85 m. ago Female partygoers ordered to pay taxi driver £200 for dodging £38 fare after being caught out bragging on social media about their crime

Larisa Sumovskaja, 18, wrote 'go like it guys xxx' on a social media post from police that carried dashcam photos of her and friend Jasmine Orchard.

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2 h. ago Premier League club Brighton spark fury in China: Japanese player Kaoru Mitoma poses with photo of notorious WWII Imperial soldier, who refused to surrender for years and killed civilians

Brighton have been forced to apologise after a post from the club's academy on social media featured an image of a notorious Japanese soldier from World War Two.

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5 h. ago 'Rage bait' is named Oxford word of the year: Phrase describing anger

The word refers to social media posts which are deliberately controversial, provocative or misinformed in order to drive engagement through angry reactions.

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5 h. ago British tennis star Cameron Norrie announces engagement to girlfriend on South Africa safari trip with heartwarming social media post

The British No2 was holidaying at the andBeyond Ngala Safari Lodge in Timbavati, around six hours from his birthplace of Johannesburg, when he got down on one knee.

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29 h. ago Neighbours star Holly Valance is spotted unwinding with Tommy Robinson ‘on luxury steam train trip’ as pals ‘concerned’

HOLLY Valance has been pictured unwinding alongside Tommy Robinson on a train trip. The Neighbours star was reportedly on a luxury steam train with the far-right activist, leaving worried pals "concerned". Holly and Robinson were seen lying down on the train on separate sofas in images posted on social media. Robinson, whose real name is...

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45 h. ago Venezuela denounces ‘colonialist threat’ as Trump orders airspace closed

President made declaration in a social media post, after FAA last week warned airlines of ‘worsening security situation’The Venezuelan government has responded defiantly to the heightened pressure by the US government, including Donald Trump’s recent statements on Saturday that the airspace above and surrounding Venezuela is to be closed in its entirety.In a statement, the Venezuelan government said Trump’s comments are a “colonialist threat” against their sovereignty and violate international law. The government also said it demanded respect for its airspace and would not accept foreign orders or threats. Continue reading...

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49 h. ago Donald Trump says airspace above and around Venezuela is closed

President made declaration in a social media post, after FAA last week warned airlines of ‘worsening security situation’Donald Trump said on Saturday that the airspace above and surrounding Venezuela is to be closed in its entirety.Trump, in a Truth Social post said: “To all Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers, please consider THE AIRSPACE ABOVE AND SURROUNDING VENEZUELA TO BE CLOSED IN ITS ENTIRETY.” Continue reading...

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53 h. ago Gangster Ross McGill shares cryptic social media post on mystery location

The kingpin was jailed in the United Arab Emirates and questioned over his links to organised crime.

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54 h. ago Victoria Beckham sends olive branch to estranged son Brooklyn with poignant Christmas pic

The fashion designer included Brooklyn in a touching post on social media

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55 h. ago Man Utd star who 'liked' social media post ridiculing Ruben Amorim faces ban

One Manchester United defender recently reacted to a social media post criticising Ruben Amorim

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68 h. ago Trump says he will cancel all Biden executive orders signed by autopen – live

US president’s social media post escalates longstanding campaign to portray his predecessor as addled and not in charge by end of his termWest Virginia governor Patrick Morrisey reaffirmed his support for the state’s National Guard members deployed in Washington, DC.“When you have these terrorists, when you have these evildoers, you’re not going to back down when they go after our servicemen and women,” Morrisey, a Republican, told CNN.I’m devastated to learn of the passing of Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, a member of the West Virginia National Guard. She was only twenty years old.As families across the nation come together today to celebrate Thanksgiving, let us take a moment to think of those in West Virginia who have been plunged into unimaginable grief. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Strictly's Karen Hauer's 'forever' update 'scares' fans before she's hilariously 'called out'

The professional dancer, who is the BBC show's longest-serving pro, worried some with her latest social media post

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3 d. ago Kelsey Parker is ‘shattered all over again’ after ‘painfully hard lessons’ & agony of people wanting her ‘happy ending’

KELSEY Parker has admitted to feeling “shattered” after the heartbreaking stillbirth of her son Phoenix.  The mum-of-two, 35, also opened up on “painfully hard lessons” and discussed the agony of everyone wanting her to have a “happy ending.”  In a clip posted on social media, Kelsey, who recently discussed wanting to have a child with...

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3 d. ago Trump says he will ‘permanently pause’ migration from ‘third world countries’ after national guard shooting

In a social media post sent late on Thanksgiving, US president said he would ‘end all federal benefits and subsidies to noncitizens’ following Washington DC shootingDonald Trump has said he will “permanently pause migration from all third world countries,” a day after two national guard members were shot in Washington DC in an attack that has become a political flashpoint in the president’s ongoing crackdown on immigration.In a social media post beginning with “a very happy Thanksgiving,” sent after 11pm on Thursday, the US president said his administration would “end all federal benefits and subsidies to noncitizens” and remove “anyone who is not a net asset to the United States”. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Christine McGuinness sends message to 'imaginary future wife' to fall for her

Christine McGuinness has listed her flaws in a social media post as she joked she is 'making it easy for her imaginary wife to fall for her'

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3 d. ago Partisan X posts boost political polarisation among users, research finds

Study shows small changes to tone of posts in ‘for you’ feed increase unfavourable feelings towards political opponentsSmall changes to the tone of posts fed to users of X can increase feelings of political polarisation as much in a week as would have historically taken at least three years, research has found.A groundbreaking experiment to gauge the potency of Elon Musk’s social platform to increase political division found that when posts expressing anti-democratic attitudes and partisan animosity were boosted, even barely perceptibly, in the feeds of Democrat and Republican supporters there was a large change in their unfavourable feelings towards the other side. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Small changes to ‘for you’ feed on X can rapidly increase political polarisation

Study finds that a week of political content can bring about a shift in views that previously would have taken three yearsSmall changes to the tone of posts fed to users of X can increase feelings of political polarisation as much in a week as would have historically taken at least three years, research has found.A groundbreaking experiment to gauge the potency of Elon Musk’s social platform to increase political division found that when posts expressing anti-democratic attitudes and partisan animosity were boosted, even barely perceptibly, in the feeds of Democrat and Republican supporters there was a large change in their unfavourable feelings towards the other side. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Ryan Reynolds' reaction to £7.5m Wrexham star says it all after telling moment

Wrexham co-owner Ryan Reynolds was clearly impressed by what he saw from one of his players after posting on social media

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4 d. ago Biffy Clyro singer vents anger on social media as visa error forces band to postpone US tour dates

Singer Simon Neil said the Scottish band are ‘angry’.

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4 d. ago Luigi: The Making and the Meaning by John H Richardson review – sympathy for a devil?

This nebulous study of Luigi Mangione veers close to romanticising him as a latter-day Robin HoodOn 5 December 2024, the New York Times ran the headline “Insurance CEO Gunned Down In Manhattan”. The newspaper then noted that Brian Thompson was “shot in the back in Midtown Manhattan by a killer who then walked coolly away”. The murder in broad daylight was indeed both cold and shocking. But many Americans had a different response: for those who had been denied health insurance or faced exorbitant healthcase costs, the news felt cathartic. Social media blew up. One post read: “All jokes aside no one here is the judge of who deserves to live or die. That’s the job of the AI algorithm the insurance company designed to maximize profits on your health.”Five days later, Luigi Mangione, a good-looking, 26-year-old University of Pennsylvania graduate with a master’s in computer science, was apprehended at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania. He awaits tri...

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