The prison watchdog has criticised prison officers at Cork Prison for not carrying out regular checks on a vulnerable prisoner who was found dead in his cell last year.

The Office of the Prison Inspector has strongly criticised the decision to close the country’s only semi-open prison and said it conflicted with stated official policy.

A 38-year-old inmate of Cloverhill prison died in his hospital bed with his electronic tag still on — and it stayed on the deceased for a further five hours before finally being removed.

Thunderstorms over the Shunyi Olympic rowing venue have led to the cancellation of today’s programme, forcing three British crews to wait 24 hours to compete in their semi-finals.

Thunderstorms over the Shunyi Olympic rowing venue have delayed the start of three semi-finals involving Great Britain crews.

Tommy Barker reports on a house where no expense has been spare on attention to detail.