the words are from the director—general, tim davie.

i'm joined now byjane dougall, bbc sports presenter. this has been a huge storm, the fact that gary lineker is going to be back on air this weekend will be welcomed by fans. absolutely, the fa cup quarter finals take place this weekend on the bbc�*s broadcasting manchester

city versus burnley on saturday and on sunday brighton versus grimsby, so it was clearly crucial that this issue would be resolved before then, in order for gary lineker to issue would be resolved before then, in orderfor gary lineker to return to present match of the date next weekend. we to present match of the date next weekend. ~ ., ., _, , to present match of the date next weekend. ~ ., ., , , weekend. we had, of course, been told the talks _ weekend. we had, of course, been told the talks between _ weekend. we had, of course, been told the talks between the - weekend. we had, of course, been told the talks between the bbc- weekend. we had, of course, beenj told the talks between the bbc and lineker were said to have been moving in the right direction, so this confirmation that gary lineker will be back in the match of the day a chair this saturday will come as a huge relief to many, notjust viewers. of course, bbc members of staff and freelancers who work for bbc sport. after the weekend's lack of football coverage just gone, it was heavily disrupted and that was the following walk—outs triggered by the following walk—outs triggered by the suspension of the host of much of the day. the bbc was keen to avoid a continuation of that and it did come as a huge surprise to many at the bbc. lineker was taken off airfor at the bbc. lineker was taken off air for criticising the government asylum plans, tweeting that the so called stop the boats bill was an

immeasurably cruel policies directed at the most vulnerable people in language not dissimilar to that used by germany in the 30s. the corporation's director tim davie felt this message sent last week to lineker�*s 8.8 million twitter followers breached impartiality guidelines at the bbc and then he was asked to step back from his presenting much of the day, but what followed was unprecedented. fellow presenters, pundits, commentators all pulled out of bbc football coverage on television and radio in support of lineker. it started with ian wright who tweeted he would not be joining anyone ian wright who tweeted he would not bejoining anyone in the ian wright who tweeted he would not be joining anyone in the studio for much of the day, and then alan shearer quickly followed and that left the bbc in a very difficult situation because there is an obligation to provide sports coverage but with very few available today. in the middle of saturday afternoon the bbc director of sport message staff to inform them the abuse he was only able to bring

limited sports programming over the weekend —— to inform them the bbc was only able to bring limited sports programming, match of the day was cut with no punditry or commentary, many people have pointed out on twitter the viewing figures were up almost half a million from the previous week but radio coverage was also very badly affected with radio five live having to plug gaps in their schedule with pre—recorded programmes and bbc two's sunday afternoon coverage of the woman's super league went ahead without studio analysis and had to rely on world food commentary and that evening much of the day to follow the much reduced format of the main programme, only 15 minutes of coverage and without the usual commentators and host mark chapman, and amongst all of that, gary lineker was seen to be watching his boyhood club leicester on saturday, he was seen in the stands watching them lose 3—1 to chelsea, but as you

have said, he has tweeted he will be backin have said, he has tweeted he will be back in the match of the day share on saturday, and it will come as a relief to many and be welcomed to many because of the popularity of the programme. he said i want to thank my colleagues at bbc sport for the remarkable show of solidarity, the remarkable show of solidarity, the bot as a team game but their backing was overwhelming, he has gone on to say i been presenting sport at the bbc for almost three decades and am immeasurably proud to work with the best and fairest broadcaster in the world. i cannot wait to get back in the match of the day chair on saturday. then he goes on to talk about a final thought, he says however difficult the last few days have been, does not compare to having to flee your home from persecution or war to seek refuge in a land far away. so, gary lineker, confirmation he will be back presenting much of the day, but tim

devi has said there will be a review of policy at the bbc on tweeting over issues that perhaps do not come under the remit, critically when it comes to politics or any government policy. thank you very much. i want to show you one more tweet that gary lineker has sent any last minute. a bit ofa a bit of a kiss and make up tweet there from gary lineker, let's get more on this saga. for more on gary lineker, let's speak to alastair campbell, co—host of the rest is politics podcast which is produced by a company owned by gary lineker. your reaction to what we've seen in

the last 20 minutes? it is your reaction to what we've seen in the last 20 minutes?— your reaction to what we've seen in the last 20 minutes? it is very good news, a complete _ the last 20 minutes? it is very good news, a complete and _ the last 20 minutes? it is very good news, a complete and total- news, a complete and total vindication for gary lineker, but i agree with him that tim davey has handled a very difficult situation very badly at first that they and recognise the mistake the bbc has made and sought quickly to rectify it —— tim davie. that's a good thing and they're are big lessons on this. this is about much more than gary lineker. there are lessons for the bbc. when you are subject to this right—wing political pressure, you should resist it and stand up to it, not pander to it. i think there are lessons for your chairman that he is the brand globally of the bbc and its reputation for impartiality. i think there are lessons for sir robert gibb who should leave the building as gary lineker comes back. there —— this has been a saudi bit political pressure. there are lessons for the conservative party. they need to wake up to the fact that if they seriously think with all the problems this country is facing that if few culture wars

ripped up by people like lee anderson and the home secretary are going to surpass a proper strategy to meet the needs of the country, and i suspect what happened over the weekend is a lot of these mps have gone back to the constituencies and their children and their friends and neighbours and constituents have said to them what on earth are you people trying to do! think this is a good day for the bbc because it has shown it can stand up to the kind of right wing creeping authoritarianism which this governing —— these governing party are in the group because of an extremist fringe that has taken over. i'm very pleased for gary, i'm especially pleased that his very first game back in the chair will involve burnley football club, and i hope that the burnley fans willjoin me in the away end singing gary's name before we turn to the more serious matter of beating manchester city. away from

the exact football, _ beating manchester city. away from the exact football, how _ beating manchester city. away from the exact football, how do - beating manchester city. away from the exact football, how do you - beating manchester city. away from | the exact football, how do you blame for this row escalating in the first place? i for this row escalating in the first lace? .. , for this row escalating in the first lace? ~' , ., , for this row escalating in the first lace? ~ , ., , ., place? i think it is actually a direct consequence - place? i think it is actually a direct consequence of - place? i think it is actually a direct consequence of a - place? i think it is actually a i direct consequence of a policy place? i think it is actually a - direct consequence of a policy and the kind of politics that people found deeply offensive. some people, look at the opinion polls and a lot of people support what suella braverman saying, and saying you are going to stop the boats and sort out the problem with a new bill, their fifth attempt to do so through the legislative process, i can see why on the surface that seems popular, but i think what people like gary lineker recognise and i think millions of other people around the country recognise is that when you have a populist polarising government that exist, frankly, to polarise, to dividers rather than bring us together, as with the rwanda policy, that is the purpose of this policy, and then to go off out with a begging bowl are basically out with the cheque book to give half a billion to president

macron to build a detention centre in france to deal with the overhang of brexit and its impact on the situation, so i do directly blame the government, and then i blame the fact of people like anderson, people like suella braverman, who see these situations, they passionately believe in their bones that if they can dividers on these polarising issues, and they don't come much more polarising than immigration, theissue more polarising than immigration, the issue of immigration, as a consequence of the brexit mistakes, they think that's a winning strategy for them, and i they think that's a winning strategy forthem, and i hope they think that's a winning strategy for them, and i hope that they learn from today is that, you know what, it might not be. it might be the... is the danger that tim davie management or whoever took the decision initially to take an action against gary lineker, that they have now had to back down and that is going to look like those potentially on the right, as a politicisation of the bbc? and the times later today saying if the director—general

retreats he destroys a repetition of the bbc for enforcing impartiality. i don't think we should be worrying too much about lessons in impartiality from rupert murdoch's press. i think the bbc cut the second person who made mistakes in this, the people at the top of the bbc management made a mistake and overreacting to the political pressure. and i do think the third point i'd make it as i do genuinely think that having richard sharpe as the bbc chairman, and it's notjust that he has a tory, is the fact he is a tory donor, is the fact he has such little experience in the water broadcasting and its particularly to my mind the fact that he helped arrange a loan for borisjohnson, then the prime minister, up £800,000, for somebody who is on a pretty large salary already, so the sort of tour really are off there in this completely disconnected world thinking that whatever they do, the rules don't apply. and it turns out if you saw sharp's evidence to the

select committee and his exchanges with the snp mpjohn nicholson it turned out he did not feel this was worthy of revealing to anybody, as he was going for the job of bbc chairman, so i really do think he has to go, he has said nothing, literally said not a word to anybody about this, in terms of standing up for the values of the bbc in recent days. why? because he's on the side of the suella braverman rather than on the side of the bbc and you have this robbie get character who ran political coverage for years whilst allowing this myth to develop the bbc political coverage was run by lefties, and now goes off to work for theresa may and goes off to set “p for theresa may and goes off to set up one of these new right—wing tv channels that nobody watches and then he works for theresa may, then does that and now is on the bbc board. if you look at his cv on the bbc board, it says that his job is to uphold the values of integrity of the bbc. he would uphold the values

and integrity if he made way for someone else. the and integrity if he made way for someone else.— and integrity if he made way for someone else. �* �* . , ., ., someone else. the bbc has had labour aned someone else. the bbc has had labour linked chair people _ someone else. the bbc has had labour linked chair people the _ someone else. the bbc has had labour linked chair people the past _ someone else. the bbc has had labour linked chair people the past two, - linked chair people the past two, and that's the whole problem, some people say, that the government appoints the chairman, the government determines the licence fee. when you look forward to the statements we have seen agreed, is there anyone who is independent enough to actually produce a review that will have trust across the political spectrum, across the journalists spectrum? i political spectrum, across the journalists spectrum?- political spectrum, across the journalists spectrum? i hope so. when people _ journalists spectrum? i hope so. when people were _ journalists spectrum? i hope so. when people were talking - journalists spectrum? i hope so. when people were talking about| journalists spectrum? i hope so. - when people were talking about this is a possibility yesterday, this may ruin the manger he doesn't get considered but the name that popped into my head was peter riddle, a very experienced journalist, actually chair of the public of court appointments commission, which is now being looked into in relation to short�*s appointment, but there

must be others. patience wheatcroft, a media figure, also has political experience as well. i do think the fact that most people who are into senior positions in public life are bound to have some kind of political view and some kind of political profile, you're absolutely right, we appointed a chairman when tony blair was prime minister, gavyn davies was appointed chair of the bbc. the prime minister in our system has to sign off that appointment. now, i think that has to go as well, but that's probably a question for a longer time. that's probably a question for a longertime. i that's probably a question for a longer time. i agree with you, i think it is absurd the prime minister of the day ultimately decides who is the chairman of the bbc. we should take that process right out, and again, whoever gets thisjob, whoever takes on right out, and again, whoever gets this job, whoever takes on this task of doing this review, papers like the mail, people like anderson, tapers like the express and the telegraph, they will say, whoever it is, unless it is charles moore, they will say that this is wrong and it

is not going to work and not fair or not impartial. let them do it. they are going to rant and rave about anything that isn'tjust totally signed up to borisjohnson's corruption and apparatus of the state which they have been part of. anybody and everybody who works for the bbc, including gary lineker and all those newspaper columns that present programmes on the radio, including alan sugar, don't they have to now use their own judgment, whilst any reviews carried out? and even beyond a? it is not about the letter of agreement saw the letter of a contract, is about entering the spirit of working for the bbc, which is that you are completely impartial? so gary lineker has to take responsibility to be like that, also, going forward? yes. take responsibility to be like that, also, going forward?— also, going forward? yes, but i don't think— also, going forward? yes, but i don't think gary _ also, going forward? yes, but i don't think gary lineker - also, going forward? yes, but i don't think gary lineker was i also, going forward? yes, but i i don't think gary lineker was being too irresponsible and seeing what he said. one, it was in keeping with the kind of things he has said before about refugees, and also about issues like brexit. gary lineker did an event for the people spoke campaign when i was involved

in that. he stood on the platform with joe in that. he stood on the platform withjoejohnson, in that. he stood on the platform with joe johnson, boris johnson's brother, when withjoejohnson, borisjohnson's brother, when he came out against the government's policy. going forward, would _ the government's policy. going forward, would it _ the government's policy. going forward, would it not _ the government's policy. going forward, would it not be - the government's policy. going forward, would it not be better| the government's policy. going forward, would it not be better for forward, would it not be betterfor him to refrain from tweeting or talking about political issues if he wants to maintain his position covering football?— wants to maintain his position covering football? well, i think... look, i think _ covering football? well, i think... look, i think gary _ covering football? well, i think... look, i think gary in _ covering football? well, i think... look, i think gary in recent - covering football? well, i think... look, i think gary in recent days | look, i think gary in recent days since the storm blew up, i think he has behaved absolutely impeccably. he said very little, he has... obviously behind the scenes his 0bviously behind the scenes his people have been talking away to the bbc and they have resolved it, and i think that's a very good thing. gary lineker is a very intelligent, very clever, very smart, very astute guy. i think he, like everybody else, has probably been very surprised, i know he has, he's been shocked by the extent to which this has blown up as a kind of global issue about this huge brand of the bbc, and so i'm

sure he will be... buy thing he always has used this judgment, sure he will be... buy thing he always has used thisjudgment, and let me finish this point, what you're saying, if it is come to its logical conclusion, means that alan sugar can't tweet, andrew renewal can tweet, brian cox the scientist can't tweet, david attenborough should tone down what he says about the climate crisis because people like lee anderson think it is all a bit overblown, this climate change stuff, so you have to be very careful about this. i think what tim davie did and bringing in the change, he said all the stuff about impartiality and everybody gets that understands that is the right thing to have a/c driving priority for him, but i don't think they thought through the reality of having a brand like the bbc with huge names within it like gary lineker, like brian cox, like david attenborough, like adding sugar —— alan sugar, if they were to say to the people you can only say on social media what you can say within the guidance of the bbc, they are actually in this new modern media landscape, they are

actually probably damaging their own brand, so i think this is why this requires really careful thought that was not given at the time tim davie came in and said... ihs, was not given at the time tim davie came in and said. . ._ came in and said... a lot of people miaht came in and said... a lot of people might see — came in and said... a lot of people might see if _ came in and said... a lot of people might see if you — came in and said... a lot of people might see if you are _ came in and said... a lot of people might see if you are going - came in and said... a lot of people might see if you are going to - came in and said... a lot of people might see if you are going to have| might see if you are going to have the platform the bbc affords you, you do have to sign up to impartiality across the board, and is a simple choice about where you work and how you operate. i want to ask you. work and how you operate. i want to ask ou. work and how you operate. i want to ask you. 0k. have you spoken to gary ask you. oil. have you spoken to gary lineker? have ask you. i>il. have you spoken to gary lineker? have you ask you. iii. have you spoken to gary lineker? have you spoken to ask you. iii have you spoken to gary lineker? have you spoken to him today? has he found it upsetting reis has been under a massive amount of pressure. does he want to continue staying working at the bbc beyond his current contract miss about that i don't know but i do know he was absolutely stunned and shocked by the extent he came under attack. he was very surprised at the bbc reacted they did. i think he has been utterly overwhelmed by the public support he has received, and in particular, i think from his colleagues. that's a big brave thing those bbc guys did. alan shearer and

ian wright, very famous, pretty wealthy and all the rest of it, you're talking about, in many cases, jobbing bbcjournalists who do not earn a fortune saying we are downing tools as well and that's ultimately why the bbc had to act, so gary lineker, just as he was a natural footballer, he's a natural podcast, and he loves broadcasting for the bbc -- and he loves broadcasting for the bbc —— and i have no doubt there will be nobody happier on saturday when burnley beat manchester city when burnley beat manchester city when he is in the chair presenting that programme and that's where he lives for. he doesn't live to get attacked by people like suella braverman and grant sharps and penny martin and lee anderson. when we talk about corruption in our media, what is more significant? gary lineker doing the odd tree or boris johnson, corrupt the race by minister, trying to get a daily mail member a peerage having been rejected once already. i’m

member a peerage having been rejected once already. re'ected once already. i'm 'oined by a rejected once already. i'm 'oined by a former esc— rejected once already. i'm 'oined by a former bbc editorh rejected once already. i'm 'oined by a former bbc editor who _ rejected once already. i'm joined by a former bbc editor who now- rejected once already. i'm joined by| a former bbc editor who now serves as a senior lecturer in journalism at the london college of communication. what are the lessons from this rather sorry saga? i what are the lessons from this rather sorry saga?— what are the lessons from this rather sorry saga? i think there are a lot of lessons _ rather sorry saga? i think there are a lot of lessons to _ rather sorry saga? i think there are a lot of lessons to be _ rather sorry saga? i think there are a lot of lessons to be learnt - rather sorry saga? i think there are a lot of lessons to be learnt from i a lot of lessons to be learnt from this and they go wider than the bbc as well. the bbc has got to learn the way in which it is responding to social media, the way in which its staff contribute to social media as well. alistair campbell made a very good point, about how the new policy might affect not just good point, about how the new policy might affect notjust people like gary lineker, but everybody who makes a contribution on the bbc, and that doesn't just go makes a contribution on the bbc, and that doesn'tjust go for people like lord sugar or brian cox are people like that, every freelancer who makes an imperious on bbc local radio, makes an appearance on local

television, where do they sit on that? what are the implications for them? in formulating this new policy, new approach, which i think is absolutely right in light of what has happened in the relationship between the bbc and social media has been kind of a ticking time bomb that was going to go off, at some point like this the bbc have to recognise that and take into account and try to determine the new policy which doesn'tjust and try to determine the new policy which doesn't just take and try to determine the new policy which doesn'tjust take account of gary lineker but every freelance contribute to who is appearing on the bbc day after day.— contribute to who is appearing on the bbc day after day. we've seen names of many — the bbc day after day. we've seen names of many people _ the bbc day after day. we've seen names of many people who - the bbc day after day. we've seen names of many people who take l names of many people who take political positions so our presenters, write to newspapers, right on social media who are employed at the bbc, is it really realistic now for the bbc to impose those sorts of limitations and still attract top talent to its presenting team? , �* ., ., attract top talent to its presenting team? f l, l, , team? they're going to struggle in comin u- team? they're going to struggle in coming up with _ team? they're going to struggle in

coming up with the _ team? they're going to struggle in coming up with the policy - team? they're going to struggle in coming up with the policy that - team? they're going to struggle in i coming up with the policy that works for everybody. this is one of the problems the one size fits all policy they were relying on. they are going to have to look to individual contracts and agreements with contributors and presenters to try and work out ways in which they can offset the issue of people having a profile or having a high profile and peeling on the bbc and yet still having the ability to express themselves freely on social media, and this is something that is going to take the bbc quite a while to work through, and the size of the reaction to what has happened with gary lineker shows how important it is to people that they do have a bbc they can trust, that do have presenters through the fuel can talk about the issues that they are experts on, but also still have the ability like everybody else on

twitter to express themselves freely on issues of public concern. yen; on issues of public concern. very uickl , on issues of public concern. very quickly, is _ on issues of public concern. very quickly, is the — on issues of public concern. very quickly, is the chairman's - on issues of public concern. very quickly, is the chairman's position tenable? it is it possible for him to continue now that this deal has been brokered with gary lineker? i think it makes it very difficult for him. i think the linkage there between the chairman of the bbc and the political bubble, as it were, has now been highlighted, it's a very strong one, much stronger than any of the previous connections between bbc chairman and the political establishment. as a result, i think he is going to struggle to be able to justify continuing to oversee the organisation, which is now basically trying to hold that position to account, just as much as they are holding anybody to account and doing that with presenters and

contributors that people can trust. thank you very much indeed. we will move onto another study here in the uk. thousands ofjunior doctors in england are beginning a three—day strike in a row over pay. their union, the bma, says newly qualified doctors could earn more selling coffee. bosses at the national heath service say there will be widespread disruption to services. i'm joined now from the picket line in sheffield. thank you forjoining us. why are the junior doctors asking for such a big pay increase? they have not had any pay increase for the last 15 years, and if they have the pay increase year—on—year that we would not be in this position. as you can see, junior doctors come out of the six years of medical school will have not earned anything to a salary of £14 an hour with debts exceeding £100,000. in addition they have got to pay for

their own exams and training. it is just untenable. at the moment what they're asking, put up the reach 19p an hour, is that too much to ask reis doctors are leaving in droves. they are not feeling valued at all. they are not feeling valued at all. they are not feeling valued at all. they are going to places where they feel they are better paid, so some of them are leaving to go to australia, to canada for instance. we won't have any doctors left at this rate. who will be looking at pretty patients are fully doctors leave the hospital? when in terms of the damage to patient care, patient safety over the next three days, what will the public see? i will they feel the impact of the strike? senior doctors and junior doctors are in this together.— senior doctors and junior doctors are in this together. senior doctors are in this together. senior doctors are looking — are in this together. senior doctors are looking after _ are in this together. senior doctors are looking after the _ are in this together. senior doctors are looking after the patients - are in this together. senior doctors are looking after the patients in i are looking after the patients in critical care patients. looking after the emergency care. i deeply regret the loss of elective care that will inevitably happen. it will be huge. but doctors are leaving.

you want to pay them the right sums of they are retained and recruited and kept in the nhs. if they all go, who will be looking after patients were smacks of there's going to be short—term pain for long—term gains. but this is to protect the nhs. figs short—term pain for long—term gains. but this is to protect the nhs. is i but this is to protect the nhs. as i understand — but this is to protect the nhs. as i understand it _ but this is to protect the nhs. as i understand it senior doctors and consultants will step in to do the immediate emergency care but it is the more long—term scheduled appointments that are being cancelled for the three days of the strike. l, l, l, l, strike. indeed and it will add onto the [on strike. indeed and it will add onto the long term _ strike. indeed and it will add onto the long term huge _ strike. indeed and it will add onto the long term huge disruption - strike. indeed and it will add onto the long term huge disruption tol strike. indeed and it will add onto i the long term huge disruption to the lx care that has sat the chronic underfunding of the services that has been happening for several years now. the 7.2 million people waiting on the waiting list, it has been there two... on the waiting list, it has been there two- - -— on the waiting list, it has been there two... the public watching mi u ht sa there two... the public watching

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weekend and we know a review is going to be carried out into future guidelines for freelance presenters. further snowfall across parts of scotland, sinking through to tomorrow morning. most of it will be in the hell is that we are going to see it at lower levels as well as we have done this morning. for northern ireland, england and wales, a mixture of cloud, sunny spells, some showers and also longer spells of rain, and you might hear the odd clap of thunder in this and also see some hailstones as well. these cuts represent the strength of the wind, and as you can see, it's when wherever you are, even on land we have gusty winds stop strong enough to bring down some branches or even some trees. miles across england,

wales and northern ireland that culprit we have the falling snow in scotland. these are the amounts we can see, above 200 metres, 2—4 centimetres, possibly even more than this and as we head to the evening and overnight, this band of rain, sleet and snow is one to be pushing steadily southwards. most of the snow, again, will be on higher ground, may see a little bit of sleet in the south where we have the damn services, temperatures as low as potentially —10 in parts of scotland. he could well see some ice and untreated services as well as the widespread frost. the cold air coming in behind the snow tomorrow, moves right the way across the country, will be a colder day than today, a bit more sunshine and dry weather, but having said that, some scattered wintry showers and although the wind for easy little overnight, it is still going to be a windy day during tuesday and you can see the temperatures, 1—9 , two in aberdeen, but when you add on the wind chill, that's in aberdeen will feel more like —3. another day for

wrapping up warmly. into tuesday and wednesday, you can see how we have the transient ridge of high pressure building across us, and we have the next clutch of fronts coming in from the atlantic. wednesday starts on a cold and frosty note was some sunshine, the cloud building and then the fronts comment building the rain, as they engage with the cold and raining or not we will see a speu and raining or not we will see a spell of snow, and temperatures 2-9 . the spell of snow, and temperatures 2—9 . the wind also picking up. as we head on through the latter part of the week, looks like it will turn that bit milderfrom of the week, looks like it will turn that bit milder from thursday, but we were once again see some rain.

you are watching bbc news. welcome. our top stories. garzar you are watching bbc news. welcome. our top stories-— our top stories. gary lineker is to return to match _ our top stories. gary lineker is to return to match of _ our top stories. gary lineker is to return to match of the _ our top stories. gary lineker is to return to match of the day. - our top stories. gary lineker is to return to match of the day. the i return to match of the day. the corporation has announced an independent review of social media guidelines and has apologised to audiences. l, , , l, audiences. there has never been an eas is audiences. there has never been an easy is the — audiences. there has never been an easy is the solution _ audiences. there has never been an easy is the solution but _ audiences. there has never been an easy is the solution but asking - audiences. there has never been an easy is the solution but asking gary| easy is the solution but asking gary to step back of their was a significant thing. now we look forward with this agreement moving forward with this agreement moving forward to resolve things and get back to business as usual. after the collapse of the silicon valley bank the british government and the bank of england facilitate a private sale of its uk arm to hsbc.

rishi sunak is in california to discuss defence and the potential threat from china with the leaders of the pack australia and the united states. china's national people's congress concludes as the new premier tries to come the business community after the recent crackdown on the tech sector. junior doctors are walking out on strike over the next three days calling for a massive pay increase to reverse 15 years of below inflation pay rises. what a night for the multi—verse film everything everywhere all at once which has won pretty much everything, seven 0scars, including best actress for michelle yeoh. this is roof best actress for michelle yeoh. this is proof that — best actress for michelle yeoh. ti 3 is proof that dreams, dream big and dreams do come true. ladies, don't let anyone tell you you were ever passed your prime.

the bbc has announced that high profile sports presenter gary lineker will be allowed back on air, three days after he was told to step back from presenting because of a tweet in which he criticised uk government policy. the corporation says it will now hold an independent review of its impartiality guidelines, and in the meantime, the presenter would abide by its current rules. in a statement, the broadcaster's director—general, tim davie, apologised for the disruption caused when bbc presenters refused to present the weekend football coverage. mr lineker said he was 'delighted' to get back to presenting, and thanked his colleagues at bbc sport for backing him. gary lineker�*s tweets — in which he compared the language

used by ministers over migration to that used in 1930s germany —— drew angry protests from conservative mps. but the director—general�*s decision to take the presenter off air provoked accusations that the corporation had bowed to government pressure, and pitched the bbc into crisis. tim davie has been speaking to our media correspondent, david sillito. three days ago a clear breach of guidelines. now gary lineker back on air. this looks like a complete climb—down by the bbc. i air. this looks like a complete climb-down by the bbc. i don't think so. i have always _ climb-down by the bbc. i don't think so. i have always said _ climb-down by the bbc. i don't think so. i have always said we _ climb-down by the bbc. i don't think so. i have always said we need - climb-down by the bbc. i don't think so. i have always said we need to i so. i have always said we need to take proportion of action. some people we have taken to severe action, others think we have been too lenient. asking gary to step back off there was i think a significant thing. now we look forward with this agreement moving forward with this agreement moving forward to resolve things and get

back to business as usual. me forward to resolve things and get back to business as usual. we are examining — back to business as usual. we are examining guidance _ back to business as usual. we are examining guidance and - back to business as usual. we are i examining guidance and guidelines, sounds like kicking the can down the road. has gary lineker agreed to stop tweeting about politics which is what you asked on friday? iiiiihieit stop tweeting about politics which is what you asked on friday? what we have agreed. — is what you asked on friday? what we have agreed. and _ is what you asked on friday? what we have agreed, and i _ is what you asked on friday? what we have agreed, and i have _ is what you asked on friday? what we have agreed, and i have spent - is what you asked on friday? what we have agreed, and i have spent time i have agreed, and i have spent time talking to gary, is that between now and when the review reports, gary will abide by the editorial guidelines. that is where we are. you said this was your foundational issue, impartiality. this was a line in the sand, itjust seems to have been a bit of disruption too much of the day. ii been a bit of disruption too much of the da . l, l, , , been a bit of disruption too much of theda. l, , l, been a bit of disruption too much of theda. l, ,l,, l, the day. if that was 'ust a bit of disruption * the day. if that was 'ust a bit of disruption too _ the day. if that wasjust a bit of disruption too much _ the day. if that wasjust a bit of disruption too much of - the day. if that wasjust a bit of disruption too much of the - the day. if that wasjust a bit ofj disruption too much of the date the day. if that wasjust a bit of - disruption too much of the date you are having a different weekend to what i was having. it was a big moment in our saying we had to take action. we did take action which i thought was proportion of. i believe i did the right thing. having said that, you had to look at the balance

here and act fairly. there are lots of people... here and act fairly. there are lots of people- - -_ here and act fairly. there are lots of people... here and act fairly. there are lots of eole... l, , l, l, of people... have you been unfair to gary lineker? _ of people... have you been unfair to gary lineker? no, _ of people. .. have you been unfair to gary lineker? no, i— of people... have you been unfair to gary lineker? no, i have _ of people... have you been unfair to gary lineker? no, i have acted - of people... have you been unfair to gary lineker? no, i have acted in i gary lineker? no, i have acted in the riht gary lineker? no, i have acted in the right way- — gary lineker? no, i have acted in the right way. it _ gary lineker? no, i have acted in the right way. it has _ gary lineker? no, i have acted in the right way. it has always - gary lineker? no, i have acted in the right way. it has always been| the right way. it has always been difficult. there are no easy answers, it is tough getting the balance right but asking gary lineker to step aside was appropriate at that moment. then we reset and we do the things we have laid out in this agreement which i think are right and we go forward. how are you so out of touch with your own corporation, your own organisation, your own stuff, you didn't foresee this complete chaos? i respect the views of the sports teams. they obviously were put in a very difficult situation. people across the bbc, if you talk to them, are all very passionate about our standing as an impartial broadcaster. this event tells you

how polarise the debate has come. i want to fight for a bbc where we can have proper, calm debate, facilitate free speech. that is a really important thing. this will allow us to do good. important thing. this will allow us to do good-— important thing. this will allow us to do ood. l, l, , , l, , to do good. there are many people, all they see — to do good. there are many people, all they see here _ to do good. there are many people, all they see here is _ to do good. there are many people, all they see here is a _ to do good. there are many people, all they see here is a conservative i all they see here is a conservative director general, a conservative chairman barry to mps and conservative press. chairman barry to mps and conservative ress. �* l, ~ l, , conservative press. anyone who knows me knows that — conservative press. anyone who knows me knows that yes, _ conservative press. anyone who knows me knows that yes, 30 _ conservative press. anyone who knows me knows that yes, 30 years _ conservative press. anyone who knows me knows that yes, 30 years ago, - me knows that yes, 30 years ago, some political involvement but absolutely not affected by pressure from one party or the other. but is not how we work editorially in the bbc. it is a convenient narrative, it is not true. the impartiality guidelines would be equally applied in terms of being critical of the left or right, that the issue is getting involved in party political matters and we that independently. i would note that one of the things

the bbc does, and this interview is a demonstration, is it goes out of these stories without fear or favour. i would ask the journalists around you and all the people at the bbc, they are not under pressure and thatis bbc, they are not under pressure and that is how they should work. the issue of impartiality, the audience issue of impartiality, the audience is seeing is somebody who has caved in and also, the key issue, those questions about a conservative chairman and many questions about his role and his relationship with borisjohnson. how will you restore impartiality, the perception of impartiality?— impartiality, the perception of imartiali ? l, l, l impartiality? from an executive oint of impartiality? from an executive point of view — impartiality? from an executive point of view we _ impartiality? from an executive point of view we do _ impartiality? from an executive point of view we do one - impartiality? from an executive point of view we do one thing i impartiality? from an executive point of view we do one thing isj impartiality? from an executive i point of view we do one thing is we help our teams and deliver flawlessly. the audience numbers, for all this talk of crisis, the audience numbers in terms of trust in the bbc and through work like you are doing and others, the number of people who see our coverage as fair and balanced is in good order. on

the chairman, i think we have an effective board, it works well together but as i have said, one of the people i don't point is the chairman, so that is for others to tackle that question as this review comes through. fin tackle that question as this review comes through.— tackle that question as this review comes through. tackle that question as this review comes throuh. l, , , l, l, l, comes through. on friday you made a catastrophic— comes through. on friday you made a catastrophic mistake. _ comes through. on friday you made a catastrophic mistake. you _ comes through. on friday you made a catastrophic mistake. you didn't - catastrophic mistake. you didn't realise what was going to happen and now you're just trying to make things better.— now you're just trying to make things better. now you're just trying to make thins better. l, l, l, , things better. no, what we did was make a choice _ things better. no, what we did was make a choice to _ things better. no, what we did was make a choice to take _ things better. no, what we did was make a choice to take action - things better. no, what we did was make a choice to take action and i things better. no, what we did was. make a choice to take action and out of that, we have got to a point where we have agreed how to go forward and protect the bbc�*s impartiality, that is what we are doing. impartiality, that is what we are doin. l l, l, impartiality, that is what we are doing. tim dave, director general of the bbc. shortly after the bbc�*s statement — gary lineker wrote and published five tweets. here they are.

gary lineker then added a final tweet, reading: i'm nowjoined by mark borkowski who is a crisis and reputation management specialist and founder of the pr firm borkowski. thank you for being with us. i am

sure you watch this all weekend with fascination and also if they were my clients, what would i be advising? what do you make of how this has been handled and what do you make of the outcome? i been handled and what do you make of the outcome?— the outcome? i think it is an eleant the outcome? i think it is an elegant outcome _ the outcome? i think it is an elegant outcome because i the outcome? i think it is an i elegant outcome because both the outcome? i think it is an - elegant outcome because both parties are agreeing and i am sure lineker

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now and that is a clear and very fine line and they are floating impartiality and are in trouble. the bigger quest of the bbc is to really fight hard for an incredible corporation that was under pressure to see licence fee be cut and we have more pressure is now from streamers like disney, apple, amazon, netflix, who are coming into the bbc orbit and they have to work harder to somehow capture the talent at a reasonable rate and at the same time project devalues which are common to many, exemplary. thank you ve much.

common to many, exemplary. thank you very much- just — common to many, exemplary. thank you very much- just to _ common to many, exemplary. thank you very much. just to give _ common to many, exemplary. thank you very much. just to give you _ common to many, exemplary. thank you very much. just to give you a _ very much. just to give you a statement that has just come from bbc, you heard the point of the chairman of the board who does not appoint the board, they have a different role and the board has put out a statement saying it welcomed the fact that the executive has reached an agreement following the disruption at the weekend and impartiality is a cornerstone of the bbc. ~ , , , bbc. we believe this is the right time to look _ bbc. we believe this is the right time to look at _ bbc. we believe this is the right time to look at the _ bbc. we believe this is the right time to look at the clarity - bbc. we believe this is the right time to look at the clarity of - bbc. we believe this is the right time to look at the clarity of the | time to look at the clarity of the bbc was like social media guidance and how it is applied. we also bought the executive and its continuing work to ensure that it delivers world class and partial contact for all audiences. delivers world class and partial contact forallaudiences. now, the us government says people and businesses who have money deposited at silicon valley bank — which collapsed last week — will be able to access all their cash from today. a statement from the us treasury and the federal reserve said depositors would be fully protected and said american taxpayer would not bear any losses from the move. the same guarantees have been given to account holders with signature bank of new york,

which was badly hit by the turmoil and came under regulatory control on sunday. in the uk, the government has announced that hsbc will buy the uk arm of svb, meaning customers will be able to access their deposists and banking services as normal. here's the uk's finance minister. well, there was never a systemic risk to our financial stability in the uk, the bank of england governor made that clearfrom the uk, the bank of england governor made that clear from the outset. the bank of england governor made that clear from the outset, but a number of our most promising and important technology and life—science companies had their money with silicon valley bank, in their uk branch. so we've been working over the weekend, i've been in constant contact with the governor of the bank of england, the prudential regulatory authority, the prime minister, to work up a solution.

we do now have that solution, a sale has been agreed to hsbc, which is europe's biggest bank, one of the most credit—worthy institutions in the world. and what that means is that all those really important companies that had deposits with silicon valley bank uk can access their deposits, can access normal banking services as of this morning. it's a very important outcome, no taxpayer's money has been used, and i think it's the result of a lot of hard work, but i also think it shows that the uk has great resilience in its financial system, that we're able to step in with one of our biggest uk banks in a situation like this and protect a very important sector. it isa it is a busy week forjeremy hunt who delivers the annual budget on wednesday, we will have live coverage of that story and any developments. particularly difficult time for the british economy after the crisis it faced last year.

the... i think we have read that already, shall wejump on? let's do. earlier on we spoke to the chief of the cambridge college university. rod and assessment of the bank's failure. in rod and assessment of the bank's failure. l, l, l, , , , failure. in a narrow sense, it is not to worsen. _ failure. in a narrow sense, it is not to worsen, it _ failure. in a narrow sense, it is not to worsen, itjust - failure. in a narrow sense, it is| not to worsen, itjust highlights how quickly deposits can slow in a tech enabled world of banking but in a broad sense, it reflects something that we should keep an eye on which is that the world has changed, interest rates are higher and some people get caught off side with significant spill—over effects. iiiiihieit significant spill-over effects. what does that mean _ significant spill-over effects. what does that mean for _ significant spill—over effects. what does that mean for anyone who is watching the banking sector are now? are the regulators acting as they should? , , l, l, should? yes, so, first, do not wor , should? yes, so, first, do not worry. your— should? yes, so, first, do not worry, your deposits - should? yes, so, first, do not worry, your deposits are - should? yes, so, first, do notj worry, your deposits are safe. should? yes, so, first, do not - worry, your deposits are safe. again we have seen that the authorities can move very quickly to stem a

potential crisis, so that is the good news, your deposits are safe. there is good is that we all are having to adjust to a world of higher interest rates and that matters if you have to refinance your mortgage, it matters if you're a small business and you have to extend your loans, so there are implications but the good news is that you don't have to worry about your bank deposits. hath? that you don't have to worry about your bank deposits.— your bank deposits. why did this ha en in your bank deposits. why did this happen in the — your bank deposits. why did this happen in the first _ your bank deposits. why did this happen in the first place? - your bank deposits. why did this happen in the first place? why i your bank deposits. why did this i happen in the first place? why did he buy get caught out like this? there were two causes, the big one is inflation, which has forced central bank to raise interest rates which means that if you are holding longer maturity bonds as some banks are, you have a loss, an unrealised loss, but what made the situation particularly vulnerable is that this bank, the silicon valley bank had a

very concentrated deposits are among a certain sector of society, tech, entrepreneurs, start—ups, and they themselves have been under pressure so this is an isolated case but it reflects a much bigger issue which is that we are going to have bumps along the way in adjusting to high interest rates with the possibility of both economic and financial accidents. lets go to the war in ukraine. and the city of mariupol, which russia has now occupied for 10 months. it's not clear how many people have been killed or are still missing. the un estimates that 90% of residential buildings are damaged or destroyed, and 350,000 people have been forced to leave their homes. well russian state media says the city is now being rebuilt. while the bbc filming crews cannot access mariupol to verify it independently, my colleague vitaliy shevchenko from the bbc monitoring talked to the locals on the conditions of anonymity. let's speak now to

vitaliy shevchenko, who is the bbc monitoring russia editor. we should say how difficult it is to talk to people directly, how how did you find it and how did you do it? it took me over a week because people are afraid, someone said they knew someone who got killed because they were involved in volunteering work in mariupol and working with ukrainian volunteers and someone else lost their job ukrainian volunteers and someone else lost theirjob after speaking to the wrong kind of media outlet. very serious limitations in how much detail we get what you're confident what you have been told by people gives an accurate picture. the big thing is it is hard to square the idea that the un are saying the city has been decimated with some of the things you have had footage of. me things you have had footage of. we have things you have had footage of. e have seen satellite pictures and various video clips provided by people who are out there and i've spoken to some of them, and the picture they have painted is that of

a massive rebuilding effort, massively expensive one as well. also an effort on the part of russia to assimilate mariupol into russia and make it russia's own. i to assimilate mariupol into russia and make it russia's own.- to assimilate mariupol into russia and make it russia's own. i hope we can see the — and make it russia's own. i hope we can see the pictures _ and make it russia's own. i hope we can see the pictures as _ and make it russia's own. i hope we can see the pictures as a _ and make it russia's own. i hope we can see the pictures as a drive - can see the pictures as a drive through which we have which we are all now. i don't know if you —— how much of this you can see but if you can talk it through a does not look like a decimated city. maybe my ignorance. like a decimated city. maybe my inorance. , like a decimated city. maybe my ignorance-— ignorance. the un says 9096 of apartment _ ignorance. the un says 9096 of apartment blocks... _ ignorance. the un says 9096 of apartment blocks... that - ignorance. the un says 9096 of apartment blocks... that is - apartment blocks... that is decimated. _ apartment blocks... that is decimated. have _ apartment blocks... that is decimated. have been - apartment blocks... that is - decimated. have been damaged or destro ed decimated. have been damaged or destroyed and _ decimated. have been damaged or destroyed and the _ decimated. have been damaged or destroyed and the building - decimated. have been damaged or destroyed and the building is - decimated. have been damaged or. destroyed and the building is beyond repair it seems like russia is pulling them down, building new apartment blocks in their place and the ones that are repairable, they are replacing windows and radiators, buses are running again, hospitals or at least some of them are working. white make the ones that

were not destroyed. yes. and that is how russia is trying to show that we can rebuild. and coincidentally after the second chechen war, in terms of how russia is trying to assimilate mariupol, i've been told that things are much simpler and easier. ih that things are much simpler and easier. l, l, , that things are much simpler and easier-_ the - that things are much simpler and | easier._ the russian easier. in what way? the russian state agencies _ easier. in what way? the russian state agencies are _ easier. in what way? the russian state agencies are obviously - easier. in what way? the russian state agencies are obviously the l state agencies are obviously the main employer in town at the moment. you will not get a job unless you have a russian passport. find you will not get a job unless you have a russian passport. and also to travel to russia _ have a russian passport. and also to travel to russia you _ have a russian passport. and also to travel to russia you need _ have a russian passport. and also to travel to russia you need a - have a russian passport. and also to travel to russia you need a russian i travel to russia you need a russian passport. travel to russia you need a russian --assort. , , ., l, l, passport. they might be ukrainian travelling back _ passport. they might be ukrainian travelling back and _ passport. they might be ukrainian travelling back and things - passport. they might be ukrainian travelling back and things like - travelling back and things like that. , l, , , , l that. yes, and it is very difficult to travel to _

that. yes, and it is very difficult to travel to ukraine _ that. yes, and it is very difficult to travel to ukraine in _ that. yes, and it is very difficult to travel to ukraine in control i to travel to ukraine in control territory and there are persistent rumours that in order to be able to get a russian pension, you will need a russian passport, so all this pushes local residents towards becoming part of russia and very practical terms. becoming part of russia and very practicalterms. i becoming part of russia and very practical terms. i was very struck by one specific example in some of the conversations you've had, you mentioned when briefing is about this, that this is what you have been doing and you had someone basically saying the pensions are going to be better under the russian occupation than they were under ukrainian control. it occupation than they were under ukrainian control.— occupation than they were under ukrainian control. at the moment, retired pensioners _ ukrainian control. at the moment, retired pensioners in _ ukrainian control. at the moment, retired pensioners in mariupol - ukrainian control. at the moment, retired pensioners in mariupol are| retired pensioners in mariupol are able to get to pensions, one from russia and one from ukraine, so that is... l, �* , l, ' is... you're better off under russian _ is... you're better off under russian vacation _ is... you're better off under russian vacation is - is... you're better off under russian vacation is the - is... you're better off under| russian vacation is the main is... you're better off under- russian vacation is the main message that russia is not my that russian vacation is the main message that russia is not m— that russia is not my that is quite useful in terms _ that russia is not my that is quite useful in terms of— that russia is not my that is quite

useful in terms of propaganda. i that russia is not my that is quite i useful in terms of propaganda. and the media outlets that are still allowed to operate are accessible. and i've spoken to a very popular commentatorfrom ukraine and i've spoken to a very popular commentator from ukraine who and i've spoken to a very popular commentatorfrom ukraine who is originally from eastern ukraine and has had to flee. i originally from eastern ukraine and has had to flee.— has had to flee. i put to him the idea that local _ has had to flee. i put to him the idea that local residents, - has had to flee. i put to him the idea that local residents, some | has had to flee. i put to him the i idea that local residents, some of them are happy to regain the sense of normality and stability, and they seem to be, some of them, happy to be with russia and he said a lot of people leave out the point that it was russia that, in the first place, if it destroyed ten hospitals, isn't really expecting to be thanked for rebuilding one and what about the thousands of people who have been

killed. thank you for your company. we will see you again later. hello. we've had further snowfall across parts of scotland and that will be sinking south as we go through the rest of today, tonight and tomorrow morning. most of it will be in the hills but we will see some at low levels as well. for northern ireland, england and wales a mixture of cloud, sunny spells. some showers and longer spells of rain. some thunder and some showers and longer spells of rain. some thunderand hale some showers and longer spells of rain. some thunder and hale storms as well. these gusts represent the strength of the wind. wind you where ever you are. gusty winds are strong enough to bring down some branches or even some small trees. still mild

but it is cloud where we have the falling snow in scotland. these are the amounts we could see, above 200 metres 2—4 centimetres. this band of rain, sleet and snow will be pushing steadily southwards. most of the snow will be on higher ground. where we have damp surfaces the temperatures as low as —10, in the parts of scotland we could see ice on untreated services as well as a widespread frost. to mow the cold air coming in behind that snow moves right the way across the country. a cold day but more dry weather. having said that, scattered wintry showers and although the wind will ease overnight, still a windy day during tuesday and you can see the temperatures, one to 9 degrees. two in aberdeen but at the wind chill that will feel more like minus three

degrees. tuesday and wednesday you can see we have this trenchant ridge of high pressure and the next clutch of high pressure and the next clutch of france coming in from the antic. wednesday starts on a cold note. the cloud building than the fronts coming in very great as they engage with the colder air in the north, a speu with the colder air in the north, a spell of snow and temperatures of two — 9 degrees. as we head on through the latter part of the week, it looks like it will turn that bit milderfrom it looks like it will turn that bit milder from thursday but we will once again see some rain.

crisis averted, us and uk regulators step into sure the banking system after the collapse of silicon valley bank but why are investors still nervous? and as china welcomes a new premier, what next for the economy? welcome to world business report, i'm ben thompson. it is a banking collapse that was a horribly familiar reminder of the 2008 banking crisis.

silicon valley bank's collapse on friday has sent shock