oliver dowden described it as crass. it has since been taken down.t i said already about the creative jobs but it turns out that that woman is from a ballet school in georgia, atla nta ballet school in georgia, atlanta in the usa. can you promise that if the government will put crass advertisements like this out that a feature real british artists and they should be paid for the use of their image? i made my views on that advertisement very clear andl that advertisement very clear and i would like to take this opportunity if you will allow me to once again restate the huge value of the performing arts in this country and my passion that i have, i was at the royal ballet on friday and it was wonderful to see artist to perform again and i know the huge value they bring to the country. the house of lords has passed a motion condemning the government's handling of the pandemic. a regret motion tabled by labour was tabled by 256 votes— 250. the government's defeat came as peers debate debated the alert system for england. labour accused the prime minister

reacting to the news the culture secretary oliver dowden took to social media shortly afterwards andday's meeting represented ‘a good start. i urge them to work together & stay focused on helping clubs through this crisis" here's our senior sports news reporter laura scott today marks the first opportunity for the 20 clubs to get around the table, albeit the virtual one. since those plans first emerged on sunday and yes they were led by liverpool and manchester united. and perhaps supported by other members of the members of the big six. but there's not really any point pursuing a plan if it's not going to get the necessary 1a club majority that we no significant decisions in the premier league need to. i suppose what has happened today and what appears to have happened based on the statement is that they've all got around the table and discuss project big picture and has gone down so badly with the premier league executives and clubs that it appears they've decided to ditch the proposal. what has done is part of the wider discussion about the future financing and structure within en

the efl chairman rick parry has written a letter today to the dcms secretary of state oliver dowden sayingeing ignored by the government and being victimised over the continued exclusion of fans. he says he believes that football should receive more financial support, like other sectors have, such as the arts. the message was clear that he felt the owner should be on the government to help failing football clu bs. government to help failing football clubs. and it shouldn't be seen as job done. now the department for a digital culture media and sport were quick to respond to the letter and they said it's been clear all along that professional football had the means to support itself. and that the governments focus will be on sports and sectors that can't support themselves and the government also urge the premier league and the f out to sort out a financial deal as soon as possible. the governments response didn't touch on the return of fans which is clearly the context of all of this from rick perry. clearly the context of all of this from rick perry. some rugby union news for you now and

something else we want to talk to oliver dowden about as well.er united says there needs to be a change for the way the game is structured. —— liverpool and manchester united. currently, if you wa nt to manchester united. currently, if you want to get something through the premier league, every club has a vote. they‘ re premier league, every club has a vote. they're saying let's reduce the number of clubs that has a vote, and then — the criticism is it is easierfor the big and then — the criticism is it is easier for the big clubs and then — the criticism is it is easierfor the big clubs to make it simplerfor them easierfor the big clubs to make it simpler for them and more easierfor the big clubs to make it simplerfor them and more profitable for them, and where are the sort of things that can stop them in the future renegotiating tv rights to benefit them rather than, sort of, smaller clubs. they're saying, we're going to give you hundred £50 million different bodily clubs that are struggling for money, and the government is asking questions ab

the government, today, oliver dowden spoke to the committee and said that the overall project is andiscussion. but it is very difficult to see project big picture going ahead with that power concentration element to it, going ahead under its current guise. a question here from someone current guise. a question here from someone who is not a fan of this project, he asks, how long until the english football league are getting 25% of nothing when the tv deals die off and it‘s all streaming or pay per view which they are not entitled to under the offer? in truth, no one knows, because no one knows at this stage what the next tv deal will look like. it‘s a bit up in the air. if you recall, at the moment, the reve nu es if you recall, at the moment, the revenues are split between the domestic right, who are mainly sky, bt... and the overseas rights. the split is different over two halves of that. it seems unlikely there will be a domestic screaming deal for the majority of the games because there is no guarantee that the money will continue to be in place. there needs to be a certainty in

europe this week, there have been fans are loud and i wonder why it cannot happen here so we had oliver dowden aston villa, at hat trick for patrick, patrick bamford was brilliant and villa could have continued their start to the season and gone top but leeds are up to third, i watched a clip earlier on brea kfast of third, i watched a clip earlier on breakfast of ba mford third, i watched a clip earlier on breakfast of bamford saying afterwards he will eventually tell his children about that hat—trick so a great start to the season and on the programme we will talk about that and also hear from one of newcastle's creative stars, takeover talks for them over the summer and then no takeover, rumours of pusha you teen out coming in for steve bruce, we have harry winks for spurs who says spurs players have not talked about being up against west ham and then coming up to drop with that incredible deal at the and josie mourinho hasn't yet spoken to players about that. vivian made a mark has scored 52 goals in 50 games and rachel yankey will reflect on that and then there is a lovely piece work mark