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Huddersfield grooming gang jailed for abusing girls

Sixteen men have been jailed for a total of 221 years for abusing 15 girls in Huddersfield between 2004 and 2011.

The men embarked on a ‘campaign of rape and other sexual abuse’ against vulnerable teenage girls aged between 11 and 17.

The information can now be released after a reporting ban on the cases set a year ago was lifted.

Donald Trump praises Congressman for assault on journalist

Donald Trump has praised the Congressman who violently attacked a journalist from The Guardian.

The President said that Greg Gianforte is ‘my kind of guy’ for performing a body slam on the political reporter.

Mr Trump’s praise of the assault was met with cheers and applause from the crowd of supporters in Montana.

Notorious hate preacher Anjem Choudary released from prison early

Hate preacher Anjem Choudary has been released from prison just over two years after being convicted of inciting support for Isis.

He was later seen entering a probation hostel in North London, where he will be closely monitored.

His early release, halfway into a five-and-a-half-year sentence has sparked outrage after the prisons minister admitted Choudary is ‘genuinely dangerous’.

Plymouth Herald goes viral after MP’s tweet

Local newspaper the Plymouth Herald trended nationwide on Friday after a tweet by an MP went viral.

Johnny Mercer tweeted another user: “I’ll give you one chance at honesty. Did you insinuate my wife was a prostitute on the Plymouth Herald comments section?”

The bizarre tweet was seized upon by social media users and turned into a meme.