A 25-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of sending racist tweets to two Northampton Town football players.
It's after striker Adebayo Akinfenwa and defender Clarke Carlisle were sent abusive messages on the social networking site.
The man was arrested in Gloucestershire last night and is being held in police custody.
– Scotland Yard statementThe officer concerned today submitted his resignation and it was accepted with immediate effect.
Commander Allan Gibson said: "This officer's behaviour was completely unacceptable and it is right that he resigned."
The officer chose to resign immediately prior to his suspension being put in place.
A Scotland Yard sergeant has resigned over comments he allegedly posted on Twitter about Margaret Thatcher following her death, Sky News Crime Correspondent Martin Brunt reported.
#thatcher Met cop Sgt Jeremy Scott who allegedly tweeted Thatcher hate messages has resigned
From @skymartinbrunt on Twitter:#thatcher Sgt Scott quit after learnign he was to be suspended after exposure in a newspaper today
From @skymartinbrunt on Twitter:#thatcher Met said officer's behaviour was "completely unnacceptableand its right he has resigned."
From @skymartinbrunt on Twitter:A Scotland Yard sergeant is being investigated by the Metropolitan Police's disciplinary body regarding comments he allegedly posted on Twitter about Margaret Thatcher following her death.
He reportedly tweeted from the account @thinbluespeck, which has now been deleted: "Goodnight Twitter. The world is a better place today now that c*** is dead. Now for Cameron, May and Osborne."
– Scotland Yard statementWe are aware of comments made by serving MPS officer on a social networking site.
The officer reported this matter on Wednesday 10 April to the Directorate of Professional Standards who is now looking at this.
The officerworks in an operational support role within service.
He is not a frontline police officer. We are not prepared to discuss further.
Olympians have taken to Twitter to pay tribute to Rebecca Adlington and to wish her luck as she retires from competitive swimming.
Boxer Anthony Ogogo, heptathlete Louise Hazel and open water swimmer Kari-anne Payne tweeted:
@beckadlington All the best for your retirement Becks. You'll go down as an absolute legend in the pool. Good luck in the future love x
From @AnthonyOgogo on Twitter:Happy Retirement! @beckadlington best wishes x
From @LouiseHazel on Twitter:So unbelievably proud of @beckadlington and honoured to have been on some of your journey with you. I miss you alread!! xxxxx #legend
From @KeriannePayne on Twitter:
Wolves have said they were "angry and disappointed" after allegedly racist comments from their striker Leigh Griffiths were posted on Twitter.
The comments appeared on an unverified Twitter account bearing Griffiths' name, which has over 12,000 followers.
Griffiths is currently on loan at Scottish Premier League side Hibernian from the npower Championship club.
Wolves striker Leigh Griffiths, who is currently on loan to Scottish Premier League club Hibernian has become embroiled in a race row after allegedly sending an abusive message to one of his 13,000 followers.
Today Wolves released a statement condemning such comments adding that Hibs is responsible for disciplinary action :
– Wolves Statement"Wolves are aware of an alleged racist comment made on Twitter last
night by Leigh Griffiths.
"The Club condemns such comments in the strongest possible terms and
are extremely angry and disappointed.
"The player is currently on loan at Hibernian FC and is likely to
remain there for the rest of the season.
"He is, therefore, subject to the disciplinary procedures of Hibernian
FC and those of the Scottish Football Association.
"However, Wolves are in dialogue with Hibernian and are making their
feelings known on the matter."
Things were so much easier when I earned 100pound a week on wts #stress
From @mrjamieohara on Twitter:Why do people think cos I earn good money I don't have bills to pay we all pay tax an we have mortgages to pay, some people are deluded
From @mrjamieohara on Twitter:many peeps hating about me earning good money that show how jealous u are, instead of realising the tweet was about how hard life gets
From @mrjamieohara on Twitter:
Derby County fans can now gain access to a stream of information about home match days on Twitter.
Derbyshire Police is launching @DCFCPolice to tweet about where fans can park ahead of matches, pubs which are fan-friendly and other traffic information.
The service will be launched on 19th November.
A 'Twitter war' was sparked after a Labour MP tweeted referring to an interview given by former Midlands MP Louise Mensch's husband in which he claimed his wife resigned from her Corby post because of fear of defeat at the next election.
Louise Mensch quickly corrected her husband stating he reason for stepping down was to spend more time with her family in New York.
The MP for Grimsby Austin Mitchell sent a public reply:
Shut up Menschkin.A good wife doesn't disagree with her master in public and a good little girl doesn't lie about why she quit politics
From @AVMitchell2010 on Twitter:Mrs Mensch was quick to retweet the message and call for an apology from party leader Ed Milliband and deputy Harriet Harman.
She also tweeted saying that a private company would not tolerate such a comment.
No private company would tolerate a man saying "a good wife doesn't disagree with her master in public" Let's what Labour will do #feminism
From @LouiseMensch on Twitter:Mr Mitchell later defended his tweet by saying he was being ironic.
