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Senior Conservatives have been pushing Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to use his Budget next week to announce tax cuts in a bid to ignite the UK’s economy.

The actors jokingly returned to their roles from W1A, a mockumentary about the management of the BBC, to decided who should present Match Of The Day.

The corporation said on Friday that it had ‘decided’ Lineker would step back from the show.

The latest set of messages leaked to the Telegraph showed Simon Case raising concerns about ‘non-Covid health’ two days before a new shutdown.

Lang Lang is a judge on Channel 4 show The Piano.

The corporation said Nadine Dorries should have been challenged more over claims she made about top civil servant Sue Gray.

Thousands of social media users shared their thoughts after the BBC decision to take Gary Lineker off the football highlights show.

Richard Sambrook, who was director of news at the BBC, said ‘impartiality is crucial’ but ‘not as serious’ for sports presenters to express views.

Members of the National Education Union were due to take industrial action in Wales on March 15-16.

The 62-year-old ex-England footballer will ‘step back’ from presenting Match Of The Day, the BBC said.

The corporation said on Friday that it had ‘decided’ Lineker would step back from the show.

The father of former prime minister Boris Johnson was described as a ‘wife-beater’ by journalist and panel member Yasmin Alibhai-Brown.

The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh made their first official visit to the city in their new roles on Friday.

The broadcaster denied accusations that it had pulled a sixth episode of the new nature series because of fears of a political backlash.

Pundit and former Arsenal striker Ian Wright said he would boycott the show in solidarity with Lineker.

In a survey 46% said none of the three candidates hoping to replace Nicola Sturgeon had made a convincing case for independence.

Tim Edwards’ 26-year-old daughter Elle was shot outside the Lighthouse pub in Wallasey on Christmas Eve.

The Prime Minister appeared to suggest his predecessor should not knight his father.

The examined approach is ‘more important than ever because you’ve got that integrity of whose work it is’, Ofqual’s chief regulator said.

The Lib Dem leader said those who believe in devolution should challenge the use of Section 35.