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The sign put up to commemorate Ferguson’s time at United, near Old Trafford, has disappeared and is presumed stolen with the council moving to order a replacement. The legendary Manchester United boss had a street opened in his honour five years ago today. But the sign has gone missing. Neither Manchester United or Trafford Council where aware when contacted by ...

Sir Alex Ferguson was often described as a bully and a tyrant during his time in charge of Manchester United, but you would have to go a long way to find one of his players supporting those accusations. Ferguson was tough and demanding and there are countless examples of his players being on the wrong end of his temper — ...

It has been a week where Facebook has gone some way to soothe the concerns of its developers and has seen the company which sparked its data privacy crisis go out of business. On Tech Tent we ask whether the tide has turned for Facebook – and conclude that it still has a mountain to climb to restore trust. It ...

Brighton secured their Premier League safety as they deservedly beat Manchester United with a goal awarded by goalline technology. Pascal Gross’ header from Jose Izquierdo’s cross was cleared by Marcos Rojo – but from just behind the line. Albion – who had not won in their previous seven games – had the better chances and David de Gea did well ...

Apple shares have hit an all-time high on news that legendary investor Warren Buffett now has a roughly 5% stake in the tech giant. Shares in Apple, already the world’s most valuable company, rose by almost 4% on Friday to more than $183.7 each. Mr Buffett said his Berkshire Hathaway group bought about 75 million more shares of the iPhone ...

Criminals used drones to disrupt the monitoring of a hostage situation, says the FBI. A top FBI official told a drone conference in Denver that criminals deliberately flew several small drones to block the rescue team’s view of an unfolding situation. The drones caused the FBI to lose sight of the attacker. “We were then blind,” Joseph Mazel, the FBI’s ...

Twitter’s 330 million users are being urged to change their passwords after some were exposed in plain text on its internal network. An error in the way the passwords were handled meant some were stored in easily readable form, said Twitter. The passwords should have been put through a procedure called “hashing” making them very difficult to read. Security experts ...

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has confirmed Yaya Toure will leave the club over the summer. The Ivory Coast international came to the Premier League from Barcelona in July 2010 and has been one of the key players in the clubs rise to the summit of English football. He has found first-team opportunities limited this campaign, however, making just 16 ...

The Kenyan Red Cross on Friday said at least 112 people have died since the early March floods caused by heavy rainfall in its long rainy season. Addressed a press conference in Nairobi, General Secretary of the Kenyan Red Cross, Abbas Gullet said the floods have displaced 1000’s. “About 48,477 households have been displaced so far and this represents 260,200 ...

Mine operator Sibanye-Stillwater said on Friday that 10 of 13 miners trapped underground at its South African gold mine were rescued but four of the 10 have died from their injuries. The miners were trapped by at the company’s Masakhane mine west of Johannesburg on Thursday after an earthquake caused a cave-in. Five of 13 miners were rescued on Thursday ...