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Gary Lineker enjoys cosy pre-Christmas reunion with stunning ex-wife Danielle Bux

Gary Lineker enjoys cosy pre-Christmas reunion with stunning ex-wife Danielle Bux

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Broadcaster Gary Lineker enjoyed a surprise reunion with his ex-wife Danielle Bux on Tuesday evening after missing the Sports Personality of the Year ceremony. The pair, who had been married for seven years, were photographed enjoying a stroll in Notting Hill, London, before stopping to dine at Dorian which is renowned for its bistro-style cuisine. © InstagramThe former couple enjoyed festive drinks While they divorced in 2016, the former couple have remained on good terms. Taking to Instagram, model and actress Danielle shared a glimpse inside their evening. One snapshot showed a candle-lit table topped with a bowl of tomato salad and two glasses of wine, bearing the caption “Christmas tipple,” while a second photo showed the pair posing for a tube selfie. © InstagramGary and Danielle posed for a selfie after their festive reunion For the festive outing, Danielle, 45, wrapped up warm in a chic black coat and a fluffy chocolate-brown scarf. She slipped on a pair of faux snakeskin heels and accessorised with a slouchy black leather handbag. As for hair and …

Gary Lineker says ‘right time’ to leave Match Of The Day as he hints of changes to show’s format | Ents & Arts News

Gary Lineker says ‘right time’ to leave Match Of The Day as he hints of changes to show’s format | Ents & Arts News

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Gary Lineker has said it is “the right time” to leave Match Of The Day and hinted the BBC could change the format of the Premier League highlights show. The 63-year-old will step down as host at the end of the season and described his time on the show as an “absolute joy and privilege”. Speaking on his podcast, The Rest Is Football, he said: “It has been an absolute joy and privilege to present such an iconic show for the BBC. “But all things have to come to an end.” Lineker went on to say the broadcaster enters a new three-year deal to host top-flight highlights, and that to stay on for another 12 months “would be a bit weird”. “I think the next contract they’re looking to do Match Of The Day slightly differently, so I think it makes sense for someone else to take the helm. “I bowed out in my football career when I felt it was the right time. I feel this is now the right time.” Lineker refused to …

Lineker goes: Does TV still need Match Of The Day? | Ents & Arts News

Lineker goes: Does TV still need Match Of The Day? | Ents & Arts News

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👉 Listen to Sky News Daily on your podcast app 👈 After 25 years, Gary Lineker is leaving the BBC’s Match Of The Day. He’ll stay on for the corporation’s coverage of the FA Cup and the next World Cup – but he’ll get his Saturday nights back from the end of this season. The change will likely help the BBC’s presenter wage bill and might save some run-ins about Lineker’s use of social media – but what about the programme he leaves behind? Sixty years after MOTD’s launch, do TV viewers really still “look away now” to avoid the scores before 10.30pm on a Saturday? In the era of YouTube fan channels, TikTok accounts and wall-to-wall live coverage, is a set-piece highlights programme showing its age? Niall Paterson looks over the options for one of the BBC’s biggest brands – how can it change for an audience falling out of love with linear TV without alienating other viewers? He’s joined by Rob Harris, our sports correspondent, and Stuart Rowson, a former BBC Sport executive …

Gary Lineker to leave BBC’s Match Of The Day at the end of the current football season | UK News

Gary Lineker to leave BBC’s Match Of The Day at the end of the current football season | UK News

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Gary Lineker is to leave Match Of The Day after 25 years, Sky News understands. The former England striker will step down at the end of the current football season in May 2025. It is understood he will stay at the BBC until the end of the next World Cup which is being held in the US, Mexico and Canada in 2026. Image: Gary Lineker on Match of the Day in 2018. Pic: BBC/Pete Dadds His departure from the long-running show was earlier reported by The Sun. Lineker has hosted the Premier League highlights show since 1999, after his predecessor Des Lynam moved to ITV. Lineker was briefly removed from Match Of The Day in March 2023 following controversy over comments he made on social media criticising the then Conservative government’s asylum policies. The row prompted the BBC to launch an independent review of its social media guidelines and Lineker returned to screens soon after. But the 63-year-old may stay on at the BBC after 2026 working on podcasts – an area where Lineker has …

Furious Jeremy Vine caller hits back at BBC licence fee rise with swipe at Gary Lineker | UK | News

Furious Jeremy Vine caller hits back at BBC licence fee rise with swipe at Gary Lineker | UK | News

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A furious caller to Jeremy Vine on 5 has taken a swipe at Gary Lineker in a debate about whether richer people should pay more for a TV licence. Sarah from Surrey told the show she would scrap the fee, which she said was very outdated, claiming the BBC itself is a monopoly that needs overhauling. She then took aim at the amount the corporation pays presenters, saying: “They pay a very hard core of people extortionate amounts of money to present shows that – I pay my TV licence, I don’t want to watch Gary Lineker. They’re a monopoly and should move with the times.” The caller added: “I think they should stop considering themselves the creme de la creme.” TV presenter and Daily Express columnist Carole Malone said it makes her blood boil to see how much BBC Director-General Tim Davie earns. She said: “All of their executives are on stupid money. If you get sacked at the BBC it’s the best thing that can happen to you. You get a six figure …

Gary Lineker, Miriam Margolyes and more announced as Hay Festival speakers

Gary Lineker, Miriam Margolyes and more announced as Hay Festival speakers

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For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Hay Festival has unveiled a stellar line-up of speakers and hosts for this year’s event, with Gary Lineker, Dame Judi Dench, Stephen Fry and Miriam Margolyes all set to feature on stage and beyond. The 37th spring edition of the annual cultural event will take place across 11 days, from 23 May to 2 June, in Hay-on-Wye, Powys, Wales. The programme for the festival was revealed on Tuesday (12 March) and promises to provide a wide selection of events and activities for all, balancing the launch of the most exciting non-fiction and fiction works with debate over current world issues. Last year’s programme featured the likes of pop superstar Dua Lipa and two-time Booker Prize winner Margaret Atwood. One of the top-billed names for the event is Lineker, who is confirmed as a guest for the festival’s Sports Day. Dame Judi will headline the drama and performance offerings …

Gary Lineker, Theresa May and David Nicholls join the Hay festival 2024 lineup | Books

Gary Lineker, Theresa May and David Nicholls join the Hay festival 2024 lineup | Books

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Elif Shafak, Anne Enright, David Nicholls, Judi Dench, Gary Lineker and Theresa May are among those lined up to speak at this year’s Hay festival. Novelists including 2023 Booker winner Paul Lynch, Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, Amor Towles, Jacqueline Wilson, Marian Keyes and Jhumpa Lahiri are also scheduled to appear, festival organisers have announced. Along with May, the lineup features a number of current and former politicians including Rory Stewart, Caroline Lucas, Andy Burnham and Dawn Butler. “We’ve got [a] breadth of people with political ideology”, said festival CEO Julie Finch. “We are definitely a civic platform.” “In a year when more voters than ever in history will head to the polls, as at least 64 countries hold their elections, we present a programme to bring people together, respectfully exploring different perspectives and the power of storytelling to unite us,” Finch said. The festival, which begins in May, is also introducing a new event series, the News Review, with daily morning news analysis. “We’re very conscious of our role as a place for that civic dialogue and …

Jewish journalist shaking with rage at Gary Lineker after she called him out | UK | News

Jewish journalist shaking with rage at Gary Lineker after she called him out | UK | News

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Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker left a Jewish journalist shaking with rage after she confronted him over the time he reposted a tweet calling for Israel to be banned from international football. The BBC host was told his social media posts on X made him appear like an “antisemite” – and he was asked to explain how his foray into the discourse around the Israel-Hamas war avoided breaching the broadcaster’s new social media guidelines, according to a first-hand account published in the Jewish Chronicle. Reporter Nicole Lampert told the former England goalscorer that she “thought he was behaving like an antisemite. His X feed only showed one side of the issue. He’d never once condemned Hamas on X or sent a message about the hostages.” She told the broadcaster: “I’m thinking about the women hostages who are probably still being raped.” Mr Lineker, who has fronted BBC sport’s programme’s for more than 20 years, retorted: “I’m thinking about the babies being killed. I just want peace.” Earlier, at the Broadcasting Press Guild lunch, …

Gary Lineker criticised for calling top flight of Welsh football a ‘farmer’s league’ | UK News

Gary Lineker criticised for calling top flight of Welsh football a ‘farmer’s league’ | UK News

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Gary Lineker has been criticised for calling the top flight of Welsh football a “farmer’s league”. Lineker‘s comment came after Manchester United‘s 4-2 win over Newport County in the fourth round of the FA Cup on Sunday. He was referring to Newport’s Will Evans, who equalised against the Premier League side. Evans previously played for Cymru Premier clubs Bala Town and Cardiff Met before joining Newport in 2022. “He was working on a farm 18 months ago and played for Bala Town. He’s gone from farmer’s league to the big time in the FA Cup,” Lineker said. Bala Town issued Lineker an invitation on X to attend one of the club’s upcoming matches. “Happy to have Gary Lineker pop down to Maes Tegid one day to experience our ‘farmer’s league’,” the club said. X This content is provided by X, which may be using cookies and other technologies. To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies. You can use the buttons below to amend your preferences to enable X cookies or …

Lawyer threatened with arrest for driving van with anti-BBC and Gary Lineker slogans

Lawyer threatened with arrest for driving van with anti-BBC and Gary Lineker slogans

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Daniel Confino has been threatened with arrest by Met Police – David Rose, for the Telegraph A lawyer was allegedly threatened with arrest for driving a van with “Gary Lineker is Hamas’s bitch” emblazoned on the side. Daniel Confino, the son of a Holocaust survivor, says he was ordered to move on by officers while staging a protest outside the BBC’s London headquarters earlier this month. The red camper van had “BBC is Lineker’s pimp” written on the other side. The 65-year-old, who was in Israel on October 7 when Hamas fighters launched its devastating terror attacks from Gaza, was trying to protest against the BBC’s indulgence of its Match of the Day lead presenter. Lineker has called on the Israeli football team to be banned from tournaments. Mr Confino claims the police response betrays a “double standard”, pointing to multiple recent incidents where pro-Palestinian demonstraters have not been arrested despite carrying placards calling for “jihad”. Although Mr Confino complied with the police requests to drive away, he says the officers followed him and pulled …