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Rape Crisis Ireland says case of Shane Flynn is ‘wake-up call’ on gaps in regulations for ‘predatory’ sex offenders A personal trainer who operated a Midlands gym and rehabilitation centre, where he sexually assaulted a woman and secretly recorded dozens of others, will be able to resume the same work on release from prison despite being on the sex offenders register. Rape Crisis Ireland (RCI) believes this represents a failure in how the sex offenders register operates. Its executive director, Dr Clíona Saidléar, said the limitations of the register and a lack of regulation meant Shane Flynn (35) could resume…

Normal caffeinated coffee has reams of health benefits. So is there any reason to go decaf? It’s a kick-start for the day, a jolt many of us need to power through, and one of the last socially acceptable addictions. It’s only when we have to go without coffee that we realise how badly we rely on it. The jitteriness and headaches from caffeine withdrawal can be so overpowering that many of us turn to decaffeinated instead, thinking surely it must be better for our health. But that might not be true, the experts say – not least because decaf coffee is not…

Donald Trump is making good on his threats. Giving Elon Musk plenipotentiary powers, driving a cyber truck through the US constitution, threatening allies with economic war, blaming DEI for the country’s worst air crash in years and obliterating America’s aid agency are just a sample of moves in his opening fortnight. Trump is burning America’s rule book. If he carries on like this, Democrats will have no choice but to send him a strongly worded letter. To claim that America’s minority party is too punch drunk to get its act together would be charitable. None of Trump’s moves should come…

By Alade Adisa The committee set up by the Kaduna State House of Assembly to probe the administration of former Governor Nasir el-Rufai has recommended an investigation and possible prosecution of the former governor over alleged ₦423 billion fraud. According to the committee’s report, sighted by New Daily Prime, it also recommended an investigation and possible prosecution of all Commissioners for Finance who served during el-Rufai’s eight-year tenure as governor. Other individuals recommended for investigation and possible prosecution include those who served as Chairmen of the Kaduna State Internal Revenue Service (KADIRS) from 2015 to 2023, as well as Muyiwa…

Teenager arrested after Harvey Willgoose stabbed at All Saints Catholic High School in Sheffield on Monday A 15-year-old boy has died after a stabbing at a school in Sheffield. Harvey Willgoose was stabbed at All Saints Catholic High School on Granville Road on Monday and taken to hospital, but died of his injuries. South Yorkshire Police said a 15-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of murder. The force received a report of the stabbing at 12.17pm, and officers and emergency services attended the school. Speaking outside the force’s headquarters, Asst Chief Constable Lindsey Butterfield said: “It is with great…

The rapid rise in artificial intelligence has created intense discussions in many industries over what kind of role these tools can and should play — and health care has been no exception. The medical community largely anticipated that combining the abilities of doctors and A.I. would be the best of both worlds, leading to more accurate diagnoses and more efficient care. That assumption might prove to be incorrect. A growing body of research suggests that A.I. is outperforming doctors, even when they use it as a tool. A recent M.I.T.-Harvard study, of which one of us, Dr. Rajpurkar, is an author,…

Does cutting back on booze really benefit our health in the long term? Many years ago, I gave up drinking alcohol for a month, and was so impressed with myself, I felt I’d cracked the Da Vinci Code. Of course, once the arbitrary 30 days were up, I returned immediately to my normal drinking pattern of “most nights”. I didn’t think about it again until five years ago, when a combination of nagging headaches and peri-menopausal facial flushing drove me to give up. I’ve barely had a drink since. According to Alcohol Change UK, 24 per cent of adults in England and…

US stock futures drop and oil prices rally as president says measures could cause ‘pain’ Donald Trump’s tariffs shook markets on Monday, with the dollar surging and global equity markets sliding as investors rush to assess how the levies will affect the US and its biggest trading partners. The US dollar surged as much as 1.4 per cent against a basket of currencies before trimming its gains to 1.3 per cent. The Canadian dollar hit its lowest level since 2003, Mexico’s currency tumbled by almost 3 per cent and the euro slid 1.3 per cent. Asian stocks dropped while US…

Rand falls after president singles out Brics nation over expropriation of properties Donald Trump has vowed to halt all future US assistance to South Africa over its land expropriation policies, triggering a fall in the rand. The US president claimed recent measures enabled the government to confiscate property unfairly and accused South African authorities of treating “certain classes of people VERY BADLY”. He added: “I will be cutting off all future funding to South Africa until a full investigation of this situation has been completed!” Trump’s comments, made on Truth Social, sparked a 1.6 per cent fall in the South…

Some 60 per cent of Britons are getting no more than six hours of sleep a night, despite NHS guidelines suggesting that a healthy adult usually needs between seven and nine hours, a survey suggests. More than four fifths of people (83%) say that getting a regular, good night’s sleep is the most important factor in their general wellbeing, the poll for wool bedding firm Woolroom found. Two fifths of those polled (40%) reported heightened stress levels after a bad night’s sleep and 36% said they felt anxious, with 40% saying they felt this way one to two times a week and…