Coronavirus: BBC should give Gary Lineker a pay cut and make TV licence free

Should Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker not be paid by the BBC during the coronavirus crisis?

BBC delay scrapping of free TV licence for over-75s due to coronavirus pandemic

NOW the pandemic is affecting everyone, and thousands of people are losing their jobs and their income, is the BBC going to stop paying presenters like Gary Lineker obscenely high fees while the working class are struggling to live, let alone pay for a TV licence? The Government should, at least for the time being, be cancelling the licence payment.

From: Paul Rouse, Main Street, Sutton upon Derwent, York.

Should the TV licence be free to all during the current coronavirus pandemic?

WHY do some medics and the Government dismiss the worth of face masks for the public when they are worn everywhere else in the world during the outbreak?

At the same time hospital staff tell us they are desperately short of them.

From: Bob Swallow, Townhead Avenue, Settle.

JAYNE Dowle has obviously concerns over her own situation, which is perfectly understandable (The Yorkshire Post, March 23).

We share those concerns, having a son who is self employed and a daughter and son-in-law, both fully qualified chefs, and now unemployed.

In the latter situation, HM Government has already taken steps to address this and it appears action is imminent over the self-employed.

From: Henri Murison, Director, Northern Powerhouse Partnership.

THIS week’s announcement of plans by Ineos to build a factory at Middlesbrough to make hand sanitiser free for those who need it most in our National Health Service, as well as the general public, is a significant demonstration of a major business responding to this global health crisis.

Sir Jim Ratcliffe and his colleagues’ action to construct the Middlesbrough facility in 10 days is true leadership, and communities and the nation should recognise their action in the national interest.

From: Jarvis Browning, Fadmoor, York.

IT may be inappropriate to say this at present, as there are fewer trains running, but is this not the right time to upgrade the tracks etc if Network Rail still has the staffing capabilities so that trains can run without shutting down at public holidays?