Addressing the broadcaster’s director-general, he said: “To be fair to Tim Davie, he admitted they had got it wrong and sorted it out.

Source: https://www.andoveradvertiser.co.uk/news/23438941.gary-lineker-still-stands-tweet-started-row-bbc/?ref=rss

BBC director general Tim Davie emailed all BBC staff after Gary Lineker's return.

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/1745687/BBC-Gary-Lineker-return-MOTD-leaked-email-staff-boycott

BBC director general Tim Davie insists he has not backed down in the face of an uproar over the suspension of Gary Lineker.

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64940114?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

BBC director general Tim Davie, who took the decision to suspend Lineker, said he was seeking a resolution to the dispute, but insisted he will not resign over his handling of the affair.

Source: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/bbc-caed-to-tory-pressure-by-axeing-gary-lineker-says-rachel-reeves_uk_640daca8e4b068bd77544a38

Director-general Tim Davie said he recognised that “grey areas” in the broadcaster’s social media guidance could cause “confusion” and announced an independent review of the guidelines, particularly for freelancers, which is what Lineker is classed as.

Source: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/bbc-addresses-complaints-news-coverage-gary-lineker-saga_uk_641ea33fe4b03793a8afb9bc

Director-general Tim Davie sends an internal email to staff reiterating that the BBC is taking the allegations 'incredibly seriously'.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12279875/Culture-Secretary-hold-urgent-talks-BBC-claims-against-presenter.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Mr Osborne added: 'I have a lot of sympathy for Tim Davie, the director-general, who's trying to maintain impartiality for the BBC in a partisan age.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11853209/Tory-revolt-Channel-migrants-ex-chancellor-George-Osborne-BACKS-Gary-Lineker.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Since taking on the role, Director General Tim Davie has spoken of the need to take a ‘fewer, bigger better’ approach to commissioning but the 1,000 hours figure is by far the biggest yet, superseding last year’s decision to cut around 200.

Source: https://deadline.com/2023/03/bbc-annual-plan-savings-targets-content-cuts-1235313361/

Sunak’s statement distances himself from the demands of some of his backbenchers – with 36 Tory MPs and peers writing to Tim Davie to demand a full apology from Lineker.

Source: https://www.spectator.com.au/2023/03/rishi-sunak-tries-to-defuse-the-gary-lineker-row/

This mirrors the links between Richard Sharp, the current BBC chair, and Tim Davie, the director general, and the Conservative Party – although in 2003 a Labour government was at war with natural allies at the top of the BBC.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/hutton-inquiry-iraq-war-2003-anniversary-b2303915.html