How social media encouraged destruction in the Belfast riots

Tommy Robinson shared this image of men clad in black marching in Belfast (Picture: X/Tommy Robinson)

Scenes of destruction in Belfast yesterday evening were broadcast around the world, in part because of the sowing of discontent on social media.

Even the world’s richest man stirred up anger by resharing multiple politically-charged posts.

Musk posted: ‘Only by protesting repeatedly and loudly…

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Entire submarine fleet protecting UK from nuclear attack ‘unfit for use’

HMS Ambush, part of the UK’s nuclear-powered attack submarines, have been docked for repairs. (Picture: cmspic/Getty Images)

A whole fleet of submarines that protect the UK from nuclear threat have been removed from the army after they were found to be unfit for use.

With increasing threats from Russia President Vladimir Putin, the head of the UK’s military stressed on Friday that the threats…

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Men who inhaled laughing gas and hit 140mph before fatal crash caught by Apple watch

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Two men inhaled laughing gas while travelling at speeds of up to 140mph in 30mph zones before a crash that killed a man on his way to work.

Uways Hussain, 20, was driving a VW Golf GTI belonging to friend Usmon Mahmood, 23, when he ran a…

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CIA scientist claims crashed UFOs contained four different alien species

The unusual suspects (Picture: Getty/Metro)

For decades now, UFO stories have mostly involved blurry lights in the sky, shaky footage shot on potato phones and men called Del insisting they’d seen something strange from their truck on the drive back from a night spent at their local dive bar.

Slowly but surely, however, the idea of extraterrestrial life visiting Earth has started to become a…

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How gangs are targeting Londoners on nights out by drugging and robbing them

Paramedics treat an alleged spiking victim in Central London (Picture: My Local Bobby)

Rolex ripper gangs are drugging revellers on nights out to steal their luxury watches in a new disturbing crimewave to hit London.

Organised gangs are giving victims drugs often used for sexual offending like rohypnol and GHB to spike victims and make them incapacitated.

This happens to unsuspecting victims…

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Baby ‘sexually abused and murdered by adopted dad had human bite mark on body’

Jamie Varley, 37, is on trial over the death of 13-month-old Preston Davey on July 27, 2023 (Picture: PA)

A baby allegedly sexually abused and murdered by his adopted dad had a bite mark on his bottom weeks before he died, a court heard.

Jamie Varley, 37, is on trial over the death of 13-month-old Preston Davey on July 27, 2023.

Preston had been placed with Varley and his partner, John…

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Race Across the World star reveals the ‘hidden gem’ she’s desperate to go back to

Race Across the World star Margot has been on a whirlwind adventure with her brother-in-law, Mark (Picture:BBC/Studio Lambert)

Race Across The World welcomed its most unlikely contestants to date this series: in-laws Margot and Mark, who travelled from the streets of Palermo in Sicily to the shores of Lake Hövsgöl in northern Mongolia — without credit cards, phones or Wi-Fi, or use of a…

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Florida spent $34M on tech, IT at Everglades lockup, but says phones for detainees too expensive

Florida officials are fighting a court order to expand detainee phone access at the so-called “Alligator Alcatraz” center, arguing it would be too costly for taxpayers — but they’ve already spent roughly $34 million in public dollars on technology, IT support, and more, state records show. The agency in charge of the remote center, the […]

Why (almost) everything is going up in price due to the war in Iran

Fast food, tech and cuddly toys are among the items facing a price squeeze (Picture: Getty)

It’s no surprise that we’re having to shell out more at the petrol pumps as a result of the war in Iran and the squeeze on oil supplies.

But you may have noticed it’s not just fuel that’s been climbing in price since the end of February.

The Middle East conflict has served as a painful reminder of just…

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