30 h. ago Grand National jockey banned after tragic horse death deletes social media amid backlash

Michael Nolan was handed a 10-day ban by the British Horseracing Authority in the wake of the Grand National and he has faced a wave of abuse after it was announced that Celebre D'Allen had died

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4 d. ago Mick O’Dwyer remembered at funeral as ‘giant’ on and off the football field

O’Dwyer won 12 All-Ireland titles with Co Kerry as a player and manager.

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1 week ago Gérard Depardieu trial finally gives France its #MeToo moment

Actor’s week in court seen as turning point as French film industry has been slow to take abuse claims seriouslyWhen the actor Gérard Depardieu took the stand at his sexual assault trial in Paris this week, it was seen as a turning point for the #MeToo movement in France.As a parliamentary commission examines why the French film industry has been slow – even resistant – to take women’s claims of abuse seriously, Depardieu, the nation’s biggest film star, faced accusations that he trapped a set decorator between his legs and sexually assaulted her while shooting the film Les Volets verts (The Green Shutters) in 2021. He is also accused of touching the breasts and buttocks of an assistant director on the same film on three separate occasions. Depardieu, 76, has denied all the charges, telling the court he had been “dragged through the mud by calumny and lies”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Teenage boys are targeting girls online for sexual abuse and violence, warns National Crime Agency

Reports have surged in the last three years of gangs of boys sharing extreme violence pictures and misogynistic online

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3 w. ago Need for domestic abuse offence is ‘national emergency’, says MP in Commons call

Domestic abusers might be able to ‘explain away’ past violence as pub brawls under the current system, Josh Babarinde warned.

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4 w. ago Ireland players and wives threatened and abused amid Six Nations controversy

The storm surrounding France's win over Ireland has intensified with players past and present hitting out

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