Manchester United are likely to bring in a new head coach at the end of the season despite Michael Carrick automatically placing his name in the hat

Gary Neville has claimed that Manchester United have told him that they have already started looking for a permanent head coach for the 2026/27 season.

United appointed Michael Carrick on an interim basis last month after Ruben Amorim was sacked. The former United midfielder has got off to the perfect start with four wins from four games, beating Manchester City, Arsenal, Fulham and Tottenham.

Carrick’s contract runs until the end of the season, with United expected to bring in a permanent head coach for next season. However, speculation has already started linking the 44-year-old with the job on a full-time basis after his impressive start.

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Paris Saint-Germain boss Luis Enrique is one of the favourites to come to the club, with Mauricio Pochettino, Carlo Ancelotti and Thomas Tuchel all linked with the vacancy.

According to Neville, the process to bring in the new manager has already begun. Speaking on the Gary Neville podcast on Sunday after the weekend’s Premier League action, the former defender revealed insight into the decision-making process.

“I asked the club ‘what is the official position of the football club in terms of what you’re saying publicly to everybody else?’ They said ‘we’ve actually begun our process now of starting to look for another manager,’” he said.

“What they’ve said is they’re not going to be bounced into, irrespective of wins or draws or losses on the pitch in this next couple of months, making an appointment. They’re going to wait towards the end of the season… if Michael Carrick says ‘I want to put my name in the hat’, Carrick would go into a process.”

Carrick has avoided any talk about his long-term future at Old Trafford, but prior to the win over Tottenham, he dropped his first hint that he would stay if the opportunity was presented. “Nothing’s changed, to be honest,” he said.

“I’m fully aware of the role I’m doing here and the responsibility I’ve got. We want to be successful, and I want the club to be successful beyond the end of the season – if that’s me, if that’ somebody else.

“At this stage, I can’t control that and we’ll see what happens, but it’s certainly about trying to improve the team and making Manchester United stronger. Results over a short period of time don’t change that.

“If they have changed there is something wrong. It can’t be so knee-jerk whether it’s really good or whether there’s a few issues we need to solve.”

Martin and Tomas Rosinski, co-founders of OnlyCat, will appear on the BBC One show on Thursday, February 12, to present their smart pet product to Dragons Peter Jones, Deborah Meaden, Touker Suleyman, Steven Bartlett and Susie Ma.

Their product is designed to use AI to detect and prevent cats from bringing prey into the home.

Martin and Tomas Rosinski, co-founders of OnlyCat (Image: OnlyCat)

Martin Rosinski, co-founder of OnlyCat, said: “Jinx is brilliant – but like many cats, she had a habit of proudly bringing home things we didn’t want brought in.

“That was the spark.

“We wanted to solve a real, everyday problem for cat owners in a way that was smart, practical, and genuinely life-improving.”

The OnlyCat flap includes an AI camera that scans each time a cat tries to enter.

If prey is detected, the flap remains locked and the owner can receive a video alert.

It also features microchip-based access control, allowing users to decide which cats can come and go.

Tom Rosinski, co-founder of OnlyCat, said: “Our goal was simple: keep the freedom cats love, while giving owners back control at the front door.

“OnlyCat is already the fastest-growing startup we’ve ever built.

“We wanted to solve a real, everyday problem for cat owners” (Image: OnlyCat)

“We’re building an incredible team, we’re seeing phenomenal feedback from customers, and demand is growing rapidly.”

The business launched through crowdfunding and has since generated more than £2 million in revenue.

The company now manufactures in the UK and ships its products worldwide.

Martin and Tomas are now supported by a senior management team, as well as engineers, designers, and software specialists.

Customer reviews have described OnlyCat as “life-changing” and “worth every penny.”

On Dragons’ Den, the brothers say they will seek investment to boost manufacturing, grow international sales, and take the business to its next stage.

The outcome of their pitch remains under wraps until the episode airs.

Dragons’ Den viewers can tune in to BBC One or BBC iPlayer at 8:00pm on Thursday, February 12 to see whether the Rosinski brothers secure investment.

The parents, whose son was diagnosed with leukaemia at just 17 months old, shared their story on the BBC show on Monday (February 9)

A dad was emotional on BBC Breakfast as he told how his toddler was diagnosed with leukaemia and almost died. Andy Hines spoke out as part of a report into the former Corby steel works in Northamptonshire, which many people believe caused birth defects and childhood cancers in the area. Its story was told in the Netflix show Toxic Town last year.

He appeared on the BBC programme on Monday (February 9) alongside his son Fraser’s mum, Alison Gaffney, who said: “Never found anger through any of this. Just hurt.”

Speaking on the show, which was hosted by Sally Nugent and Jon Kay, she said: “Our consultant just said, ‘We’re dealing with something we’ve never dealt with before. We’ve done testing, and it’s showing a really rare form of this cancer with gene rearrangements.”

“To hear your consultant say that about your son, you just break,” said Andy.

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Fraser was diagnosed at 17 months, and he is now nine, but the report said he “nearly died”.

“His life expectancy is shortened because he’s had a transplant and he’s at high risk of a secondary cancer,” said Alison.

“The amount of people we know personally that have kids with cancer, this is not normal,” said Andy.

The BBC Breakfast report said: “In its heyday, Corby steel works was the biggest in Europe. Following its closure in 1980, a huge dismantling operation got underway, which sent polluting clouds into the atmosphere… A number of babies in the area were born with abnormalities.”

It continued: “In 2009, the High Court agreed with claims that Corby Borough Council had been negligent with the clean-up of the steelworks and that there could be a link with birth defects in the area. It was a landmark case.”

The 2009 High Court case focused on limb deformities in babies potentially caused by hazardous airborne dust. Alison, Andy, and other families’ concerns are focused on where the waste was buried and whether there is a link to childhood cancer.

Corby Borough Council was abolished in 2021 and replaced by North Northamptonshire Council. Last month, they published two sets of findings on childhood cancer rates following requests by families.

They found that childhood cancer rates in Corby were no higher than elsewhere in England. The council said: “We approached this analysis with seriousness and sensitivity, ensuring the most robust methods were used and that the work was independently reviewed. The findings provide reassurance that childhood cancer rates in Corby are not higher than expected.”

Families have asked to see the raw data used to come to this conclusion. But the council has not released it, citing strict and important data protection rules.

Lawyer Des Collins, who represented families at the High Court in 2009, said: “The only way to address it, in my view, is for there to be a full statutory public employment to determine precisely what happened to this waste. Where it is, whether it can be located at the moment, whether it should be dug up at the moment. And finally, is it causing any health problems?”

BBC Breakfast’s reporter explained: “Public inquiries can only be initiated by the government. In a statement, North Northamptonshire Council said: “Our records, originally held by Corby Borough Council, do not show the movement of waste to sites other than Deene Quarry. We were made aware of a document last week that indicates some waste may have been moved to another location. And we are currently considering that information.

“At this point in time, this council does not consider that the threshold has been met to call upon the government for a public inquiry.”

BBC Breakfast airs on BBC One from 6am.

The former glamour model tied the knot with businessman Lee Andrews in Dubai last month

Katie Price has defended her decision to marry her new husband, Lee Andrews, as she told her fans she’s ‘not stupid’. The former glamour model tied the knot with the businessman in Dubai last month after a whirlwind romance.

Katie has tied the knot just months after she split from her former partner JJ Slater. She confirmed that she and Lee had married on January 25, only days after flying out to Dubai to meet him for the first time.

But now, Katie has spoken out amid concerns about her new spouse’s background. Packing her bags to visit Lee in the Middle East, the 47-year-old said in her latest YouTube video: “I’m going back to Dubai, obviously going back to see Lee. I’ve made no comments about anything, I don’t feel I need to comment about anything.

“I’m fully aware like everyone else, I see stuff, I get sent stuff. What I want everyone to know is, I’m a grown a*** woman. I’m 48 this year, I’m not a young kid. I’ve learned a lot in the past few years, through therapy and learning to love myself. So I’m not stupid, I know what I’m doing and if I’m happy that’s all that matters.”

The star continued: “At the end of the day, no one knows what I know. It’s only been speculated by the press. I am very happy and that’s all that matters. That happy I’m going back to Dubai for the weekend. So I can’t wait.”

Katie implored her fans not to be concerned about her decision to marry for the fourth time. She said: “If there’s anything to update you on, I would always update you all. But I just want people to not worry.

“I’m not worried, so you don’t need to worry about anything. Like I say, I will do what I want to do. But I want everyone to know you don’t need to worry, I’m really happy, there’s nothing to worry about. That’s all I need to address on that.”

Katie explained how she married Lee “at first sight”, with the couple exchanging vows just days after meeting in Dubai. She told The Sun newspaper: “How I met Lee was esoteric; we connected [by] both checking each others’ socials and quickly realised: ‘Wow, this is for me’.

“In the old-fashioned way, first by words which captured us both. That evolved deeper as we connected further within days [getting] matching tattoos, and then both deciding to buy rings for the other. All this without even meeting, we let fate, but you could say destiny, decide.”

She added: “I’m just so happy with my person that is just as happy as I am. What we have, they haven’t even invented the words. He has now the best version of me which can only grow more, knowing we are each others’. On the wedding, all I can say is ‘fatale’, and this was a wedding at First Sight.”

Social media has been discussing the apparent abduction of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie’s mother ever since news broke.

Influencers relayed the timeline from the hours after Nancy Guthrie was last seen and posted photos of the blood found on her front porch that later was a match for the 84-year-old grandmother.

Others called out individuals connected to the case as looking “sus” or filmed themselves walking through her neighborhood to help find her.

The desperate search for Guthrie, who authorities believe was taken a week ago against her will from her home just outside Tucson, Arizona, has become the latest investigation to pique the widespread interest of online armchair detectives.

As the search continues with no suspects or persons of interest, posts across Instagram, TikTok, X, Facebook and YouTube have put millions of eyeballs on tips and theories surrounding her disappearance.

But they’ve also helped to amplify rumors and forced law enforcement to repeatedly set the record straight on at least one crucial detail.

Michael Alcazar, adjunct professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and retired New York Police Department detective, said overall the positives outweigh the negatives when it comes to the onslaught of social media posts.

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“More people are aware; It keeps people alert,” he said. “If they know she hasn’t been found yet, perhaps people will remember that and if they see something, they might say something.”

He compared it to the widespread online response to the disappearance and death of Gabby Petito in 2021 and the impact that may have had on her body being found.

Two YouTubers said at the time that an image they posted showed Petito and her boyfriend’s white van and that it led investigators to the area where her body was found. But the FBI didn’t specify what led to the discovery.

“I think it’s just something that we have to adapt to as far as law enforcement,” Alcazar said. “The true crime community is growing. … There’s a lot of people out there that want to help.”

But with the widespread posts also comes the proliferation of misinformation.

Ashleigh Banfield, from the cable network NewsNation, announced on her podcast Wednesday that a law enforcement source told her a Guthrie family member is the prime suspect.

She seemed to quickly walk back the statement seconds later, saying the person “may be a prime suspect,” and adding that family members are often looked at first. The information quickly took off across social media, with people posting photos of the person she named.

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Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos addressed the rumor early in a news conference Thursday, saying authorities don’t have any suspects or persons of interest. That remained the case on Friday.

“I plead with you to be careful of what it is we put out there. … You could actually be doing some damage to the case, you could do some damage to the individual, too,” he said later in the news conference. “Social media’s kind of an ugly world sometimes.”

Other posts have included a medium expressing her feeling that Guthrie is close by and a woman using astrology to point her viewers in the direction of what may have happened.

Calvin Chrustie, who has more than three decades of experience in negotiations for kidnapping, ransom and extortions, said if the public truly understood the toll those situations can have on family and law enforcement, they might not hastily post unsubstantiated information.

“This stuff on X and other stuff out there that’s pure speculation is actually making it more difficult for the families and making it more difficult to the police to secure the safe, you know, the safe return of the hostage,” he said.

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Julie Urquhart, an elementary school teacher in New Brunswick, Canada, has been posting about the case on TikTok, Instagram and Facebook. She said she was drawn to the disappearance because she has a mother near Guthrie’s age and was fascinated that someone could have taken her seemingly without a trace.

Urquhart said her information comes from national news sites and law enforcement news conferences. One of her posts on TikTok and Instagram amassed more 4 million views, she said.

“That’s 4 million eyes that now saw that story and now maybe will see something or know something or know someone who does,” she said. “There’s just so many people it hits.”

“One of the mistakes of previous governments, that it’s pretty important that this Labour government doesn’t fall into, is the sort of focus on infighting, believing that constant changing of leaders is going to solve some of the very difficult problems that this country and in fact, the world faces,” she told Times Radio.

GMP Bolton shared on social media their Bolton West team had to issue a number of traffic offence reports yesterday, Saturday, February 7.

The post said the reports were issued for poor parking in the Horwich area, and police tend to see this increase in this type of parking at weekends and on match days.

Photos shared along with the post show cars parked along pavements.

They are working with residents, councillors and Bolton Wanderers in the community to tackle the issue (Image: GMP Bolton)

They asked residents and visitors to the area to park safely and ensure they are not blocking pavements, driveways or parking on junctions.

The post read: “HORWICH – The Bolton West team have today had to issue a number of traffic offence reports for poor parking in the Horwich area.

“We see an increase in this type of parking at weekends and on match days. The Bolton West team works with our residents, councillors and Bolton Wanderers in the community to tackle the issue of unsafe parking.

“We urge residents and visitors to the area to park responsibly, not blocking pavements, driveways or parking on junctions.”

Kylesku Lodges in the remote Sutherland region of the Highlands is seeking a housekeeper to join the team from March until October this year.

A conservation charity is offering an “extraordinary” opportunity to live and work in one of Scotland’s most remote and stunning locations, surrounded by nature “in every direction”. The John Muir Trust, which is dedicated to protecting wild places across the country, is seeking a seasonal housekeeper for its Kylesku Lodges in the Sutherland region of the Highlands.

The lodges, located near the iconic Kylesku Bridge, sit in what is considered one of Europe’s most sparsely populated areas. Charity bosses are looking for someone to join their team from March until October this year in the one-of-a-kind role, providing care and maintenance for the lodges while enjoying the unique tranquillity of the Highlands.

The successful candidate will live in a renovated static caravan on site, which comes equipped with high-speed WiFi. This means that even while immersed in the wilderness, there is the ability to stay connected for personal or professional needs.

The lodges sit on 45 acres of land owned by the John Muir Trust. Additionally the lodges overlook the peaceful Loch a’ Chairn Bhain and offer breathtaking views of Quinag, a striking three-peaked mountain which the charity cares for – with beauty right on your door step.

The area is rich in wildlife and natural beauty, with expansive lochs, climb-able mountains and stunning forests surrounding the lodges. The charity also works closely with neighbouring communities to boost the local economy while protecting the delicate ecosystems in the region.

The role itself involves looking after ten lodges alongside lodge manager Karen Vickers. While weekend work is required, weekday shifts are lighter, offering a balance between responsibility and time to enjoy the scenery.

Applicants must hold a full UK driving licence and have access to their own vehicle, as the remote location requires mobility.

Karen Vickers spoke about the appeal of the role, saying: “Kylesku is one of those places that stays with you. When the wind drops, the silence is extraordinary and you’re surrounded by mountains, sea lochs and wildlife in every direction.

“For someone looking to step away from the noise for a season, this role offers a rare chance to slow down, be part of a small, welcoming team and live in a truly special part of the Highlands.

“The added bonus is knowing your work supports the John Muir Trust’s efforts to care for wild places and the communities around them.”

For those seeking a change from the hustle and bustle of everyday life, this position offers a rare chance to combine practical work with a deep connection to nature.

For those interested in the role, extra information can be found on the official website for the Kylesku Lodges. You can access the website by clicking here.

East Riding of Yorkshire Council approved an application from housebuilder Crest Nicholson for the proposed development for 2.45 Hectares of agricultural land north of Main Street in Wilberfoss, on January 30 – the village is eight miles east of York just off the A1079.

The developer said “the proposed layout will create a distinctive high quality residential development which is sympathetically designed to respect the surrounding built and natural environment.”

However, Wilberfoss Parish Council said it could not support plans for the development at the western end of the village, raising concerns in its role as consultees over plans to add a new junction on Main Street and its impact on the safety of access for traffic flows to the busy A1079 York to Hull Road.

The development would feature a new access road close to one corner of Main Street in the village (Image: Kevin Glenton)

In planning documents, the council also said developers should contribute to the cost of a new roundabout at the western junction of Wilberfoss.

Neighbouring Newton upon Derwent Parish Council said the development represented further “creep” in the expansion of Wilberfoss and the impact of traffic at the A1079 junction which is almost opposite one of its main access roads.

Seventeen objections were received from the public, the majority from residents expressing concern over the expected increase in housing, pressure on local schools and healthcare amenities, in addition to increased flooding concerns in nearby Moorfield Way.

The plans include a total of two one-bedroom houses, 18 two-bedroom houses, 33 three-bedroom houses, three four-bedroom houses and 14 five-bedroom houses.

Within this, Crest Nicholson’s plans include a provision of 20 per cent affordable housing in one, two and three bed units.

Three units are reserved for self-builds and an open space and play area is included in the proposal.

On June 19 last year, East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s director of planning and development management recommended to defer and delegate approval of the scheme subject to matters including the securing of developer financial contributions to off-site sports facilities and primary school places, as well as the provision of the self-build plots.