Manchester United: Are Old Trafford club really heading for a relegation scrap?
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You would have to be touching 60 to have any recollection of the last time United were relegated.
Legend has it that old boy Denis Law sent them down with an impudent back heel he didn't celebrate when he was at Manchester City. The reality is United were already doomed under then-boss Tommy Docherty.
United have not been in the relegation zone after nine games or more since November 1986, when they collected a single point in Sir Alex Ferguson's first two games in charge following Ron Atkinson's dismissal.
Their lowest position after at least nine games of a season since then was 17th in 1989-90. They are back there again right now, mainly thanks to the failings of others in results elsewhere on Saturday.
It is now nine games in all competitions since Carrick's side won, their worst run since 1988-89. Their single Premier League win of the season was when they came from behind to beat Ipswich at home in August.
Of course, United's supporters have very recent experience of seeing their team in the lower reaches of the table. They were 16th under Ruben Amorim after 37 games of the 2024-25 season. The caveat is they were 14 points clear of third-bottom Leicester and at no point in that tortuous campaign were they in danger of relegation.
One club that has been at real risk in recent years is Tottenham, who were third bottom and two points behind West Ham with four games of last season remaining.
So, it could happen, even if it remains unlikely a club that should post revenues in excess of £700m for the current campaign will finish in the bottom three.
"You can look at it like that, or you can look at how far you can move up the league quite quickly if you win football matches," was Carrick's response when asked if his players are equipped for the "mentality shift" required to deal with the present situation. "That's the way it's got to be approached."
Highlights - Premier League - Chelsea 2-0 Manchester United
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Lisandro Martinez is sent off for Manchester United as they suffer a 2-0 defeat against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge to pile more pressure on under-fire manager Michael Carrick.
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Highlights - Premier League - Manchester City 0-1 Brighton & Hove Albion
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Brighton pick up their first away league victory at Manchester City, winning 1-0 to condemn City to a second successive Premier League defeat.
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Highlights - Premier League - Coventry City 3-1 Sunderland
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Frank Lampard's Coventry City lift themselves out of the relegation zone after beating struggling Sunderland, who remain rooted to the bottom of the Premier League table.
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Highlights - Premier League - Hull City 2-2 Ipswich Town
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Highlights - Premier League - Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Crystal Palace
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Highlights - Premier League - Bournemouth 2-0 Leeds United
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Highlights - Premier League - Brentford 2-0 Nottingham Forest
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Igor Thiago's second-half goal helps Brentford to their first win in five as they beat Nottingham Forest 2-0 at the Gtech Community Stadium.
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Highlights - Premier League - Aston Villa 1-1 Fulham
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Stranded in the Cook Islands: Why I can't get home to Sri Lanka
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When Ruchira Ranasingha left Sri Lanka almost a decade ago, she could never have imagined she would end up stranded on a tiny archipelago in the South Pacific.
The 50-year-old has now been stuck in the Cook Islands for three years. She tells the BBC she is desperate to go back to Sri Lanka and has even offered to go "handcuffed, bound and gagged".
Ranasingha had been hoping to settle in New Zealand.
After seeking asylum there, she says she followed an immigration adviser's recommendation to temporarily exit the country to apply for a work visa. But once in the Cook Islands, her application was rejected. And by leaving New Zealand, she had breached the terms of her existing asylum-linked visa.
Now New Zealand is refusing to issue her a transit visa that would allow her to fly home to Sri Lanka.
Australia is refusing too. The only other international destinations she can fly to from the Cook Islands - Tahiti and Hawaii - require her to give biometric information in New Zealand before any visa can be processed.
As a result, she has no feasible way of leaving.
"My son - my only child - is getting married in November and I really want to be there for his wedding. My mother is so worried about what has happened to me that she is constantly in and out of hospital," she says through tears.
"I will do anything they ask of me - I just want to go home."
UK weather: Fog to create hazardous driving conditions into next week
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Dense fog will blanket parts of the UK on Sunday and into next week, causing dangerous driving conditions.
England and Wales are most likely to experience the foggy conditions on Sunday, before the threat shifts northwards into next week.
It comes after the Met Office issued a yellow weather warning for parts of England and Wales early on Saturday morning with visibility on roads predicted to drop to less than 100m in places.
Further warnings could be issued in the coming days as the waning strength of the late autumn sun means mist, fog and patches of low cloud are slow to clear.
Judge orders Trump administration to stop election official threats
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A federal judge has ordered the federal government to stop threatening local and state election officials with criminal charges over their role in processing election ballots.
The California judge ruled that the Department of Justice (DoJ) must stop demanding that local and state election officials set aside or not process certain ballots that the Trump administration alleges may come from non-citizens.
The ruling comes days before the midterm elections, which will determine which political party controls the US Congress for the last two years of Donald Trump's presidency.
Trump criticised the ruling on Saturday, writing,"Why would they reject fixing Election Fraud?"
In California earlier this month, the justice department sent letters to the secretary of state and Los Angeles County Registrar demanding they set aside the ballots of 20,000 registered voters whom the Trump administration "believe" are "likely" non-citizens, according to court documents.
About a week later, armed officials from the Department of Homeland Security delivered letters to county officials and employees across California threatening criminal charges if they didn't sequester those ballots.
But the groups said they could not comply with those demands because they must follow election procedures required by state and federal law. A judge weighed in and tossed the demand, writing it would "wreak havoc" in the election.
Around the same time, the justice department reportedly began a criminal investigation into county election officials, issuing federal grand jury subpoenas.
Civil rights groups and unions representing election workers filed a legal complaint, accusing the justice department of interfering in their duty to administer the election. Judge Trina Thompson ordered the administration to halt their actions.
"Although Defendants claim that their actions are designed to halt unlawful voting by noncitizens, their actions are likely to have the effect of interfering with election administration and disenfranchising lawful voters," Judge Thompson wrote.
The Trump administration sent a similar letter about alleged non-citizen voters to Washington state and demanded that the secretary of state there cease processing the ballots, according to Thompson's order.
The maneuvers are part of a yearslong campaign by Trump and his administration to fight alleged voter fraud that they believe is widespread, despite research showing that it is extremely rare.
Ahead of the midterm elections on 3 November, the president has cast doubt on the security of the vote - alleging "rampant" cheating in postal voting and non-citizens voting. The president also offered a $1m (£750,000) reward to people who report cases of voter fraud in the US which lead to a conviction.
Studies, however, suggest actual cases are extremely rare. BBC Verify reported that the Heritage Foundation's database identified 24 cases of non-citizens being convicted for voting between 2005 and 2025.
In his post on Saturday, Trump said criticised recent rulings against his administration pertaining to allegations of possible election fraud and vowed to continue fighting for "Election Integrity".
Who are the real winners of The Celebrity Traitors? Miranda Hart, King Kenny and Maya Jama stand out
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Spoiler warning: This article reveals details from The Celebrity Traitors final
In some ways, all the players on the Celebrity Traitors can be seen as winners.
They all got to appear on a hugely popular TV show, rubbing shoulders with other stars and gaining new fans along the way.
But there are certain celebrities, such as Miranda Hart, King Kenny, Maya Jama and Joanne McNally, who have been tipped by industry experts as getting the biggest career boost after the show.
Sebastian "Bash" Croft - who won the game, alongside Romesh Ranganathan - could also now be in line for greater roles.
We've taken a look at the breakout stars of the series and what might lie ahead for them.
No more washing up: How Airbnb's new house rules have divided hosts and guests
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When Lisa Clewes returned to her Welsh holiday let after a group of guests checked out, she was horrified by the mess.
Just days earlier, she had met the group in person and helped with their luggage.
But after a dinner party, the house was left "in a complete mess" with broken glasses, drinks cans on the floor, pans full of food on the table and fish guts left in the garden.
"It was really unbelievable. Had I had another booking the same day, I would have had to cancel or delay check-in," says Clewes.
She charges a cleaning fee that covers around 75% of the cost of a cleaner and asks guests to empty the fridge, put rubbish in the bins and load the dishwasher.