BBC chair Richard Sharp under growing pressure to quit over Gary Lineker row

Will BBC chairman Richard Sharp resign over Gary Lineker row?

Richard Sharp is under investigation for helping ex-prime minister Boris Johnson secure an £800,000 loan just weeks before being appointed to the post in February 2021. Now, the furore over Gary Lineker has seen fresh calls for him to step down

Tim Davie and Richard Sharp have lost the BBC dressing room

Staff at the broadcaster hold its director-general and chairman in contempt.

Pressure back on BBC chief to resign after Gary Lineker ‘capitulation’

Lineker's stand-off with the BBC has ended in a climbdown by his bosses – and with the corporation’s chairman in the firing line instead.

BBC accused of 'pathetic defeat' after letting Gary Lineker back on air

BBC bosses were accused of “pathetic capitulation” last night after letting Gary Lineker back on air without any apology or punishment over his migrant tweet. In an astonishing surrender, Director-general Tim Davie said the star will return to Match of the Day this Saturday. ReutersBBC bosses have let Gary Lineker back on air without any apology or punishment[/caption] BBCLineker with footie ace Ian Wright and Alan Shearer on the set of MOTD[/ca…

Pressure intensifies on Richard Sharp as former broadcast executives urge him to quit

BBC chairman is resisting the increasing clamour for his resignation - many critics are citing his inability to handle latest crisis

Lineker to return to Match of the Day

Gary Lineker will return to present the BBC's Match of the Day after he was taken off air following an impartiality row in which he criticised the government's new asylum policy.