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The sweary outburst was prompted by Good Morning Britain reporter Noel Phillips asking the 30-year-old British actor for his views on the row.

Gary Lineker is set to return to the BBC after the broadcaster apologised and committed to a comprehensive review of its social media guidelines. Lineker, 62, was controversially stood down from his role as presenter of Match of the Day on Friday after a tweet criticising the UK government’s new asylum policy was deemed to be in breach of the corporation’s impartiality rules. But after crisis talks following a weekend of behind-the-scenes turmoil and severely disrupted programming on both television and radio, the BBC have rowed back on their decision and welcomed Lineker b...

It is understood the wording of Lineker's contract means axing him would likely end with them having to pay out millions of pounds to the presenter if he chose to pursue the issue through the courts.

The sports pundit, 62, has been embroiled in a row over impartiality after criticising the government’s Illegal Immigration Bill.

A cut-back version of MOTD, rebranded as Premier League Highlights, was viewed by 500,000 more people than last Saturday's show despite being just 20 minutes long.