Jazz Reid, 33, fired 11 bullets, hitting the child twice and her 34-year-old father five times, as they sat with other family members in a car in Ladbroke Grove, northwest London, on 24 November 2024. Both survived the attack, which was one of three targeted shootings prosecutors said were planned and executed with "precision". The Old Bailey heard drug dealer Reid would drive to the area in a hire car before disguising himself with a Deliveroo backpack, takeaway box and e-bike. The motive behind the shootings is not known but Judge Sarah Whitehouse KC said they could have been planned "contract killings". She told Reid: "You may have been carrying out shootings on behalf of others, perhaps relating to drug dealing or for some other form of financial gain". In the first shooting on 9 October 2024, he fired two shots, hitting Ameile Buncombe, 27, in the thigh at the victim's home in Notting Hill, leaving him seriously injured. No one was injured in the second attack, when Reid shot four times towards an address in north London linked to the same target as the third shooting, 13 days later. On this last occasion the father was shot in the back, chest, abdomen, and pelvis area, while his daughter was shot in her buttocks and foot after the family had been celebrating her birthday at a trampoline park. Sentencing Reid to 38 years in prison, of which he'll serve at least two thirds, with another five-year extended licence period, the judge said: "The entire family was traumatised by the attack. No sentence I pass will remediate their suffering." The mother of the girl and partner of the man who were shot said in an emotional victim impact statement she read to the court that the shooting had "shattered my family's life". She said she has "flashbacks every day" and carries "huge guilt for not protecting my girl from what happened". "Every time I see a Deliveroo bike I shudder, even though I know it's not him," she said. She said her partner has been left with a bullet lodged in his shoulder, needing 24-hour care, with no feeling from the chest down and unlikely to be able to ever walk again. "The incident has completely turned my daughter's life upside down. She is a shadow of the bubbly, bright, larger than life character she once was, and now rarely wants to go out and socialise while suffering daily trauma and questioning why it happened," she said in a statement. The mother told the court she calls Reid the "Bad Man" and wants "him to be hurt two times like her" - referring to the two gunshots. "It makes me sick there's still a bullet inside my baby girl," she said. Dramatic police bodyworn camera footage captured the moment armed police boxed in the car Reid was driving in a hard stop manoeuvre before smashing the windows to make an arrest. One of two guns used in the shootings was recovered from under a concrete slab outside Reid's home, in Uxbridge, west London, while the other was found in a moped. The e-bike and Deliveroo disguise were found at the flat of an associate on the Swinbrook Estate in north Kensington. The court heard there were references to gangs in a probation report but prosecutor Michael Goodwin KC said there is no evidence to suggest Reid is affiliated with any gang or that the shootings were gang-related, although the motive is unknown. Reid continues to deny being the gunman, claiming to the jury he was "set up" over a £10,000 debt and the gun was "planted". But he was found guilty of attempted murder of the father and wounding the girl with intent. Neither victim can be identified for legal reasons. He was also convicted of wounding the other victim with intent and of firearms offences relating to the incidents. Metropolitan Police Detective Inspector Richard Scott, said: "This was a truly shocking series of crimes carried out by a man intent on committing murder. "His actions were carefully planned and executed. He intended to kill his targets but also ended up seriously injuring an innocent young girl who must now live with the trauma caused by Reid's wicked actions."

The Duke of Sussex and six others, including Sir Elton John and Liz Hurley, allege Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL) hired private detectives to commit a series of unlawful acts between 1993 and 2011. Alleged activities included placing listening devices inside cars, using deception, or "blagging" private records, such as flight details and medical records and accessing private phone conversations. Harry's case explained Harry is expected to spend a full day on the stand next Thursday, a draft trial timetable suggests. Sir Elton, Ms Hurley and Baroness Doreen Lawrence are also expected to give evidence at the nine-week trial, which is due to begin on Monday. Elton John's husband David Furnish, actress Sadie Frost and former Lib Dem MP Simon Hughes are the others involved in the case. The group launched its lawsuit against Associated, the publisher of the Daily Mail, the Mail on Sunday and MailOnline, in October 2020. Associated Newspapers denies all the allegations, calling them "preposterous smears". A number of outstanding issues were dealt with at the court on Thursday, including a challenge by the claimants' lawyers against some of the wording in ANL's proposed opening arguments relating to an alleged "scheme of camouflage". At the hearing, Mr Justice Nicklin heard that ANL lawyers have made "serious allegations" of dishonesty and fraud against some representatives in the claimants' legal team. In written submissions, David Sherborne, for the claimants, said: "The allegations made by the defendants are exceptionally serious, of fraud, dishonesty and professional misconduct. "They cannot be introduced by assertion in opening written submissions and are not simply commentary on pleaded issues." He added: "The allegations made by the defendants are not confined to the credibility of witnesses, as above, the defendant explicitly seeks findings, and also asserts as a fact that actions amount to a 'calculated attempt to withhold the true position from the court'." Antony White KC, for ANL, told the court the submissions were simply an "attack" on the credibility of some of the witnesses. He said in court: "It is not necessary to plead a case if the other side's witnesses are not telling the truth." Read more on Sky News:Astronauts back on EarthWoman in her 60s murdered12-hour NHS trolley waits Mr Justice Nicklin ruled that ANL's trial opening note should be amended, saying "the camouflage scheme that is relied upon by the defendants goes far further than an attack on credibility". He added: "It seems to be that the requirements of fairness mean that the defendant must seek to amend its defence." Mr White told the court he would condense the claims in his opening note. The hearing is due to conclude on Thursday.

Robert Jenrick has defected to Reform after Kemi Badenoch found some evidence and unceremoniously sacked him. This should and could have been a mega moment for Nigel Farage. Jenrick was a key Conservative face. He was in the shadow cabinet. He was really popular with party members. He had been a leadership rival to Badenoch - and he was still snapping at her heels But Badenoch shocked all of us on Thursday morning - including Farage - when she dropped this bombshell video sacking Jenrick, because she said she had evidence he was going to defect and badmouth his colleagues In doing that, in seizing the moment and surprising her enemies, she managed to turn what would have been a clear crisis into almost an opportunity as she took the momentum, showed the political authority and pushed Jenrick out before he jumped What's the fallout? I have been talking to Tory MPs on Thursday, and whether they were fans of Jenrick or fans of Badenoch, there is common agreement that she has seized the political authority in all of this. Read more:All the former Conservative MPs who have defected to ReformEx-Tory chancellor defects to Reform In the bigger picture, Jenrick was a sitting shadow cabinet minister, one of the biggest faces of the party, and he has defected to Reform. What does that say about Badenoch's leadership? She is battling Farage not only at the polls but also within her own party - and there could be more defections yet.

Kane did not score in Bayern's come-from-behind 3-1 win. As such, he has fallen off the pace in his bid to break Robert Lewandowski's single-season scoring record. The Pole once managed 41. At the halfway stage, Kane is now on a measly 20 from 17 matches. But as the third goal in Cologne shows, there is much more to his magnificent game than goals. He was spraying passes from deep throughout. The second goal came from a corner won after a counter-attack which was sprung by him winning the ball in his own box. Got Sky? Watch Bundesliga games LIVE on your phone📱No Sky? Get Sky Sports or stream with no contract on NOW📺 Bayern legend Lothar Matthaus summed up the feeling in a recent column for Sky Sports. "A lot was expected of him, but Kane has exceeded all expectations." He has scored twice as many goals as any other player in the Bundesliga so far this season. He has still scored the most goals from open play, the most goals from the penalty spot and even the most goals from fast breaks. At 32 years old, he is surely football's finisher supreme, still finding the corners with remarkable accuracy. And the numbers back that up. The expected-goals data shows that while Morgan Rogers and Harry Wilson are on hot streaks from distance in the Premier League, it is Kane who is clear of the rest in Europe when it comes to finding the net more than he should from the shots that he is having. There are many different forms of leadership in football and the impact of this should not be underestimated. One recalls a conversation with Marco Neppe, Bayern's technical director at the time of Kane's signing. He saw it as a factor in bringing him in. "With Harry in the dressing room, you know as a player that this is a player who can change the whole match in a second," Neppe explained. "Because he is a goalscorer and he does not need five metres to do it, just a second, just a situation and he scores." Kane has always been cold in front of goal, but regular observers detect a change in him. He has grown into this role. "The way that he conducts himself on and off the pitch is a completely different Kane than the one we signed two years ago," says Matthaus. Jurgen Klinsmann too has always praised Kane for the way in which he has settled into Bavarian life. "He is just himself. He is humble. He is down to earth. And he focuses on what is most important, and that for him is scoring goals." But others still wanted more. Speaking to Kane after he scored the winner against Stuttgart in the Supercup back in August, he seemed aware that Thomas Muller's exit put more of an onus on him. "He was a big character but that gives other people opportunities to step up and be that leader." The feeling is that he is taking that responsibility. Certainly, on the pitch he is doing far more than scoring goals. In the narrow win over Borussia Dortmund in October, he opened the scoring but caught the eye more for his defensive work late in the game. As for his creativity, it is tempting to think that Klinsmann has it the wrong way around when he talks of "a system where he is getting fed by the attacking midfielders" because it is often the case that it is Kane, with his extraordinary passing range, who is feeding them. This aspect of his game was long overlooked. Bayern supporters knew that they would be getting goals. But not the rest of it. "He was brought in as a goalscorer to fill Robert Lewandowski's role, but Kane is so much more than that for the team," says Matthaus. Jahmai Simpson-Pusey experienced that first hand in Cologne. The young English defender on loan from Manchester City was making his home debut and dealt well with what was a daunting assignment. He has trained with Erling Haaland. Kane is different. "It is hard because he drifts so deep," said Simpson-Pusey afterwards. "When he is up top, hopping around, we can shuffle across and manage him but when he drops into that deep space and he is flying balls left, right and centre, it can be a problem." Indeed, when Kane roams, it might appear to be a break for his markers but the danger remains. He can hurt teams from anywhere, ranking in the top 10 in the Bundesliga for through-balls and big chances created. Not the numbers of an out-and-out striker. Given all that, is it somehow possible that Kane, England's captain and all-time record scorer, remains underrated in his own country and beyond? It is not unusual to hear chat of Jude Bellingham and others being the real key men for Thomas Tuchel's England. But while there are a plethora of attacking midfield options, with all due respect to Ollie Watkins, Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Danny Welbeck, England possess perhaps the most complete centre-forward in world football. That point can hardly be overstated. Maybe his relentlessness has left many numb to his numbers, blinded by his brilliance. The longevity is remarkable but even his position in the Ballon d'Or voting almost makes being world class look mundane. Seven times on the shortlist. Never higher than 10th. He has achieved that ranking three times, in 2017, 2018 and 2024. For context, that first shortlist of 30 featured Gianluigi Buffon and Sergio Ramos. The strikers included Luis Suarez, Radamel Falcao, Edinson Cavani, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Edin Dzeko. Only Lewandowski and Kylian Mbappe were also on that 2017 list and the 2025 one. What will it take for Kane to make the podium? It would probably require glory in the Champions League or at the World Cup - but this year offers possibilities for him in both. His club and his country are second favourites to claim those prizes. In the meantime, all he can do is to keep delivering. He scores goals and he sets up goals for his team-mates. It is what he has been doing for over a decade now. And still exceeding all expectations.

The astronaut and three others returned from a mission in space a month early, making a middle-of-the-night splashdown in the Pacific near San Diego early on Thursday. With assistance from SpaceX, the capsule landed less than 11 hours after the astronauts exited the International Space Station (ISS). Their first stop was a hospital for an overnight stay, going through standard procedure and medical checks. As it happened: Agency gives update on astronaut At a press conference ahead of their journey to hospital, NASA administrator Jared Isaacman said that the four crew members are "safe" and in "good spirits". And according to Joel Montalbano, deputy associate administrator for NASA, it was only "about a week ago" when NASA decided to bring home Crew-11 early. He added that the team "meticulously went through all the processes". "You saw the result of that today," he said, noting that the crew completed 140 experiments during their time in space. The four astronauts onboard the capsule were NASA's Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, as well as Japan's Kimiya Yui and Russia's Oleg Platonov. Officials have refused to identify the astronaut who developed the health problem last week or explain what happened, citing medical privacy. But Mr Isaacman said the "crew member of concern is doing fine". He said an update on their health would be given "when it is appropriate to do so". The return marks the first time that NASA had cut short the rotation of an ISS crew due to a health emergency. During the descent, the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft Endeavour parachuted into calm seas off San Diego at about 12.45am eastern time (8.45am in the UK). In a radio transmission to the SpaceX flight-control centre near Los Angeles, Endeavour's commander, Ms Cardman, 38, was heard saying, "It's good to be home." It's unclear what caused the medical issue, but the astronaut fell sick or was injured on 7 January, prompting NASA to call off the next day's spacewalk by Ms Cardman and Mr Fincke. NASA Chief Health and Medical Officer James Polk also noted that the medical emergency did not involve "an injury that occurred in the pursuit of operations". Read more from Sky News:Uganda's president on shutting down internet during electionAre we heading for 'mass unemployment'? Sadiq Khan is worried Crew-12 is expected to launch to the ISS in mid-February with four more astronauts reinforcing the crew. In the meantime, it remains occupied by NASA astronaut Christopher Williams and two cosmonauts who flew to the ISS aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft in November.

Drummer Stewart Copeland and guitarist Andrew Summers contend they are owed more than $2m (£1.49m) in "arranger's fees" by bassist Sting and his company Magnetic Publishing. Their barrister claimed that arranger's fees - an arrangement where a songwriter would give 15% of publishing income to the other two bandmates - had not been paid from money generated through streaming, according to court documents filed in December 2024. Their case hinges on the interpretation of various agreements made between the band's formation in the late 1970s and 2016. But Robert Howe KC, for Sting, said in written submissions for a preliminary hearing at the High Court on Wednesday that the arrangement does not apply to streaming and should only apply to physical products such as vinyl and cassettes. He also said Sting, whose real name is Gordon Sumner, has paid more than $800,000 (£595,000) in "certain admitted historic underpayments" since legal action was launched in late 2024. Mr Howe explained that the musicians couldn't agree on how the phrases "mechanical income" and "public performance fees" apply to streaming, which continues to generate significant income. The barrister highlighted a "professionally drafted" agreement in 2016, which he said states that Sting and his publishing company only owe money on mechanical income "from the manufacture of records". Meanwhile, Ian Mill KC, representing Mr Copeland and Mr Summers and their companies, Megalo Music, Kent Foundation Laboratories and Kinetic Kollections, said the agreements go back to 1977. He added that the band - with hits including Every Breath You Take, Roxanne and Message In A Bottle - agreed on the 15% figure before formalising it in written contracts later. In the upcoming trial, the issue to be determined was "whether the parties have accounted to each other for arranger's fees correctly in accordance with the terms of the 2016 settlement agreement", Mr Mill said. Read more from Sky News:Actor Kiefer Sutherland arrestedK-pop stars reveal comeback tour In the court documents Mr Mills filed in 2024, Mr Mills said Mr Copeland and Mr Summers believe the 2016 agreement means they are entitled to a share of money "from all publishing income derived from all manner of commercial exploitation". The preliminary hearing is set to conclude on Thursday, with the trial expected at a later date.

He was asked by deputy political editor Sam Coates: "You'd never support a pact?" And he infuriated Tory loyalists by replying: "That is not our priority. That's not a priority." Politics latest: Robert Jenrick sacked from shadow cabinet In a 2024 interview with Sky News political editor Beth Rigby, he said he would have "no problem" with Mr Farage being a member of the Conservative Party. No wonder, then, that he has now joined forces with Mr Farage after Kemi Badenoch delivered a political bombshell earlier today by sacking him. Until he challenged Mrs Badenoch for the Conservative leadership in 2024, Mr Jenrick was perhaps best known as the minister who unlawfully intervened in a planning decision involving publisher Richard Desmond. As immigration minister, he ordered murals of Mickey Mouse and other cartoon characters designed to welcome child asylum seekers to a reception centre in Dover to be painted over. After Mrs Badenoch became leader and appointed him to the key post of shadow justice secretary, he never hid his ambition to undermine her and ultimately oust her. He also continued to court headlines and controversy in equal measure, never more so than when he published a video of himself delivering "vigilante justice" to people he accused of fare dodging. At the Manchester conference, when he gave his revealing interview to Sky News, he theatrically held up a box and pulled out a judge's wig as he attacked what he called "activist" judges. All politicians go on a journey of one sort or another during their career. But Mr Jenrick's has already been one of the most turbulent and may be about to take an even more sensational right turn. Read more:Ex-Tory chancellor Zahawi defects to ReformStarmer's three big woes revealed While Mrs Badenoch's journey brought her more than 3,000 miles from West Africa to the top of the Conservative Party, Mr Jenrick's has been political and ideological. For example, three years after becoming an MP in a by-election, he attended Donald Trump's first inauguration as US president in 2017, though he insisted his presence was not an endorsement. His remarkable transformation has taken him from a compassionate centrist and Cameron Remainer in the 2016 referendum to an anti-immigration zealot and standard-bearer of the Brexiteer hard right. Among Conservative MPs, his ideological journey has earned him the nickname "Robert Generic". His response: he's been called worse things, he says. He served in government under five Conservative prime ministers, though that's a comment on the torrid state of the Conservative party over the past decade or more. "My values haven't changed one bit," he told Sophy Ridge in a Sky News interview during the Tory leadership campaign. But after the latest astonishing developments, his critics would fiercely dispute that. His leadership campaign saw him take an uncompromising hard-line stance on immigration, almost to the exclusion of other issues. His core policy was to quit the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR), which is now party policy. The leading backers in his campaign were the hard men of the Tory right, including veteran Brexiteers Mark Francois and Sir John Hayes, who was previously viewed as Suella Braverman's "brain" and leading tactician. It was a big shift from the days when, along with Rishi Sunak and Oliver Dowden, he was one of the Tories' "Three Musketeers", seen as a trio of centrist rising stars. But Mr Jenrick has not just been on a journey from Remain to Brexit and from centrist to hard-line right winger. He's also spoken about how his upbringing in Wolverhampton shaped his values. He's described his father as a "white van man" who started his own business. He told party activists in a "fireside chat" at the 2024 Tory conference in Birmingham that he grew up in a "working-class background". His grandmother paid for him to go to fee-paying Wolverhampton Grammar School, he said. From there it was Cambridge University, where he read history, then political science at the University of Pennsylvania, before qualifying as a solicitor and then a job at Christie's, the art auctioneers. It was while working as a solicitor that he met his American wife, Michal Berkner, a high-flying corporate lawyer who is eight years older than Mr Jenrick. They have three children. He wooed the Tory activists with the disclosure that the middle name of his second daughter, Sophia, is Thatcher, because she was born the year Mrs Thatcher died. Throughout his leadership campaign, his extroverted wife was his chief cheerleader, highly visible in the front row of the audience at most events. His wife is Jewish and Mr Jenrick, who describes himself as "the father of a Jewish family", has been a strong pro-Israel voice, including wearing a "Hamas are terrorists" hoodie during the leadership campaign. Many Tory MPs also believe his wife is the driving force behind his ambition. Anecdotally, it's even been claimed that she orders for him at dinner. Mr Jenrick fought Newcastle-under-Lyme for the Tories in 2010 and was only 1,500 votes behind Labour's Paul Farrelly, before winning Newark in a by-election caused by former Conservative MP Patrick Mercer being exposed in a lobbying scandal in 2014. Ironically, on the day Mr Mercer announced his resignation, Mr Farage said he was tempted to stand as a candidate for his United Kingdom Independence Party, and though he didn't, UKIP came second in the by-election. Once in parliament, for three years from 2015 to 2018 under David Cameron and then Theresa May, Mr Jenrick was a parliamentary private secretary to four high-profile ministers: Esther McVey, Michael Gove, Liz Truss and Amber Rudd. Then he got his first ministerial job, a junior minister at the Treasury, before his big break when Boris Johnson became prime minister in 2019, and his career really took off, with promotion to the cabinet as housing and local government secretary. But that was when Mr Jenrick started to become a highly controversial figure. Two major controversies stand out: a planning row involving Mr Desmond - Tory donor, property developer and publisher - and allegations he broke lockdown rules during the COVID pandemic. First, he survived a huge row over his decision to fast-track planning permission for a £1bn property scheme in east London two weeks before Mr Desmond donated £12,000 to the Conservative party. The pair had sat next to each other at a fundraising dinner, at which Mr Desmond showed the minister a video of the development on his mobile phone. It was hugely controversial because Mr Jenrick's decision, later overturned, saved the Express Newspapers tycoon £45m in a local tax on property developments in the borough of Tower Hamlets. Weeks later, Mr Jenrick was in trouble again. During COVID lockdowns, it was revealed he travelled to his parents' home in Shropshire and to his family home, a 17th-century manor house in Herefordshire, more than 150 miles from London and 130 miles from his Newark constituency. Although Mr Jenrick said he was delivering food and medicine to his elderly parents and did not enter their house, his visit came after he appealed to people not to visit their families on Mother's Day. He survived the furore again, but was later sacked by Mr Johnson in a September 2021 reshuffle in which his job went to Michael Gove. But he returned to government under Liz Truss, as a health minister, and then Mr Sunak appointed him immigration minister under Ms Braverman. It was claimed he was not happy - and cried. Accused of being heartless over the painting over of the asylum centre murals, he told Sky News: "It's not something I would do again. I would never want to do anything that was anything other than compassionate towards children. I'm a dad of three young children." Then, in December 2023, he abruptly resigned, claiming the government's contentious legislation to deport illegal asylum seekers to Rwanda was not tough enough and was "fatally flawed". By then, Tory MPs were convinced Mr Jenrick already had leadership ambitions and was positioning himself for a bid. Not true, he insisted at the time. There were also claims that he was furious at not being appointed to succeed Ms Braverman when she was sacked, the job going instead to James Cleverly - later a leadership rival - in the reshuffle that saw Lord Cameron's surprise appointment as foreign secretary. Mr Jenrick's resignation and his obvious manoeuvring ahead of a leadership bid also coincided with a new trendy "Caesar" haircut and a dramatic weight loss of four stone, which he later admitted was partly due to taking the slimming drug Ozempic for six weeks. In the early rounds of voting by Tory MPs in the 2024 leadership election, Mr Jenrick surged into the lead and was the candidate with momentum, only for Mr Cleverly to seize the momentum with a bravura performance at the Tory conference. But in the final stage of the contest, the momentum moved to Mrs Badenoch. Despite claiming his values are the same as when he entered parliament in 2014, his views and his policies have changed significantly. He has shifted dramatically from the Tory mainstream to the party's right flank. And now...beyond that. In words that will delight Mr Farage, he said when he stood for the Tory leadership: "If I were an American citizen, I would be voting for Donald Trump." And if, as now seems likely, Mr Jenrick becomes Reform UK's leading voice on tackling illegal immigration, we can surely expect some Trump-style policies. During a trip to the US-Mexico border in 2024, he declared: "There are areas we can learn from Donald Trump and the Republican Party, one of which is illegal migration." His days as a pro-Cameron, anti-Brexit centrist in the Tory mainstream are now a long way behind him.

Carrick succeeded Ruben Amorim at Old Trafford on Tuesday and has been tasked with leading the club - where he won five Premier League titles as a player - to European qualification before the season ends. Neville wished his former team‑mate well but warned any new‑manager bounce under Carrick, however transformative, should not be viewed as a long‑term solution. Transfer Centre LIVE! | Man Utd news & transfers🔴Man Utd fixtures & scores | FREE Man Utd PL highlights▶️Got Sky? Watch Man Utd games LIVE on your phone📱Not got Sky? Get Sky Sports or stream with no contract on NOW📺Choose the Sky Sports push notifications you want! 🔔 "I hope Michael does really well," former United captain Neville told the Stick to Football podcast. "We could be sat here at the end of the season with the fans up, with the team fifth in the table and back in the Champions League spots, and we could all be getting swayed with it. "But there cannot be any consideration that Michael takes the job beyond the end of this season, for the sake of Michael and the club, even if he wins every single game." Neville: We've seen this movie before Neville accepted the decision to sack Amorim and hand Carrick the reins until the end of the season was ultimately the right one, but could not hide his disappointment at the sense of déjà vu it left. "When Amorim was sacked and you started hearing the names Michael, Ole [Gunnar Solskjaer], Ruud [van Nistelrooy], it felt a bit sad, like 'we're here again'," he said. "We've been there before with Ole, with Giggsy [Ryan Giggs] when David Moyes was sacked. We've seen this movie before. "I don't think there was any other option for the club right now. Most United fans will agree with the decision to get to the end of the season because of the managers who are becoming available. "But if they weren't to get the manager in the summer, there will be massive pressure. They must be thinking they're going to get one of the big ones, otherwise they wouldn't have appointed a bridge now." Neville backs Ancelotti, Tuchel, Pochettino Carrick's return to Old Trafford marks his second spell as interim manager and the 12th managerial change of the post-Sir Alex Ferguson era. Neville outlined the essential attributes United's next permanent manager must have - and explained why Carlo Ancelotti, Thomas Tuchel and Mauricio Pochettino best fit that bill. "Manchester United have tried everything when it comes to appointing a manager, absolutely everything," Neville said. "They just have to try to remove risks now. "Who can handle the media? Who can sort the dressing room out? Who can handle the owners? Who plays a style of football that fans will at least enjoy watching? Who has Champions League experience? Who has big‑game experience? "The three that stand out are Tuchel, Ancelotti and Pochettino. They could all be available after the World Cup. Eddie Howe - who has won a trophy, finished in the top four, and managed a big club in Newcastle - is another. "To make United an attractive club for players, Tuchel and Ancelotti bring a seriousness to matters. If you appoint a younger manager, United will miss out on players. "United are going to miss out on a lot of players anyway, but someone like Ancelotti would encourage players to come. They need that right now, because I'm not sure players are queuing up to join unless there is someone to believe in." Man Utd's next five fixturesJanuary 17: Man City (H) - Premier League, kick-off 12.30pm, live on Sky SportsJanuary 25: Arsenal (A) - Premier League, kick-off 4.30pm, live on Sky SportsFebruary 1: Fulham (H) - Premier League, kick-off 2pm, live on Sky SportsFebruary 7: Tottenham (H) - Premier League, kick-off 12.30pmFebruary 10: West Ham (A) - Premier League, kick-off 8.15pm