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Ian Naude has been jailed for 25 years for raping a 13-year-old girl (PA)
Ian Naude has been jailed for 25 years for raping a 13-year-old girl (PA)

Policeman jailed for raping 13-year-old girl

A paedophile police constable has been jailed for 25 years for raping a 13-year-old girl in the back of his car.

Ian Naude, 30, who had an ‘insatiable appetite’ for preying on young girls, attacked the teenager after meeting her while serving as a student police officer with Cheshire Police.

Sentencing him for 37 offences, the judge said Naude ‘used and abused’ his position to attack young girls.

Britain could be hit by up to eight inches of snow this weekend

Forecaster have warned that as much as eight inches of snow could fall in parts of Britain this weekend, as temperatures plummet to below freezing across the UK.

A low pressure weather system developing in the Atlantic is set to clash with cold air across the UK, which could see rainfall turning to snow in some parts.

The snow is unlikely to reach southern parts of England, but between 10cm and 20cm is predicted across the Scottish Highlands and northern England.

Theresa May warns not to expect ‘immediate breakthrough’ over Brexit

Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May speaks with European leaders as she arrives to attend a European Summit aimed at discussing the Brexit deal, the long-term budget and the single market (Getty Images)
Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May speaks with European leaders as she arrives to attend a European Summit aimed at discussing the Brexit deal, the long-term budget and the single market (Getty Images)

The Prime Minister has warned not to expect a quick fix to her Brexit deal, during crunch talks with European leaders.

Theresa May survived a vote of confidence on Wednesday by promising to deliver “legal and political assurances” that the UK could not be trapped in the Irish border backstop.

However the EU has insisted numerous times it is not willing to renegotiate the deal.

Internet at war over what to call the end of a loaf of bread

The internet has another disagreement on its hands, this time over what to call the end piece of a loaf of bread.

The debate was started by actor Stephen Mangan, who tweeted the various names he had heard people call the slice, including knobbler, doormat, topper, nut end, nub and heel.

Thousands of people tweeted to weigh in with their own opinions.