Alan Shearer will be back in the pundits’ chair on BBC One for Match of the Day. He is best remembered for his time at Newcastle United from 1996 to 2006. This year he formed a charitable foundation to support disabled people in the North East. RGT
Birthdays today
Sheila Armstrong, soprano, 70; Air Chief Marshal Sir Michael Beavis, Commandant RAF Staff College, 1980-81, 83; Martyn Brabbins, conductor, 53; Dr Fidel Castro, Head of State, Cuba, 1976-2008, 85; the Rev Leo Chamberlain, Master, St Benet’s Hall, Oxford, 2004-07, 72; Nick Dempsey, windsurfer, 32; David Feherty, golfer, 54; Paul Greengrass, film director, 57; Marie Helvin, model, 60; Robin Jackman, cricket commentator, 67; Madhur Jaffrey, cookery writer, 79; Susan Jameson, actress, 71; Tony Jarrett, athlete, 44;