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Popular apps and websites have stopped working amid a technical problem at Cloudflare. (Photo: AFP via Getty Images)

Full list of apps and websites affected by Cloudflare outage

DownDetector has recently seen a huge spike in problems with major apps including Twitter and Facebook. (Photo: SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty)

Major social media app goes down for users

Sunderland have been linked

Loïc Badé transfer hint? Sunderland fans speculate after club tweet

The left-back is set to sign for Sunderland...

Major Reinildo update emerges as transfer timeframe becomes clear

Users of social media site X (formerly Twitter) are currently unable to access the service.

Twitter hit by outage as users unable to use social media site

Darwin Nunez of Liverpool celebrates with the Premier League trophy.

The bizarre £85m Sunderland transfer link unlikely to happen

Scary stats show two in five Brits believe doom-scrolling is self-care

Russian state media fell for an outrageous April Fools joke that Britain was buying a new aircraft carrier and would name it HMS Prince Andrew.

Russia media falls for April Fool's gaffe involving Prince Andrew

Karen Gillan joins several Hollywood legends in St Andrews for a film festival (Pic: Michael Tullberg/Getty Images)

Marvel star delights fans with surprise Sunderland allegiance reveal

Coronation Street star Sam Aston and his skating partner Molly Lanaghan have been crowned winners of Dancing On Ice 2025.

Readers react to Sam Aston being crowned Dancing on Ice champion

From Twitter to X (Pic: Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images)

Major social media platform X hit by outages - latest

Robert Smith has revealed over the weekend he is to leave X/Twitter, but will be on other social media platforms such as BlueSky.

Robert Smith and Michael Stipe leave social media this weekend

Future facts: He who shouts loudest must be right!

A taste of things to come for newspapers

A still from the video to Freezing This Christmas by Sir Starmer and the Granny Harmers

Who are Sir Starmer and the Granny Harmers?

Bluesky has added millions of users in just a week. Photo: IAN LANGSDON/AFP via Getty Images

What is Bluesky? Why people are joining and how to sign up

Marques Brownlee. Photo: Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images for Samsung Galaxy Creators Collective

YouTube star apologises for 'inexcusable and dangerous' driving
He said his behaviour was “absolutely inexcusable and dangerous”
Matthew Mohan-Hickson

Hannah Boozer and Matthew Wear on their wedding day.

Couple who met in student flats marry after love blossomed over tweets

Halifax and Lloyds online banking down for thousands of customers

New Order's show this evening in Cardiff has been cancelled over safety concerns regarding the weather conditions at Alexandra Head.

UK music giants forced to cancel show over safety concerns

Rachel Chinouriri attends The Ivor Novello Awards 2022 at The Grosvenor House Hotel on May 19, 2022 in London, England.

UK singer 'deeply saddened' as she's forced to cancel tour dates

Chocolate lovers are flying to Dubai for a viral chocolate bar. (Stock images for illustrative purposes by Getty/ATTA KENARE/GUILLAUME BAPTISTE/GIUSEPPE CACACE)

The viral chocolate bar that has Brits flying to Dubai to try out

Former Sunderland man Harry Gardiner. Photo from Ben Cuthbertson

Ex-SAFC man reflects on ‘ruthless’ release and £20m valuation

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Breaking Banking app goes down

Sunderland fans at the Stadium of Light.

3,123 Sunderland fans deliver interesting verdicts on next head coach

Sunderland fans

Newcastle sponsor makes 'weak' Sunderland joke on April Fool's Day

Greggs is the latest store to be hit by IT outages, with the chain forced to close store this morning. (Credit: Getty Images)

Breaking Greggs shuts stores

Sunderland youngster Matty Young in action for loan club Darlington in their 4-0 win at South Shields (photo Kevin Wilson)

Darlington fans react as Sunderland starlet makes debut after loan
Darlington fans were impressed by Sunderland loanee Matty Young's debut.
James Copley

Make these vapes stink of cheese and you may curb their use. Only saying.

RICHARD ORD: Get 'em sucking on Stilton to end this vape nightmare

Sunderland 'agree deal' for permanent transfer of ex-Spurs midfielder

A gorilla at Belfast Zoo was having fun in the snow making snowballs, in footage captured by staff. (Credit: Belfast Zoo)

Breaking WATCH: Gorilla makes snowballs at zoo

A scooter rider was caught over the drink-drive limit on a motorway hard shoulder Picture: Avon and Somerset police

Breaking Scooter rider charged after being filmed over the limit on motorway

Jordan Willis

'Delighted' - Ex-Sunderland man reacts after signing deal extension

Ishmael Duncan, 24, of Kennington, south east London, has admitted blackmailing dozens of young girls worldwide into sending indecent pictures and videos of themselves by posing as a model agency scout on social media Picture: NCA/SWNS

Blackmailer made young girls send him sexual pictures and videos

Screen grab from Grand Theft Auto VI trailer. Picture: Rockstar Games

Watch first trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI ahead of 2025 release

Former Sunderland defender Pascal Chimbonda was recently appointed as manager of non-league club Skelmersdale United FC.

Ex-Sunderland star handed five-match stadium ban for improper conduct

Simon Mace. Picture c/o Northumbria Police.

Man tried to have sex chat with young girls via Twitter

1,988 SAFC fans deliver verdict on potential club decision in poll

Tony Mowbray

Sunderland fans are split on Mowbray decision ahead of Swansea City

Patrick Roberts

Roberts' father posts cheeky jibe at Norwich after Sunderland win

Chris Waddle has been tipped for a stunning return to playing. Image: Stu Forster/Getty Images

Ex-Sunderland and Newcastle United man tipped for shock return aged 62

Jobe Bellingham

Sunderland duo eyed by elite level clubs plus Yan M'Vila latest

Yann M’Vila. The French midfielder has been linked with a sensational return to Sunderland in recent days.

Fabrizio Romano provides 48-word M'Vila update after Sunderland links

Firefighters work on the site of a bus accident on 3 October in Mestre, near Venice (Photo: MARCO SABADIN/AFP via Getty Images)

Breaking Bus crash in Venice kills 21 and leaves dozens injured

Pedestrians walk past a branch of a NatWest bank in London.

Breaking Natwest makes pledge after glitch with its cash machines

Sunderland man posts social media goodbye ahead of Southampton switch

Sunderland goalkeeper Anthony Patterson.

Patterson's brilliant gesture at non-league club before days QPR game

Sunderland's Dan Ballard before the game against QPR (National World)

Ballard's brilliant 20-word message to Sunderland fans after QPR goal

The biggest part of Sunderland fans' matchdays tends to be going wild when the Black Cats score!

16 matchday rituals all Sunderland fans should know about

Former Sunderland man Lynden Gooch

Sunderland legend's message to Gooch after seven-figure transfer exit

Jack Sonni was known as “the other guitarist” during the London band’s Brothers in Arms era. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/

Jack Sonni: Dire Straits guitar legend dies at the age of 68

Danny Batth's continued omission from Tony Mowbray's starting XI and the defender entering into the last year of his deal likely means there's a good chance he could leave if a decent offer that works for all parties comes in.

1,418 fans deliver clear transfer verdict to Speakman on Batth

What Rachel Riley will do if Mason Greenwood returns to Man Utd

Wilko launches huge money-saving sale

Wilko launches huge administration sale with 1000s of reductions

Police seize a dog who attacked a child in Birmingham

Child ‘mauled by bulldog’ in horrific dog attack as police seize pet

The Sunderland attacker has been the subject of four bids from Premier League side Burnley which have all been rejected after failing to meet the club's valuation.

Ian Harte posts 10-word deleted tweet on Jack Clarke's future

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