Advertisement

  1. National

Warning over Tweets to Daley

Dorset Police investigating the Twitter abuse directed at British diver Tom Daley - after he finished fourth in the synchronised 10m diving - have issued a harassment warning to a 17-year-old arrested at a guest house in the Weymouth area.

View all 21 updates ›

Tom Daley tweet probe player suspended

A Welsh Premier League footballer has been suspended after an abusive message was sent to Olympic diver Tom Daley.

Port Talbot Town FC has confirmed its midfielder Daniel Thomas will be the subject of an internal investigation into a tweet sent to Team GB diver Daley.

Daley missed out on an Olympic medal in the men's synchronised diving event on Monday. Credit: Mike Egerton/PA Wire/Press Association Images

Daley, 18, and diving partner Pete Waterfield missed out winning a medal at the 2012 Olympics when they finished fourth in the 10m synchronised dive on Monday.

According to reports, a homophobic message was sent to Daley's Twitter page from the 10DanThomas10 account, which has since been deleted.

It comes following a separate "trolling" incident involving Daley which resulted in the arrest of a teenager.

More top news