9 h. ago Irish economy at risk from ‘global shocks’, ESRI report warns

The think tank also said the presence of multinational corporations ‘remains a tremendous positive for the Irish economy’.

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21 h. ago Top secret US report warns American forces would be drastically outmatched by China

A senior Biden official turned ‘pale’ when he saw the classified assessment, the report says

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22 h. ago ‘Human trafficking behind prison walls’: women jailed in Texas allege rampant sexual abuse

Women at FMC Carswell – long a focus of sexual abuse investigations – say prison officials have turned a blind eyeEleven women incarcerated at a federal prison in Texas allege they have been subjected to rampant sexual abuse by staff members in the past seven years. The allegations are the latest accusations of abuse within a federal prison system rife with claims of inhumane conditions.The allegations at FMC Carswell, a federal medical women’s prison in Fort Worth, Texas, are particularly troubling because the facility has been the focus of sexual abuse investigations for years, with 13 staff members convicted of abuse and misconduct since 1997 and promises of reform at various times. Continue reading...

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33 h. ago Britain slipping down global league table for youth employment, says report

PwC warns that future of a generation is at risk and that jobs crisis is costing UK economy up to £26bn a yearBritain is slipping down the global league table for youth employment amid a dramatic rise in worklessness that is putting a generation’s future at risk, research has warned.Sounding the alarm over a worsening youth jobs crisis, the report from the accountancy firm PwC said Britain’s economy was missing out on £26bn a year because of sharp regional divisions in youth joblessness. Continue reading...

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45 h. ago Voices: ‘We decided to get private healthcare’: Readers on ‘traumatic’ NHS maternity failings

England’s maternity crisis stems from decades of underfunding, mismanagement and a culture that fails to listen to women, according to our community, who argued that only proper investment and a respected, well-staffed workforce can turn things around

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6 d. ago Princess Andre teases 'more candid' second season of her hit ITV reality show

Princess Andre is working on the upcoming second season of her ITV reality show, The Princess Diaries, and has promised fans she will 'hide nothing' this time around

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6 d. ago ‘No mistrust’ between Europe and US over Ukraine, Macron says

French president’s remarks come a day after a report claimed he had warned Washington could betray KyivEmmanuel Macron has said there is “no mistrust” between Europe and the US, a day after a report claimed the French president had warned privately there was a risk Washington could betray Ukraine.“Unity between Americans and Europeans on the Ukrainian issue is essential. And I say it again and again, we need to work together,” Macron told reporters during a visit to China. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Trump warns Europe faces ‘civilisational erasure’ within 20 years because of migration & EU in explosive new report

TRUMP has warned Europe will face a "civilisational erasure" within 20 years. The bombshell remarks blame the EU and migration for what Trump anticipates will be Europe's downfall. The claims come from the official US National Security Strategy released overnight, which tells of the broad continental decline Europe will soon face. A "total cultural unravelling"...

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7 d. ago Feminist coalition rejects inquiry guidance urging women to trust undercover officers

A coalition of feminist organisations has rejected undercover police plans following the Angiolini report, warning women cannot trust a system that employs officers with sex offence histories

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7 d. ago Strictly's Amy Dowden says recovery 'going to plan' after mastectomy surgery

Amy Dowden spoke to Janette Manrara about her recovery on Thursday's instalment of Strictly Come Dancing's It Takes Two

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7 d. ago Foreign aid cuts will see extra 200,000 children under five die this year, damning Gates report warns

Report from the Gates Foundation says the death rate for under-fives will increase for the first time this century as cuts by Donald Trump and from nations across Europe begin to bite

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7 d. ago My son Antonio, 15, died with blood on his sheets and no privacy – NHS doctors failed him again and again

ANTONIO Galisi-Swallow was just 15 when he died in full view of strangers on a crowded hospital ward, his bedsheets covered in blood. The teen, from Rotherham, had only just undergone major open-heart surgery - but within days, his mum and dad were forced to watch him pass away. Antonio, who had Down syndrome, autism...

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7 d. ago Global race to secure critical minerals for weapons threatens climate, warns report

Study reveals US earmarked billions to stockpile critical minerals for military use, including precision-guided weaponry and AI-driven warfareThe accelerating global arms race is hindering climate action as critical minerals that are key to a sustainable future are being diverted to make the latest military hardware, according to a reportThe study from the Transition Security Project – a joint US and UK venture – reveals how the Pentagon is stockpiling huge stores of critical minerals that are needed for a range of climate technologies including solar panels, wind turbines, electric vehicles and battery storage. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Dad, 58, discovered he was dying when his GP made a passing comment – after horrifying NHS failure

NHS doctors failed to tell a man he was terminally ill and robbed him of the final months with his family, an investigation found. Dad and grandad Syd Chapman died aged 58 in 2022 from the incurable lung disease pulmonary fibrosis. Hospital medics neglected to tell him he had the condition and gave him “unfounded...

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9 d. ago Scathing report from Gordon Brown's think tank warns SNP government 'struggles to deliver'

A new report has called for next year’s election to be a chance to reset how Scotland is governed

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9 d. ago British mortuary workers could have been killed by poison from bodies repatriated after Air India tragedy, report warns

Workers at the London mortuary could have been killed after bodies were preserved in 'dangerously high' levels of formalin, which led to the poison being released into the air, a coroner has warned.

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1 week ago The children left unable to sit up straight by social media: 'Deeply alarming' number suffer anxiety and behavioural problems, report warns

More than a third of children aged three to five now uses at least one social media platform, despite their links to anxiety, speech and sleep issues, bad behaviour and even physical problems.

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1 week ago Doctors warn of surge in medieval disease as schools report several cases

The skin infection has been reported in several schools in Devon, with the number of people seeking medical care doubling since 2022 as doctors urge early treatment

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1 week ago Poverty leaves hardest hit areas of UK 'open to civil unrest', warns new report

Experts told how libraries, parks, sports clubs, and community centres act as “democracy’s immune system”. They 'build relationships that prevent extremism'. Areas with fewer public spaces were more exposed to extremism

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1 week ago Failure to diagnose treatable male infertility leading to unnecessary IVF, experts say

Men represent 50% of all infertility cases but poor understanding among GPs means it is often untreatedCouples are needlessly going through IVF because male infertility is under-researched, with the NHS too often failing to diagnose treatable causes, leading experts have said.Poor understanding among GPs and a lack of specialists and NHS testing means male infertility is often left untreated in couples struggling to conceive, despite men accounting for 50% of all infertility cases. Continue reading...

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