New Brentford manager Keith Andrews tells BBC Sport’s Sami Mokbel that he is “not fazed” by the “enormity” of his new job.
Andrews has been appointed as the Bees head coach on a three-year deal following Thomas Frank’s departure to Tottenham, having joined the club last summer to work under Frank as the club’s set-piece coach.
Forest Green Rovers have appointed former Wales midfielder Robbie Savage as their new manager, after Steve Cotterill was sacked last week.
Savage, who played for Leicester, Derby, Blackburn and Birmingham among others during his career, has been managing non-league side Macclesfield FC since 2024.
Cotterill’s departure from the National League club was confirmed on Thursday, after the side missed out on promotion through the play-offs last season.
“I feel I have an opportunity to develop a squad to create an attacking brand of football – an aggressive form of football to try and get Forest Green back into the EFL,” Savage said in a club statement.
Forest Green finished third in the National League last season but were beaten by seventh-placed Southend in the play-offs on penalties, to miss out on a place in the Wembley final.
Savage links up with former Wales team-mate Mark Bowen at the Bolt New Lawn, who was appointed Forest Green’s director of football last month. They have not disclosed the length of his contract.
His son, Charlie Savage, also had a spell on loan at Forest Green during the second half of the 2023-24 campaign, scoring one goal in 15 games.
The appointment is the 50-year-old’s first in management in the top five tiers of English football.
However, last season he won promotion to the National League North with Macclesfield – where he has had an association since 2020 – during his first campaign in charge, with the club clinching the Northern Premier League Premier Division title with six games to spare.
Savage said at the time it would take “an awful lot” for him to leave for another club.
Savage won the first of his 39 caps for Wales in 1995 after beginning his playing career at Manchester United, although he failed to break into the first team at Old Trafford.
He went on to play more than 600 games across the EFL and Premier League in a 17-year career, which began at Crewe, before he signed for Leicester in 1997, where he played more than 200 games and won the League Cup.
He played for Birmingham before joining Blackburn in a deal worth £3m in 2005 and ended his career at Derby in 2011.
Aged 45, Savage made a brief one-game comeback for non-league outfit Stockport Town in 2019 but has predominantly been working as a media pundit.
A man charged with the murder of four students in the northwestern US state of Idaho is set to plead guilty this week to avoid the death penalty, according to a lawyer representing a victim’s family and a relative of another victim.
Bryan Kohberger has agreed to the deal with prosecutors, Shanon Gray, a lawyer representing the family of one of the victims, Kaylee Goncalves, said on Monday, adding that his clients were upset about it.
Kohberger, 30, is accused of the stabbing deaths of Goncalves, Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle and Madison Mogen at a rental home near the campus of the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho, early on November 13, 2022.
“We are beyond furious at the State of Idaho,” Goncalves’ family wrote in a Facebook post. “They have failed us. Please give us some time. This was very unexpected. ”
Gray said prosecutors informed the families of the deal by email and letter.
They spoke with the prosecution on Friday about the idea of a plea deal and explained they were firmly against it, the Goncalves family wrote in another post.
But by Sunday, they received an email that “sent us scrambling” and met with the prosecution again on Monday to explain their views about pushing for the death penalty.
“Unfortunately all of our efforts did not matter. We DID OUR BEST! We fought harder than anyone could EVER imagine,” the family wrote.
“After more than two years, this is how it concludes with a secretive deal and a hurried effort to close the case without any input from the victims’ families on the plea’s details,” the family added.
A change of plea hearing was set for Wednesday, but the family has asked prosecutors to delay it to give them more time to travel to the court.
At the time of the murders, Kohberger was a criminal justice graduate student at Washington State University, about 9 miles (14km) west of the University of Idaho.
He was arrested in Pennsylvania, where his parents lived, weeks later. Investigators said they matched his DNA to genetic material recovered from a knife sheath found at the crime scene.
No motive has emerged for the killings, nor is it clear why the attacker spared two roommates who were in the home.
The King was greeted with pipes, drums and bows and arrows as he kicked off his annual week in Scotland. Charles, 76, was given a Royal Salute and Guard of Honour as he inspected The Royal Company of Archers, The King’s Bodyguard for Scotland, at the Palace of Holyroodhouse.
He arrived at the palace in a helicopter after Buckingham Palace announce plans to axe the Royal Train. Yeterday, James Chalmers, Keeper of the Privy Purse, described the move as an example of the royal household applying “fiscal discipline” in its drive to deliver “value for money”.
On the visit, Charles took part in the Ceremony of the Keys – an official welcome to the Scottish capital. The Lord Provost Robert Aldridge presented the Keys to King who returned them for ‘safe keeping’.
The Lord Provost said to the King: “We, the Lord Provost and the members of the City of Edinburgh Council, welcome Your Majesty to the Capital City of your Ancient and Hereditary Kingdom of Scotland and offer for your gracious acceptance the Keys of Your Majesty’s good City of Edinburgh. “
The King replied: “I return these keys, being perfectly convinced that they cannot be placed in better hands than those of the Lord Provost and Councillors of my good City of Edinburgh. “
The King, wearing a suit with Company of Archers tie, was also given a Guard of Honour by The King’s Bodyguard Scotland (Royal Company of Archers).
Music at the official welcome in Scotland was provided by The Band of the Royal Regiment of Scotland and Pipes and Drums of 2nd Battalion Royal Regiment of Scotland.
Renditions included ‘I’m Gonna Be (500 miles)’ by the Scottish duo Proclaimers and ‘Counting Stars’ by One Republic. Also on Parade was the Balaklava Company, 5 SCOTS and the High Constables of the Palace of Holyroodhouse.
Around 250 people were invited as a thank you for their work in the local community watched the ceremony from the palace garden. Later today, the King will also preside over an investiture ceremony at the Palace of Holyroodhouse.
Those receiving honours will include artist Barbara Rae, who was awarded a damehood for services to art in the New Year Honours, and Scotland’s most decorated Olympian, Duncan Scott, who becomes an OBE for services to swimming.
Swimmer Stephen Clegg, who won two gold medals at the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris and becomes an MBE for services to swimming, will also attend.
The monarch traditionally spends a week based at the Palace of Holyroodhouse each year in what is known as Holyrood Week or Royal Week in Scotland.
Later, the King and Queen will host guests at a garden party at the palace, alongside Princess Anne and her husband Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence.
Imagine being a celeb and craving the anonymity to enjoy a cheeky Nando’s without the flash of cameras or eager fans clamouring for a selfie. That’s just what rapper Tinchy Stryder experienced, but with a twist. He had a bit of fun when some unsuspecting fans failed to recognise him.
The 38-year-old artist, born Kwasi Danquah III, couldn’t help but overhear a group of lads expressing their wish to meet him. Seated behind them, Tinchy leaned over to enquire who they thought they’d spotted, curious to see if they’d twig that they were actually talking to the man himself. But the prank didn’t quite go as planned, as the blokes remained clueless that they were in the presence of the noughties hitmaker.
In a video clip, Tinchy, known for bangers like ‘Number 1’ and ‘Take Me Back’, quizzed: “Who did you say you just saw? “
One of the diners replied simply: “Tinchy Stryder,” oblivious to the fact that he was indeed conversing with the star.
Tinchy couldn’t resist playing along, jesting: “Tinchy Stryder? Where’s he gone? I want to meet him”.
The encounter wrapped up with Tinchy pulling a surprised expression for the camera, having a giggle at the fan’s expense.
Social media users were left gobsmacked when a group of men eagerly met Tinchy Stryder but then failed to recognise him during their conversation.
One fan nostalgically referenced his work, commenting: “Tinch, don’t worry, you’re still our star in the hood”.
Another chimed in with disbelief: “I would never not recognise Tinch”.
A nostalgic admirer wrote: “Bro where you at, I loved your music back in the day,”.
Curious fans also quizzed about his youthful appearance, wondering how he doesn’t look a day over 20 despite approaching 40.
Tinchy Stryder burst onto the scene in the early noughties, quickly becoming a pivotal figure in the UK grime movement alongside names like Dizzee Rascal and Wiley.
Originally part of the grime crew Roll Deep, Stryder made waves in the underground music circuit before going solo.
His first album ‘Star in the Hood’ dropped in 2007, highlighting his unique flow and sharp lyrics.
But it was his sophomore effort, ‘Catch 22,’ that catapulted him into the limelight in 2009, featuring his chart-topping hit Number 1 with N Dubz.
Police in Turkiye have detained four people over a cartoon published by the satirical magazine LeMan, which critics say appeared to depict Prophet Muhammad and Prophet Moses shaking hands in the sky as missiles fell below in a war-like scene – a claim the magazine denies.
The cartoon, published last week, triggered a backlash from government officials and religious groups in Turkiye. On Tuesday, the Istanbul chief public prosecutor’s office announced a formal investigation under charges of “openly insulting religious values”.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan lashed out at the magazine, describing it as “a vile provocation”.
“It is a clear provocation disguised as humour, a vile provocation,” he said, also denouncing it as a “hate crime”, confirming authorities had taken over LeMan magazine and were taking legal action against it.
Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya posted a video on X showing the arrest of cartoonist Dogan Pehlevan on Monday.
“I strongly condemn the shameless caricaturing of our Prophet,” Yerlikaya said. “This is not press freedom. This is not freedom of expression. These provocative acts, which insult our sacred values and deeply hurt Muslim consciences, will not go unpunished. ”
He added that a total of six detention orders had been issued. Two people who were overseas have yet to be arrested.
Yerlikaya also said the magazine’s graphic designer and two other senior staffers were detained, along with the cartoonist.
Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunc said the investigation is proceeding under Article 216 of the Turkish Penal Code, which criminalises “incitement to hatred and enmity”.
In a statement posted on X, LeMan apologised to readers who were offended but insisted the cartoon had been misinterpreted. The magazine said Pehlevan aimed to highlight “the suffering of a Muslim man killed in Israeli attacks” and denied any attempt to mock Islam.
“The name Muhammad is among the most common in the Muslim world in honour of the Prophet. The cartoon does not portray him, nor was it intended to disrespect religious beliefs,” the magazine said, accusing critics of wilfully distorting its message.
LeMan urged authorities to investigate what it described as a targeted smear campaign and called for stronger protection of press freedom.
Later in the evening, videos surfaced online of crowds of protesters marching to LeMan’s office in Istanbul, kicking the building’s doors and chanting slogans.