The First Minister slammed demonstrations in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Ayr last night as “unacceptable”.
10:01, 10 Jun 2026Updated 10:09, 10 Jun 2026
John Swinney has called on Scots to stand against “racism, hatred and intimidation” after a violent knife attack in Belfast sparked angry protests last night.
Police Scotland was forced to deploy dozens of officers last night as demonstrations in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Ayr turned ugly.
But the most shocking scenes were witnessed in the Northern Irish capital where witnesses described homes and cars belonging to black people were deliberately set on fire by mobs.
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Rioting broke out in Belfast following an “attempted beheading” which saw a 30-year-old male Sudanese national charged with attempted murder.
In a post on social media, Swinney said: “The scenes we saw in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Ayr last night are unacceptable.
“Scotland is a welcoming nation and those who choose to make their lives here are valued members of our communities.
“Racism, hatred and intimidation have no place in Scotland. We must stand against it.”
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The 51-year-old was the subject of a media storm late last year after Allen, known for hit songs Not Fair and Smile, detailed Harbour’s alleged infidelity and the breakdown of their marriage in her fifth studio album West End Girl.
Released in October, the US actor has remained silent on the topic until now, claiming that the contents of the record “wasn’t my experience”.
Allen is set to return to Manchester within days, with two shows at the AO Arena on June 19 and 20, after earlier performing a pair of more intimate West End Girl shows at Aviva Studios in March.
Speaking to Variety, he said: “It was weird.
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“I do believe that it is the privilege of every artist to use their experience to create art, and so I respect her for doing that.”
“I can’t really say that much more because it’s my private life.
David Harbour attends a photo call for Thunderbolts at the Corinthia Hotel, London in 2025 (Image: PA)
“In spite of the fact that a lot of people don’t allow me a private life — I value it. And I also value the lives of the people that I interact with privately. I just won’t speak about that.”
When pressed about the claims Allen made in the album, he added: “Stories are complex and that’s why I say I respect her creation of art to channel her experience.
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“It wasn’t my experience.”
Harbour starred as small town police chief Jim Hopper in all five seasons of the hit sci-fi Netflix series alongside Millie Bobby Brown and Winona Ryder.
He now appears as the tender Floyd Smernitch in the dark comedy DTF St Louis, about a love triangle between three middle-aged adults but one of them ends up dead.
Rioting broke out in Northern Ireland for a second night following Monday’s knife attack in Belfast, with masked protesters lighting fires and hurling bricks at police, who responded by firing water cannons.
The chaos unfolded in Glengormley in Newtownabbey, northwest Belfast, just hours after the family of the attack victim, Stephen Ogilvie, appealed for calm in the wake of the torching of homes and vehicles across the city on Tuesday.
Responding to the latest disorder along Antrim Road, near the Sandyknowes roundabout, the relatives of Mr Ogilvie, who is said to be in stable condition, voiced their “disgust” at the scenes. Earlier yesterday, Hadi Alodid, 30, had appeared at Belfast Magistrates’ Court charged with attempted murder over Monday’s knife attack in which Mr Ogilvie lost an eye.
Despite pleas from Mr Ogilvie’s family and the drafting in of 200 extra police officers to deal with any disorder, videos shared on social media first showed masked gangs attempting to march to a hotel in Glengormley, where they were met with riot police.
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Police attempt to clear protesters near Newtownabbey, northwest Belfast, Northern Ireland, on Wednesday night (AP)
Pushed back down Antrim Road, the protesters dressed in black broke up parts of the pavement and the walls of suburban homes to throw objects at the police, who responded with water cannons, soaking those who got close.
As the face-off continued between the police and protesters, some built a bonfire with bins in the middle of the road while spectators watched on in what appeared more a set piece for television than a spontaneous expression of political intent.
Among those taking part, a youth wearing a full face ski mask at one point asked two local women where he could buy a drink. When they replied it was a half-a-mile walk, he said “ugh, I need a lager.”
A street-cleaning vehicle was also set alight in a Department for Infrastructure depot, while rioters were also seen breaking open a metal fence to access the Sandyknowes Wastewater Pumping Station.
A fire burns in bins as protesters clash with police at Antrim Road (Reuters)
Local people said they believed that the motivation for the latest disorder was as much an expression of anger whipped up by social media against immigrants as it was an opportunity to “have a bit of a punch up“.
The violence in Newtownabbey appeared to be the flashpoint in Northern Ireland, where despite gatherings at the Parliament Buildings in the Stormont estate in Belfast and Ulster University in Coleraine, there was little unrest elsewhere in the country.
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In Lendrick Street, which saw houses gutted after cars were set alight on Tuesday, there was a heavy police presence. Hours earlier it was the scene of migrants being rescued from homes, but on Wednesday night it was quiet.
200 extra police officers were deployed on Wednesday night (Independent)
Residents refused to be filmed, but a man named Glen, who watched the world media picking over the wreckage of his neighbourhood, said that the violence had “been brewing for a while”.
He said: “There’s no excuse for what happened here. Young people were terrified. Kiddies were in homes that caught fires when the cars were torched.
“They attacked this street because it had more foreigners on it than others around here. But they’re good people. One of them is a pastor who comes around with hampers of food,” he said.
Water cannon is sprayed at protesters (Sky News)
The rioting began late on Tuesday as Alodid, who arrived in the UK in 2023, was charged with attempted murder in connection with the stabbing incident in the city.
The family of Mr Ogilvie had urged people not to engage in violent protest after the night of bedlam on Tuesday.
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After Wednesday’s unrest, they said: “We have been left feeling disgusted by the scenes that unfolded across Northern Ireland in the wake of what happened. We want to make it absolutely clear that to do this in response is not supported by our family, and peaceful protest is only ever the way forward.
The scene in Lendrick Street on Wednesday (Reuters)
“We have many migrants who make a deeply valuable contribution to our country, including from within our healthcare system and hospitality sector, and we depend on them to make our country work. We do not want this terrible tragedy to be used to divide people or fuel hostility – do not do this in the name of our loved one, as we do not share the same values.”
Along with additional police officers on the streets in the region on Wednesday, public transport was suspended and some schools closed early.
Sir Keir Starmer vowed to “crack down on anyone who is fuelling this division”. The prime minister said the rioting in Belfast was “shocking and completely unacceptable”.
“It is clear that people were targeted last night because of their background and I will not tolerate it,” he said. “Those responsible will feel the full force of the law.”
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On Wednesday, it emerged the the UK returned one asylum seeker to Ireland under a post-Brexit deal signed in 2020.
The government said it was now intensifying immigration enforcement to track down and remove illegal immigrants from Northern Ireland.
Alodid entered Northern Ireland across the Irish border in February 2023 having flown to Dublin from Paris. He claimed asylum upon arrival and in September 2023 was granted leave to remain in the UK until 2028.
Jude Bellingham started over Morgan Rogers at No10 for England in Thomas Tuchel’s biggest selection call, seven days out from the Group L opener against Croatia in Dallas. Arsenal duo Declan Rice and Noni Madueke both started after joining up with the squad late following the Champions League final, with Bukayo Saka and Eberechi Eze on the bench. Tuchel admitted fitness concerns over Saka on the eve of the game, owing to a lingering Achilles injury that has seen him play through the pain barrier.
A panel determined that colleagues would find the nurse’s conduct ‘deplorable’
16:00, 10 Jun 2026Updated 16:34, 10 Jun 2026
A nurse who was found to have had an “improper” relationship with a 16-year-old and encouraged them to flee from a care home has been ordered to be struck off the nursing register. The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) issued the striking off order for Cheryl Feltner after a panel upheld a number of charges against her.
The NMC found that Ms Feltner, who was employed at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, entered a personal relationship with ‘Person A’ who was aged 16 at the relevant time. The NMC received a referral concerning Ms Feltner in March 2024 from West Mercia Police.
It was informed that the police responded to a missing person report regarding ‘Person A’ who had absconded from Telford Care Home, a setting for young people. When ‘Person A’ was located by the police, they disclosed that they had been in an “improper relationship” with Ms Feltner and that they had fled to go and visit her, according to a recently published report.
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The substantive meeting, which was held between Monday, June 1, and Friday, June 5, 2026, proved that Ms Feltner had invited ‘Person A’ to her home and gave them money. In her local statement, Ms Feltner accepted giving money to ‘Person A’. However, she denied that it was for train fare and stated it was for ‘Person A’ to buy clothing.
The police reported that ‘Person A’ had “serious mental health issues”, and that this had been triggered by the mention of the “inappropriate relationship”. It is alleged that Ms Feltner had been in daily communication with ‘Person A’ via phone calls and text messages without clinical justification after first meeting the victim during their time as an inpatient at the West Suffolk Hospital.
A panel heard evidence that messages were sent from a person named ‘Chelsea’ to ‘Person A’. The victim told a witness that ‘Chelsea’ was a former nurse who looked after them and had told them to save her contact number under a fake name.
The panel heard that a telephone number belonging to ‘Chelsea’ was the same telephone number as registered on Ms Feltner’s personnel file at the Trust. Based on the evidence given, the panel determined that it was more likely than not that Ms Feltner’s actions did encourage ‘Person A’ to abscond from the care home.
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In a phone call to ‘Person A’, Ms Feltner was alleged to have said: “You’ve f***** everything up. You could have lived with me. I could have given you a good life. We could have been together. You’re pushing me over the edge.”
Ms Feltner was suspended by the Trust and the matter was investigated by the Trust. A spokesperson for the Trust said: “The Trust can confirm Ms Feltner was a member of staff employed by the West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust at the time of the incident.
“The Trust has robust processes which keep patients and visitors safe when receiving care by our teams. The safeguarding of current and past patients is taken extremely seriously and, once the incident was brought to its attention, the Trust acted quickly and decisively.
“The Trust has worked closely with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) and West Mercia Police throughout this investigation, and will continue to do so.”
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The panel considered that Ms Feltner had accepted, “broadly, some wrongdoing”. However, the panel determined that Ms Feltner had sought to deflect blame onto others and minimise her own culpability for her actions.
As a result, Ms Feltner has been struck off the nursing register. The panel imposed an interim suspension order for a period of 18 months due to the fact that the striking-off order cannot take effect until the end of the 28-day appeal period.
Noah was “excited” to meet up with his friends after restrictions and was using lockdown as a chance to learn coding as it could be useful for a future job, the court heard
Helen William, Press Association
17:00, 10 Jun 2026Updated 17:07, 10 Jun 2026
Friends and teachers of schoolboy Noah Donohoe cannot explain his behaviour before his death, an inquest has heard.
Brenda Campbell KC, representing Noah’s mother Fiona Donohoe, took retired PSNI Detective Constable Curran, who worked on Noah’s missing persons case, through her notebook detailing police conversations with his friends and teachers.
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It included recollections of Noah’s attitude before he went missing in north Belfast almost six years ago.
Dc Curran told jurors at Belfast Coroner’s Court : “They give a description of Noah as a very sociable, articulate and intelligent child. He seemed to know everybody in school and was well-liked.”
The 14-year-old had been planning to meet school friends at Cavehill in Belfast after setting out on his bike on Sunday June 21 2020.
He was captured on CCTV cycling through the city centre and then towards the north of the city.
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In the final clip, the last footage of Noah before he disappeared, he is seen riding the bike naked.
His naked body was found in an underground water tunnel on June 27, six days after he left home.
A post-mortem examination found the likely cause of death was drowning.
Dc Curran, who was trying to build a picture of Noah and get information to feed into the investigation through the conversations, told the court: “Nobody I had spoken to had given any explanation as to why he would have been naked in Northwood Road.”
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She said the people she spoke to felt “this is entirely out of character”.
Two of Noah’s friends described him as “the smartest kid” and “everyone liked him”.
He was “inquisitive”, carried a notebook, “he knew everything” and wrote it down to remember it, the inquest heard.
The court heard that friends did not witness him being called names, and that he was never nasty and was always kind.
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Noah was “excited” to meet up with his friends after restrictions and was using lockdown as a chance to learn coding as it could be useful for a future job, the court heard.
He was obsessed with reading and titles such as 12 Rules For Life, by the author Jordan Peterson, and George Orwell’s 1984 were on his reading list.
He was very close to his mother, involved in rugby, music, football and the Duke of Edinburgh scheme.
His cello teacher Andrew Nesbitt said he was “always respectful”, upbeat and generally positive and reserved.
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The coroner Mr Justice Rooney adjourned Wednesday’s hearing early to allow the jury to travel home as there were concerns about transport amid the unrest following the Belfast stabbing attack.
“It is unfortunate what happened to the referee from Somalia,” Infantino said. “But again, we don’t control everything.
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“We try, we’ll discuss, we’ll speak, we’ll see. Maybe sometimes it’s good as well to just, you know, chill, relax.”
Those words will have been of little comfort to Artan, who touched down back in the Somali capital of Mogadishu on Wednesday after seeing his World Cup dream die.
There were no words of support for the official, no regrets expressed. It was just “unfortunate”.
When questioned about other visa issues, which have affected fans and team delegates too, Infantino deflected attention to the 2035 Women’s World Cup – which is almost certain to be awarded to the United Kingdom.
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“Would you find it normal that Fifa would dictate to the British government who to let in the country and who not to let in the country?” Infantino asked.
When England hosted the World Cup in 1966, a strikingly similar situation happened.
The UK government feared the presence of communist North Korea could cause diplomatic shockwaves and it considered denying entry.
Indonesia, due to be hosts of the 2023 U-20 World Cup, were stripped of hosting rights after saying Israel would not be permitted entry.
Yet when the United States makes similar decisions which affect competing World Cup nations, such as Iran, Fifa says it is powerless.
“Unfortunately, our world is, you know, a very aggressive world, and security goes above everything,” Infantino said. “You need to respect the decisions which are taken, and when I say to chill, I don’t mean to chill and do nothing.
“We need to respect that we are not the kings of the world who can rule over governments and police forces.
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“We are a sports organisation. We try to do our best with the means that we have.”
The family said they have been left “feeling disgusted” by the recent disorder as they issue on fresh update on Stephen Ogilvie’s condition
Olivia Beeson UK & World News Reporter
23:29, 10 Jun 2026Updated 23:29, 10 Jun 2026
The family of Stephen Ogilvie, victim of the horrific knife attack in Belfast on Monday, have given a major update on his condition as protests continue to cause chaos in the city.
They added: “It is now forcing us to clarify that our loved one is in fact in a stable condition, and we are solely focused on his recovery at this time,” they said in a statement distributed by the PSNI.
The family added: “We are also appealing to the media and the public to please give us some space. We need privacy to focus on our family right now, without cameras or people speculating about what happened via social media.”
They urged the violence to stop, saying they had been left “feeling disgusted” by the recent disorder.
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Stephen Ogilvie, 44, lost an eye and suffered other serious injuries following the incident on Kinnaird Avenue on June 8.
Hadi Alodid, 30, of Duncairn Avenue in Belfast, appeared before the city’s magistrates’ court on Wednesday, charged with the attempted murder of Stephen Ogilvie, threatening to kill an NHS radiographer and possession of a knife.
UUP leader Jon Burrows spoke to the father of Stephen Ogilvie on Wednesday morning, following the scenes of violence and disorder across Belfast and other towns in NI on Tuesday night.
Mr Burrows said the victim’s father had a direct appeal he wanted him to pass on. As well as providing a condition update from the time Burrows said: “The victim’s father has also asked me to pass on a direct appeal to those spreading disinformation online: please stop. This has shockingly included false posts on social media at various times that his son has died.
“This is causing immense additional distress to a family already going through an unimaginable ordeal. I echo that appeal wholeheartedly and urge everyone to act with decency and respect for this family.”
In an earlier statement issued through Independent Councillor Stafford Ward, the family of Stephen Ogilvie said that they “want to make it clear that overnight unrest is not welcome”.
“We are aware of the tensions and talk of protests following this incident. We want to make it absolutely clear that overnight unrest is not welcome, and peaceful protest is the only way forward.
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“We have many migrants who make a deeply valuable contribution to our country, including in our healthcare system and hospitality sector and we depend on them to make our country work. We do not want this terrible tragedy to be used to divide people or fuel hostility,”
Darlington Borough Council will partner with Esh Homes Limited to drive the development of the Burtree Garden Village.
The partnership will provide the infrastructure, build and sale of homes at the site under the company name of High Faverdale Park JV Limited.
The Burtree development, in Faverdale, will ultimately see 2,000 new homes built over 20 years. (Image: Hellens Group)
It comes after an agreement in March 2025 to enter into an Infrastructure Development Agreement with Homes England for the construction and adoption of a spine road over the council’s land at Faverdale.
With the infrastructure works now nearing completion, the Joint Venture Company will purchase land to deliver new homes.
The Burtree development, in Faverdale, will ultimately see 2,000 new homes built over 20 years.
A new school, community centre, pub, and health facilities are also proposed. It will be built on old farmland near Burtree Lane, Faverdale Industrial Estate, and the A68.
The development will be built on old farmland near Rotary Way, Faverdale Industrial Estate, and the A68.
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The Joint Venture Company will be fully funded by the council through prudential borrowing of up to £8.382 million.
A second garden village, Skerningham, will also be built in Darlington over the next few decades. It is due to cover 487 hectares to the north of Darlington and will adjoin the existing communities at Beaumont Hill, Whinfield and Great Burdon.
Firefighters were called to a Cambridgeshire village after receiving reports of a house fire on Wednesday, June 10. Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service were called at 2.54pm to reports of a house in flames on Telegraph Street in Cottenham.
Crews from Cambridge along with the south roaming fire engine and turntable ladder are at the scene. A spokesperson for Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service said they are “working hard to extinguish the fire”.
The spokesperson said in full: “At 2.54pm crews from Cambridge along with the south roaming fire engine and turntable ladder were called to a house fire on Telegraph Street in Cottenham.
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“Crews are currently at the scene and working hard to extinguish the fire.”
On Wednesday, Trump told reporters, in reference to Iran: “We’re going to be attacking them, attacking them very hard.”
The latest strikes come after US military began targeted sites inside Iran in response to the downing of a military helicopter over the Strait of Hormuz earlier in the week.
Iran responded by launching missiles against bases that host US forces in Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan.
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For weeks, Trump insisted that a peace deal between the US and Iran is close, but the conflict this week suggests time has run out to reach a diplomatic solution to the crisis, Al Jazeera news agency reported.
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