Author: News Desk

X – aka Twitter – goes down for thousands of users across the UK Social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, suffered a widespread outage this afternoon, with users in the UK and US unable to load posts. Reports of an outage started at 2.30pm BST, mainly affecting the browser version rather than the app according to reports on Down Detector, with the ‘For You’ feed appearing to be causing most issues. Somewhat ironically, many users took to the platform to ask others if X was down as the issue spread. One user, who goes by Pizza Dad, asked:…

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Declan Rice’s girlfriend inundated with support after wiping social media due to horrendous trolling Declan Rice’s girlfriend, Lauren Fryer, has been flooded with supportive messages after receiving hateful messages from trolls online. Lauren, 24, who shares a young child with the Arsenal player, 25, wiped her social media in recent days after her appearance was cruelly torn apart. Sadly, the abuse has been ongoing for a while. Last year, an anonymous X account began posting comments about Lauren’s looks. They implied that Declan ‘could do better’ than his childhood sweetheart, while others recently slammed him for having ‘low standards’ in…

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Five people injured after ‘blood-covered’ horse runs through central London A horse which appears to be covered in blood is among five Household Cavalry mounts which escaped were running loose through central London. Five people, have been injured after a spooked horse threw its rider and the five animals escaped and started to run through London. Emergency services are on the scene in Victoria, with a blue tarpaulin put up while people including a serviceman received treatment. One horse appeared to be covered in blood as it hit a number of vehicles as it ran, including a tour bus which…

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Group of professional footballers ‘plan to come out as gay’ in days A group of male professional footballers in Germany are planning to come out as gay on the same day in May. According to German weekly newspaper Preußische Allgemeine Zeitung, several professional players across the nation are planning to come out on May 17 – the Friday before the final weekend of the Bundesliga season. May 17 is also a significant date as it is marked as the International Day Against Homophobia. It’s understood that all clubs involved are informed about the campaign, although the report claims that some…

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Graphic police WhatsApp message said Nottingham victims were ‘properly butchered’ The mum of a student who was stabbed to death in Nottingham has criticised the ‘barbaric’ WhatsApp messages about the attack sent by police officers. Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar, both 19, were killed as they walked home from a night out by 32-year-old paranoid schizophrenic Valdo Calocane last June. Calocane then went on to flag down and kill caretaker Ian Coates, 65. Barnaby and Grace’s parents have reacted with ‘disgust’ after Sky News revealed ‘disgusting’ WhatsApp messages sent by police officers in the aftermath of the stabbings.

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