62 m. ago Twitter is DOWN: Social media app crashes for thousands of users around the world

It's the go-to social media app for users around the world, but it appears that (X) Twitter has crashed this morning.

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62 m. ago Lorraine Kelly parody account shuts down after emotional comments from ITV presenter

TV presenter Lorraine Kelly hit out at the 'really hurtful' parody social media account Where is Lorraine? for the first time that pokes fun at how often she presents her self-titled ITV show

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69 m. ago Twitter goes down as 10,000 X users leave complaints that 'app is broken'

The social media platform has suffered a mass outage with thousands of reports coming in from across the UK

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70 m. ago Is Twitter down? X outages reported with users unable to access social media platform

Twitter (X) is down for users on Monday March 10 🚨

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84 m. ago F1 legend hits out at Netflix over 'complete bulls***, fabricated' Ayrton Senna series

Formula One legend Alain Prost has revealed he could quit social media amid continuing abuse over his historic rivalry with Ayrton Senna, as he hit out at a new Netflix series.

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87 m. ago Is X down? All we know about Twitter outage as user complaints spike

Elon Musk's X (formerly Twitter) suffered an outage this morning with users worldwide noting the social media network is out of action — here's all we know

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88 m. ago Is Twitter down? X users report problems accessing social media platform

Users of social media platform X reported problems on Monday

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92 m. ago Former Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull says leaders must stand up to bullies after being lashed by Donald Trump

US president’s late-night social media post came after Turnbull criticised Trump’s leadership as ‘chaotic’Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred LIVE: latest news and updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFormer Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has said leaders should “not give in to bullies” after he was lashed by Donald Trump in a late-night social media post.Taking to Truth Social platform just before midnight Sunday night in Washington DC, the US president said Turnbull led Australia from “behind” and did not understand China.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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96 m. ago Here's the UK release date for The Last of Us Season 2 as new trailer promises heartbreak and horror

The hit TV series will return to UK screens on April 14.

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2 h. ago Lorraine Kelly social media account shut down following ‘hurtful’ comments

‘The joke has run its course’ said the viral page

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2 h. ago Lorraine Kelly issued apology as major change made after making 'hurtful' admission about social media account

The presenter has been at the helm of her own self-titled show on ITV since 2010 but has recently been monitored over her appearances

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2 h. ago Most flights cancelled as workers walk out on strike at 13 airports

The 24-hour walkout, which started at midnight, involves public-sector employees at the airports

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3 h. ago Paris Jackson hits back at criticism of her revealing Paris Fashion Week outfit

Paris Jackson took to social media to slam criticism of her Paris Fashion Week outfit, telling those unhappy that we are all just animals who should be happy in our bodies

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3 h. ago China’s retaliatory tariffs on US farm goods kick in, as trade war escalates – business live

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsChina’s stock markets have dropped today, as the double-whammy of trade war fears and deflation weighed on investors.The CSI 300 index dropped by 0.4%, while in Hong Kong the Hang Seng index slid by 1.8%.The week starts on a sharp negative note for the Chinese stocks, as the latest inflation update showed that consumer prices in China fell the most in more than a year .Overall, the week is expected to bring more tariffs the Chinese tariffs on US agricultural and some Canadian products will start today, while the US steel and aluminium tariffs will be live from Wednesday.Monday kicks off with the same old deflationary drumbeat as China’s consumer inflation took a deeper dive than expected, slipping below zero for the first time in over a year. The data only reinforces what’s been clear for months—deflationary pressures remain firmly entrenched in the world’s second-largest economy.The property sector remains stuck in the mud, ...

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3 h. ago ‘Just be radical’: the feminist artist giving Matisse a modern punk twist

In her irreverent new exhibition, Sylvie Fleury is pairing the great modernist’s drawings and cutouts with her own fashion-focused workWhen Henri Matisse described his work as “in step with the future”, he was thinking about his revolutionary cutouts, made with collaged coloured paper, rather than, say, the evolution of the women’s movement or consumer culture. The leading Swiss artist Sylvie Fleury came of age with the latter, but when she was invited to select drawings and cutouts from the Matisse estate for an exhibition, she was struck by the enduring immediacy of his vision. “My feeling with modernist artists is that, a lot of the time, they were trying to define what was happening within the history of art,” she says preparing for Drawing on Matisse, her showwhich situating 16 of his works within and alongside her impishly feminist and fashion-focused sculpture. “With Matisse, it was more like: ‘Just do it, be radical.’”Fleury well understands the power of disru...

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4 h. ago Chaos at major UK airport as car explodes in tunnel with diversions in place

The M4 southbound between junctions 4 and 4a were closed, with two fire engines deployed to fight the fires inside the tunnel which connects Terminals 1, 2 and 3 by car

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5 h. ago More support for people in ill health to stay in work ‘could save UK £1bn’

Commission for Healthier Working Lives warns against cutting benefits and calls for proactive route for 8m affectedProviding more support for people in ill health to stay in work could save the UK government more than £1bn, according to a report warning ministers against cutting benefits.As the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, looks for savings before the 26 March spring statement, the cross-sector Commission for Healthier Working Lives has called for a new approach to supporting the 8 million people in Britain with a work-limiting health condition. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago No exodus to state sector after VAT added to private school fees, say English councils

Most say they have seen no impact on applications for year 7 places, despite warnings from those against policyPredictions that adding VAT to private school fees would set off a wave of parents moving children to the state sector have been proved wrong at their first key test, according to figures from councils in England.While critics including the former chancellor Jeremy Hunt had predicted that up to 90,000 children could flood the state sector if VAT of 20% was charged, most councils say they have seen no impact from the policy in applications to start at state secondary schools later this year. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago King hails ‘exceptional’ Beyonce as he plays his favourite Commonwealth tracks

Like a consummate DJ, Charles introduces each song, giving his thoughts before the tracks are played.

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5 h. ago Furious Arsenal fans point finger of blame amid controversy for Bruno Fernandes goal

Bruno Fernandes scored a fine free-kick in Manchester United's draw with Arsenal on Sunday but there were question marks raised by some fans on social media after the goal

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