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Daily Mirror Icon News UK News Care Services Cara MacLennan, 20, was removed from her role at Eilean Dubh Care Home in Fortrose in Scotland after taking a photo of a vulnerable pensioner Cara MacLennan was removed from her role at the care home (Image: Daily Record) A cruel carer who took a photo of a vulnerable pensioner sitting on a toilet in only their pyjamas has been struck off. Cara MacLennan hid to take the photo and held up a "v" sign with her fingers during a shift at Eilean Dubh Care Home in Fortrose in the Highlands in Scotland in February last year. The 20-year-old posted the image on Snapchat alongside a caption which read "can't see me ha ha ha" and "doesn't know what I'm doing". A friend shared the image on Facebook which went viral and led to MacLennan’s removal from the profession when the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) amounted her behaviour to "abuse". READ MORE: Waterproof beach parka to rival Dryrobe hits sale with major £65 off MacLennan took a photo of a vulnerable pensioner, which was shared by a friend (Image: Daily Record) Daily Record reports the ruling stated: “You have taken a

Wilfried Zaha is not the happiest player at Charlotte FC, it seems.  After a 1–0 loss to the New England Revolution on Saturday, in a game Charlotte otherwise dominated, Zaha lashed out at fans on social media, upset with the criticisms directed at him from the match and his form with Charlotte FC.  The former English Premier League star is a Designated Player at Charlotte FC, on loan from Turkey’s Galatasaray, and has helped the team become one of the most attacking and entertaining in the league. Despite the loss to New England, Charlotte created ample scoring opportunities but struggled to finish.  “Typical. We lost a game and somehow it's Zaha's fault,” he posted to his Snapchat story. “I dribble ..I'm selfish. I keep it simple.. I'm not doing what I'm being paid to do. I shoot.. I should passed. I pass.. I should finish my chances.” “I usually wouldn’t reply to this stupid--but I'm not a scapegoat for people to waffle about in at clubs anymore. Zaha this, Zaha that, but we had the best start ever and been 1st in the league, so please stop chapping, especially my name.” Charlotte FC’s DP Wilfried Zaha isn’t happy with

A predatory paedophile travelled to North Staffordshire to sexually assault a schoolboy he had groomed on Snapchat. Jacques Du Plessis has been jailed for more than eight years for the sickening abuse. Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court heard the 51-year-old started talking to the victim on Snapchat and arranged to pick him up in Newcastle-under-Lyme last year. He then sexually assaulted him a number of times over the next few days in different locations, recording one of the incidents on his phone. Du Plessis, of Newport, Shropshire, was reported to Staffordshire Police in May last year with detectives working hard to build up the base against him. He went on to plead guilty to three counts of engaging in sexual activity with a boy and one count of meeting a boy following grooming, making indecent/pseudo photographs of a child and distributing an indecent/pseudo photograph of a child. The defendant was sentenced to eight-years-and-three-months in prison earlier this month. Speaking after the case, PC Bev Rainer, from Staffordshire Police's child protection team, said: “Officers and staff worked tirelessly to build all of the evidence needed to secure this result against another dangerous child sex offender in Staffordshire. “I’d like to recognise the survivor

PARIS (Reuters) -French politicians on Sunday condemned an attack in which a man was stabbed to death while praying at a mosque in southern France, an incident that was captured on video and disseminated on Snapchat.President Emmanuel Macron offered his support to the man's family and to the French Muslim community, writing in a post on X: "Racism and religiously motivated hatred will never belong in France."Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau on Sunday visited the town of Ales where Friday's attack took place and met with religious leaders.He said the suspect, who was still at large, had made anti-Muslim comments and had said he wanted to kill others. "So there is a fascination with violence," Retailleau told French broadcaster BFM TV.The town's prosecutor told reporters on Sunday the suspect had been identified. The suspect's brother had been questioned by investigators on Saturday.A march to commemorate the victim took place in the nearby town of La Grand-Combe, on Sunday afternoon and a demonstration against Islamophobia was expected in Paris in the evening.France, a country that prides itself on its homegrown secularism known as "laicite," has the largest Muslim population in Europe, numbering more than 6 million and making up around 10% of

Image by David Wall / Getty ImagesWhen it comes to battling demons trapped inside your loved ones, maybe it's best to leave it to the professionals.Take that from Alexander Valdez, a 23-year-old man accused of murdering his mother in a botched DIY exorcism in Fort Worth, Texas last week.Police rolled up to Valdez' house a little after midnight last Friday, tipped off about a "satanic ritual" which he allegedly recorded and sent to his friends on Snapchat. When officers knocked on his front door, a nonchalant Valdez emerged, coated in blood and clutching a bible."It was an exorcism," he told police calmly, before allegedly adding — contradictively? — that "I was doing witchcraft to kill my mom."Asked if there was anybody else in the house, Valdez apparently admitted "there is a dead body in there. It's my mom."The cops then searched the house, where they indeed found the body of the man's mother, 58-year-old Teresita Sayson, as well as that of the family's dog."Thank goodness for the people that were on Snapchat that said that he wanted to do this satanic ritual," Tracy Carter of the Fort Worth Police Department said, referring to the anonymous tipsters who passed the alleged

By MARK BRANAGAN and SABRINA PENTY Published: 08:50 EDT, 26 April 2025 | Updated: 09:00 EDT, 26 April 2025 A young nurse will spend nine years behind bars after she knocked down and killed a 28-year-old mother while speeding and using Snapchat on her phone. Romeesa Ahmed, 27, hit Athira Anilkumar Laly Kumari with her car in Leeds in February 2023 as she rushed home from a night shift - before ploughing into a bus shelter and injuring a man.A court heard that Kumari, a mother-of-one, had arrived in the UK from India just days before her tragic death in search of a better life - and was set to start her degree as a mature student at Leeds-Beckett University. Prosecutor Jessica Strange told Leeds Crown Court Kumari's aspirations were shattered when she was struck by Ahmed - who was travelling at a speed of 60mph in an 40mph zone. Kumari was hurled into the air after being hit and 'somersaulted' to the ground. Emergency services rushed to the scene of the accident, but Kumari died from severe head injuries despite frantic efforts to save her. A man waiting at the bus stop nearby said he heard a bang and saw Ahmed's VW Golf hurtling towards him

By CITY & FINANCE REPORTER Updated: 07:06 EDT, 26 April 2025 A former Bank of England governor has urged Rachel Reeves to tackle Britain's staggering debt pile.King, who led the Bank of England from 2003 to 2013, told the House of Lords yesterday: 'We owe it to our grandchildren to take seriously the challenge of reducing the national debt.'He criticised Reeves's 'flawed' fiscal rules, which allow debt to keep rising as a share of GDP for the time being with the aim that it will start coming down after a few years. Warning: Mervyn King was boss of the Bank of England from 2003 to 2013King, 77, made his comments during a Lords debate after official figures this week showed Britain's debt pile stands at £2.8 trillion, or £95,300 per household.DIY INVESTING PLATFORMSAJ BellAJ BellEasy investing and ready-made portfoliosHargreaves LansdownHargreaves LansdownFree fund dealing and investment ideasinteractive investorinteractive investorFlat-fee investing from £4.99 per monthInvestEngineInvestEngineAccount and trading fee-free ETF investingTrading 212Trading 212Free share dealing and no account feeAffiliate links: If you take out a product This is Money may earn a commission. These deals are chosen by our editorial team, as we think they are worth highlighting. This does not affect our

by Sophie PendrillFri, April 25th 2025 at 11:34 AMAustin Poignant, 19, has been accused of uploading child pornography to Snapchat and Discord. (PBSO)WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — After a West Palm Beach teen was caught allegedly uploading child pornography to Snapchat and Discord, he told deputies it was because he "thought it was funny."The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office (PBSO) said that on November 1, 2024, deputies launched an investigation into two Cyber Tip reports from the National Center of Missing and Exploited Children (NMEC) regarding images of child pornography. Through the investigation, deputies uncovered that on October 15 and 18 of 2024, Discord and Snapchat reported that a user had uploaded a file of child pornography to each platform. PBSO said that they were able to identify Austin Poignant as the user by tracing the IP address. See also: Substitute teacher accused of striking student at local high schoolThrough digging through Poignant's, 19, Snapchat chats, deputies reported finding a conversation between a user and Poignant, where he said he got banned from Discord for sending a "not so good child image in a DM chat as a joke."Deputies reportedly asked Poignant why he thought it was funny, to

A trainee nurse was on Snapchat seconds before she hit and killed a beloved mother with her car in a horror crash. Rumeesa Ahmed, 27, was travelling home from a night shift on the A647 at Stanningley Road on February 22, 2023, when she hit Athira Anilkumar Laly Kumari. Leeds Crown Court heard on Friday, April 25 there was evidence that Ahmed, of Princeville Street in Bradford, had used Snapchat around 39 seconds before hitting Ms Kumari, who was crossing the dual carriageway at the time. Prosecutor Jessica Strange said Ahmed was also travelling 20mph over the 40mph speed limit before hitting Ms Kumari, and then hit a man who was stood at a bus stop. She said: "It was just before 8.30am and the deceased was crossing the road at the pedestrian crossing...She collided with her and then the car veered off the road and collided with a bus stop where a man had been waiting. A forensic collision investigator prepared a report and the report's conclusion was that it was the defendant's standard of driving that caused the collision." It was said Ms Kumari - who had left her husband and one-year-old daughter at home in India

Photo: stockcam / iStock Unreleased / Getty ImagesFLORIDA - Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has filed a lawsuit against Snap Inc., claiming the company is violating a new state law designed to limit social media access for children under 16. The legal complaint, filed in Santa Rosa County, alleges that Snapchat is providing accounts to users under age 14 and failing to obtain parental consent for those aged 14 and 15, actions that allegedly breach House Bill 3, passed in 2024. The law prohibits children under 14 from creating social media accounts and requires parental approval for teens aged 14 and 15. Although the law does not name specific platforms, it applies to those that include addictive elements such as algorithms, content feeds, and disappearing messages. The lawsuit asserts that Snapchat’s push notifications and disappearing content qualify it under the statute. According to the filing, Snap allegedly continues to allow minors to join the app without proper age verification or parental consent, which the state argues amounts to deceptive trade practices under Florida law. The complaint seeks penalties of up to $50,000 per violation and a court order to halt the company’s alleged noncompliance. Snap Inc. has not publicly responded.