Strathclyde Police yesterday confirmed they are investigating claims by Rangers that two of their players were racially abused. The players allegedly received the abuse via their Twitter accounts.

Strathclyde Police have confirmed they are investigating claims by Rangers that two of their players were racially abused.

Some authors have an uneasy relationship with Twitter, with Jonathan Franzen even calling it "the ultimate irresponsible medium". Others, however, are happy to experiment with the social-networking site.

Manchester United have announced that rumours circulating on the internet relating to the health of owner Malcolm Glazer are false.

England batsman Kevin Pietersen has been fined for comments made on Twitter about Sky television commentator Nick Knight.

Writer Will Self is lucky to be alive after the roof of his house collapsed while he was inside.

Amir Khan is set to fight WBC light-welterweight champion Danny Garcia on July 14.

Yellow Pages owner Yell yesterday surprised the City by announcing that it is renaming itself Hibu, even as it crashed to a pre-tax loss of £1.42bn and warned of a "higher risk" it could breach covenants on its bank debt. Chief executive Mike Pocock admitted Hibu — pronounced "high-boo" — did not mean anything. "It's a word," he said. "If you go back 15 to 20 years, Google and Yahoo didn't mean anything. It's how you support the brands."

The recent appearances of Labour figures at the Leveson Inquiry hasn't just been a reunion for the Class of '97, it has also provided an opportunity for them to plug their books.

A student jailed for using Twitter to mock heart attack football star Fabrice Muamba was banned from university today for the rest of the year.

Pakistani authorities lifted a ban on Twitter last night after earlier blocking it for hours.

Pakistan blocked the social networking website Twitter on Sunday because it refused to remove material considered offensive to Islam, said one of the country's top telecommunications officials.

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A police officer who sent a "wholly inappropriate" message on Twitter after helping to arrest two suspects in the Emma Winnall assault inquiry has been spoken to about his conduct.