a bit harsh on gary lineker?on twitter or something. you know , twitter or something. you know, he's, he's very successful. everything he touches turns to gold. he's got a big audience for match of the day and other sporting coverage that he does. so are we being a bit harsh on him? >> i'll be perfectly honest. i don't actually watch match of the day. i watched cbs with kate scott and thierry henry and micah richards. i don't watch match of the day. do you pay the licence fee or not? what licence fee? no. >> wow. >> wow. >> no, i don't have a tv. >> do you support the idea of a licence fee? >> i think in principle it's good to have a neutral state broadcaster, but i think that should probably be integrated into your taxes more than an individual licence fee . but you individual licence fee. but you know, you know when, when gary lineker left the spurs in 92, people were going, oh well, spurs survive without him. and you know, 30 years on they're still a mediocre team. so i'm sure that the bbc will live on after g

a bit harsh on gary lineker?twitter or something. you know , twitter or something. you know, he's, he's very successful. everything he touches turns to gold. he's got a big audience for match of the day and other sporting coverage that he does. so are we being a bit harsh on him? >> i'll be perfectly honest. i don't actually watch match of the day. i watched cbs with kate scott and thierry henry and micah richards. i don't watch match of the day. do you pay the licence fee or not? what licence fee? no. >> wow. >> wow. >> no, i don't have a tv. >> do you support the idea of a licence fee? >> i think in principle it's good to have a neutral state broadcaster, but i think that should probably be integrated into your taxes more than an individual licence fee . but you individual licence fee. but you know, you know when, when gary lineker left the spurs in 92, people were going, oh well, spurs survive without him. and you know, 30 years on they're still a mediocre team. so i'm sure that the bbc will live on after gary

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gary lineker is renegotiating his £i.3 lineker is renegotiating his £13 million contract with the corporationit might be forced to take a pay cut for talking about men kicking a ball . all about men kicking a ball. all that in the next hour. first, though, the very latest news headunes though, the very latest news headlines with will hollis . headlines with will hollis. >> good evening. the time is 6:01. i'm will hollis with your latest news stories. a major incident has been declared in northern ireland after a bus crash in county down. according to the ambulance service , police to the ambulance service, police in northern ireland say that two children who were trapped on board the bus have sustained serious hand injuries. 27 children have been taken to the royal hospital in belfast, with minor injuries, while 70 people were on board. it is understood there have been no fatalities. gb news spoke to passenger alex hagan at the scene. >> the bus started wobbling a wee bit and everyone gets a bit, you know , weary of it, scared. you know, weary of it, scared. and then we go down a bit more and

i'm not saying i don't think gary lineker meant to meant to have that have that effect, but gary linekereah, he's a great political pundit now. >> he's got that rest. the rest is politics. talking about israel and all sorts. >> he's got all sorts. he does rest his football podcast but but gary lineker has. yes he's 63. but as you say he was a young 6360. the new 5050 is the new 40. yeah i mean he could go on for decades. >> look they may i don't know about decades but it depends what you're taking i suppose. but then look, the situation is this i think what they will do, i don't think they'll give him the chance to maybe stay on, possibly on a reduced, reduced contract terms salary, if you like . he has contract terms salary, if you like. he has to contract terms salary, if you like . he has to travel to like. he has to travel to manchester. so it's not an easy gig to fill because there's travel involved, but i think they'll probably rotate. they'll probably give him maybe a third of the shows or a quarter of the shows, and then rotate in the rest of the rest. >> final question here, tho

what about gary lineker?t home, there was this leaked letter doing the rounds a few days ago, gary lineker's last show, apparently, according to bbc bosses, was meant to be tonight on the last episode of match of the day, they've neither confirmed or denied it, which leaves this big cloud of mystery. so trey will, if he does leave tonight, will it be a loss to match of the day? >> oh god, it will be a huge loss. he's been there for 25 years, right? i mean, a quarter of a century. seen this one face. i mean, don't quote me on that. i believe it is 25 years that. i believe it is 25 years that he's been at the helm, however long it's been, it's been a long time to the point that when i think match of the day, really when i think of great football commentary, i do think lineker, even though i mean, he was a spurs man for a while. and who do you support today? i'm a gooner. yes, through and through. >> good. >> good. >> good. >> good man. good. >> good man. good. >> that's what i like everywhere. >> i'm singled ou

and gary lineker is part of that.ure into politics over the last 4 or 5 years is that everyone's forgotten what a fantastic footballer he was for england. there are lots of younger people who don't even know that he was. he was one of england's top players. he was his record goalscorer for a time. how many times do you remember? how many times did he dig us out of a hole at world cups? oh god yeah, world cups and euro qualifiers. >> great player and i think he's a great broadcaster, to be honest with you. whether he's worth 1.35 million, a bbc salary, that's another thing. >> exactly, exactly. but you know, he's not going to be short of as they say in scotland. somebody else, he'll get a piece of somebody else's door. and you know, he's got the podcasts as as michael said, michael said off air. he's got the podcasts that are important. he's got and he loves live football as well. >> unfortunately, we're running out of time, but we will wait with bated breath as to what happens to gary lineker. i've just got to say now

and could this be the end of the road for gary lineker? the footballing star has broken his pubuc footballing star has broken his public silence on his match of the day future by revealing contract talks with the bbc have just started . just started. and there's a new poll out today. i don't know if you've seen it. it's by yougov, so a very reputable polling company and they found that more and more people are finding this current government sleazy. that term sleazy is being used to describe it. now, of course, people have called previous conservative administrations very sleazy for various reasons, from partygate to cash for access and everything else. but to call this new labour government just 100 days in sleazy is quite something. people are saying the public are more likely to call keir starmer's government sleazy than they are to call rishi sunak's government sleazy. let me know why exactly you think that is. could it have to do with this whole sue gray issue, this whole reconfiguration of number 10, just 100 days into government? lo

former england captain gary lineker says tuchel comes with the expereince and pedigree that's requireduccess. it is an interesting appointment thomas tuchel is a great coach and he has won many trophies. so, he is to be respected and people would debate whether england should have an english culture not and having a german coach is interesting. but you will be more and really did, they sat pretty cautious and did not concede and hope for magic moments. it will be interesting to see if he can make them gel and make them believe in themselves that they can go all the way. arsenal and manchester city are in women's champions league action later. arsenal take on norweigan side vorla—renga in what's is their first match since head coachjonas eidervall resigned. arsenal were thrashed in their champions league opener at bayern munich. manchester city go into their game at austrian side sant polten, top of the wsl and yet to lose this season. city beat barcelona to open their european campaign. england's cricketers will be rueing a missed opportunity after closing day 2 of the 2nd test against

what about gary lineker? he might . english coach. what about gary lineker? he might. it if he had a job that kept him busy. >> yes. and not on the taxpayer money. not off twitter, off twitter. >> no foreign manager has ever won the world cup . only two won the world cup. only two foreign managers have got to the final, and one was an english guy, george rainer , sweden, late guy, george rainer, sweden, late 50s, right? yeah. what about the lionesses ? oh, i don't know lionesses? oh, i don't know anything about the lionesses because i don't watch manager swedish, i think so, yeah , yeah. swedish, i think so, yeah, yeah. >> and they've done great things on her watch. dutch, i'm told she's dutch. dutch. >> that's it. yeah. >> that's it. yeah. >> that's it. yeah. >> that's producer darryl who's obsessed with women's football. so zoe, i mean, you've got a little bit of german lineage, haven't you. >> yes i do, yes. my grandfather was german. >> so you must be proud that thomas tuchel is basically probably a second cousin of yours. probably, yes. >> that's how it works . ye

also, as rumours swirl that gary lineker is about to leave match of the day, would the bbc be betteritain's wokeist presenter ? britain's wokeist presenter? plus, he's making headlines this week should the new leader of the conservatives bring back bons the conservatives bring back boris busy show. see you in two. >> we'll see a cold snap. on , >> we'll see a cold snap. oh, which will quickly develop into a warm front . boxt which will quickly develop into a warm front. boxt boiler repairs sponsors of weather on gb news. >> hello, good evening and welcome to your gb news weather update brought to you by the met office. well, as we head into the weekend, we can expect to see lots of fine weather to start, but it is gradually turning more unsettled from the west so we can expect to see some wet and windy weather over the weekend. and that's because this area of high pressure, which has brought us that fine to weather end the working week, is generally being replaced by low pressure as it moves in from the west. and we'll start to see this, this evening as outbreaks of rain continue to

i'll be giving my fearless verdict about gary lineker and the bbc at 10:00.it. and tonight's top pundits, suzanne evans. of course, a top political consultant and broadcaster, tv news legend mike crick and tory party grandee , former party grandee, former conservative mp sir michael fabncant. fabricant. as. sue gray quits 100 days of labour. my verdict i'm not pulling my punches. all of that after the news headlines and lewis mckenzie . and lewis mckenzie. >> good evening. it's 9:00. i'm lewis mckenzie here in the gb newsroom. sir keir starmer is facing fresh turmoil as his chief of staff, sue gray , chief of staff, sue gray, resigns. her exit follows reports of tensions in number 10, including with the prime minister's chief adviser, morgan mcsweeney , who's now stepping mcsweeney, who's now stepping into her role. conservative leadership contender robert jenrick says her departure exposes vicious labour infighting and claims the government is in freefall in response. downing street has announced five new senior appointments with sir keir starmer insisting t

and could the end be nigh for gary lineker on match of the day?e later. >> there's a little bit of rain around today across scotland and northern ireland, but for most it's a fine day out there and generally the brighter day of the two this weekend. join me later for a full forecast. >> it has just gone 6:00. good morning, i'm stephen dixon, i'm ellie costello, and this is gb news breakfast. and bond day . news breakfast. and bond day. let's start off with a bit of that, should we? you're not. you're not a huge james bond fan. >> well, no, i'd say i am a i am a james bond fan. pierce brosnan is bond to me . really? yeah. is bond to me. really? yeah. >> oh, can't imagine that. >> oh, can't imagine that. >> whereabouts in ireland is he from? mayo? it's cavan, isn't it? is that. is that mayo? >> i don't know. all right, well, i think it's county mayo. >> hang on, i don't care. it's meant to be british . irish? meant to be british. irish? true. there you go. who knows? >> i'm going to. i'm going to find out and find out. i'm at laos. laos? yeah. navan

gary lineker be out at the end of the international break?> but isn't it ridiculous that we are having a discussion about someone's multi—million pound contract? yes. live on air? yes, i know talking about it on his own programme, i know. >> well, it's just it's kind of just for money is that i think he'll have to take a little bit less, but i don't think i mean, do you think people tune into match of the day for gary lineker? i think we often i think i think he's very good as well, i really do. but i don't think people i think, you know, it's a bit like selling a house, you know, your, your house is sold by the decorative order, the location, the estate agents will tell you they sell the house, but they don't. your house, but they don't. your house sells the house. i think the product sells much today more than the presenter does. people tune in to watch the goals and get a roundup. are they going to replace him with well, it was going to be jermaine jenas. yeah i know, i think he's blown his chances i don't know. listen if i'm if i'm if i'm

gary lineker, the ugly woman from dragon's den, there's loads of them.tick them in their houses like just pass a law that says, listen, if you're going to if you're going to tweet saying, oh, they should all be here, then you get one. in fact, you get five. absolutely. you get five. in fact, the ugly woman from the apprentice. yeah. we just kick your door in. you're not allowed to lock anymore. if we're not allowed to border, you're not allowed to lock in your front door. >> we should. either of you have ever had a 13 year old girl hitting and kicking your door? by hitting and kicking your door? by the way ? terrified. by the way? terrified. >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> none of these are awful. >> none of these are awful. >> well, i'm sure in their mind that she was like 15 skinheads outside you know, they had no idea. she hasn't. we say we should be clear about this. she's been sentenced to, you know, community service or something . something. >> she's she's got a 12 month referral order and a fine and a fine as well. yeah. >> she'll be all right.

the times plans to decriminalise licence fee could cost bbc £1 billion, which is also known as gary lineker'shabana mahmood , the justice shabana mahmood, the justice secretary, is expected to say that the evasion of the £169.50 annual fee for a bbc tv licence should no longer be a criminal offence, and now , effectively, offence, and now, effectively, the bbc are worried that this is going to cost them a lot of money because people knowing that it's no longer a criminal offence are going to be emboldened, shall we say, to accept they can be fined, escalating fights like parking tickets that escalates and then the bailiffs get you have to pay parking tickets. well, let's see what someone like when you get home. yeah. is this inevitable, adam? and arguably also, is this the right thing to do? >> i mean, i'm going to go out on a limb and say, i, i like the fact that we have a government sort of funded or we have a british institution on the bbc. i don't like the way the bbc is going at the moment, but i do think it's important. it does separate us from the from the rest of the world. and i thin

i mean, look how gary lineker gets away with being biased all the time. >> well, he referred to octoberrsary of which is on monday as the hamas thing, which is certainly troubling. he described the rwanda scheme as having echoes of 1930s germany. he's still in post giovanni pernice a bit of a perfectionist, maybe a bit harsh with his words out of a job, and let's face it, it is italian, the very expressive italian. >> anyway , aren't they, mark? >> anyway, aren't they, mark? yeah. >> i mean, you don't mess with an italian, do you, lisa? >> no. well, i don't know. i think you can if you want to. it can be fun. it depends which one. >> i've got italian relatives and they can be quite fiery. >> it depends which one. i mean, if it was mussolini, i would probably say no. >> i don't think it was that bad, you know, although i hear he's on the next series, i think i watched strictly, i like strictly, it brings glamour and light—heartedness a bit of joy that we all need. >> yeah, i've always liked strictly and i've got empathy with amanda abbington. actually, i think she had a really tough time

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the bbc insists they have nothing to announce about gary lineker's future on match of the day, despiteoon be leaving. let's hope so. you're with britain's newsroom on gb news >> hello. welcome back. 1022. ben and anna with you on britain's newsroom, only on gb news. and we're delighted to be joined also by esther krakue and former labour adviser james schneider in the studio. good morning to you both. >> morning. good morning. right. let's start with our first story, the chagos islands. i'm going to start with you, james, on this because you used to live on this because you used to live on a nice . well, where did you on a nice. well, where did you used to live? >> saint vincent, in the eastern caribbean. >> i know they're nowhere near each other, but. no, but they actually shared. >> they actually share a. no, they share a history because about 200, 200 a bit years ago when britain put down the resistance to its colonisation in saint vincent, and it gathered up the remaining indigenous people that it hadn't killed, and it forcibly displaced them first to an uninhabited island with no

as you know, the farmers league, as described by your pundit gary lineker.they've got some unbelievable players there. you know, they've got david de gea in goal as well, a household name as a goalkeeper. and, yeah, we're expecting a tough test but it's definitely one that we're going to enjoy. fancy scoring against david de gea? iwouldn't mind it, yeah! # the saints are coming. that's a real dream. you know, these are the things which kids annuals were made out back in the day. it's roy of the rovers. it's, you know, you tell me how many clubs have come from either the amateur league as a village or a club that had been bankrupt for 20 odd years, and you know, where they'd managed to put the two together and developed a story that's actually got them right onto the pinnacle of european football. so this is our thousand litre pot column hybrid still. yeah. and here at this local distillery they're bottling the team's success. so what's harder, building a winning team or making a successful gin? definitely it's harder making a successful gin. is it? yeah, bec

they produce and also pay gary lineker £i.5 produce and also pay gary lineker £1.5 million for talkingbout football clips. well, the bbc does have to think about what it wants to be. it does. that's the things the whole landscape has changed so completely in broadcasting. yeah. and i think for tim davie to admit talent is no longer part of the bbc is a very good step in the right direction. he's finally realising what his head of . head of. >> but on a serious point, you're right about the bbc, because so many young people never watch a television. no, that's right and they will not pay that's right and they will not pay for a tv licence ever. no. and why should they? >> right, gentlemen, we have to stop there because the talent has spoken. talking, talking of talent , here has spoken. talking, talking of talent, here is has spoken. talking, talking of talent , here is the very talent, here is the very talented tatiana. with your news. >> dave, thank you very much. the same to you. well, the top story this morning, the prime minister and the health secretary have both said new weight l

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and gary lineker claims the club are �*in a bit of a shambles".and striker alan shearer says ten hag had been a dead man walking. he had been put out of his misery, i suppose, because when the results go as they have done for manchester united, then i guess that is what happens. when you're 14th in the league and you have not one in europe for so long, and there does not seem to be any improvement in the team then you know as a manager ultimately what happens. ballon d'or organisers have reportedly said that no player or club knows who has won the award after real madrid decided not to attend monday's ceremony in paris, claiming they believe their forward viniciusjunior has lost out despite the brazilian being the favourite to win. news agency afp says real have told them that if the awards selection criteria doesn't give it to vinicius then it should point instead to another of the club's players — dani carvajal. but "as this was not the case," they say �*the ballon d'or does not respect real madrid and real madrid doesn't go where it is not resp