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Rapist, 21, spared jail after attack on girl, 13, to have sentence reviewed
Sean Hogg, 21, was 17-years-old when he forced himself on a girl aged 13 but walked free from court yesterday despite being convicted
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UK far-right launch wave of transgender web hate in wake of Nashville shootings
The report comes in a study by analysts from London-based Tech Against Terrorism and follows the gun horror when Audrey Hale, who identified as transgender, rampaged through a school
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Tory minister banned from driving after being caught speeding 30mph over limit
Immigration minister Robert Jenrick was clocked driving at 68mph on the M1, despite a temporary 40mph limit being in place, and was given a driving ban due to 'repeat offending'
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Russia threatens retaliation as NATO says it would go to war to protect Finland
Helsinki has formally joined the nuclear-armed alliance - meaning it enjoys the protection of the coalition's Article V 'one for all and all for one' defensive pledge
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Trump supporter explodes at reporter in live broadcast screaming 'fake news'
Channel Nine TV US correspondent Alison Piotrowski was reporting on Donald Trump's indictment charges outside Trump Tower when a supporter labelled Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg 'a criminal'
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Suella Braverman's refugee barge plan in chaos as Tory MP threatens legal action
Tory MP Richard Drax said legal action is being looked at as he called on Suella Braverman to scrap the plan to house more than 500 asylum seekers on a barge in Dorset
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NATO 'more united than ever' says Foreign Secretary as Finland joins alliance
James Cleverly welcomed Helsinki's entry into the 74-year-old, 30-member organsation - and vowed to press ahead with allowing Sweden into the nuclear-armed coalition
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Tory social care 'betrayal' sparks fury with plan to halve workforce funding
The Department of Health and Social Care quietly announced a move to halve promised cash for the social care workforce to £250 million which critics said would leave planned reforms to the struggling sector 'in tatters'
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Should MPs be allowed to claim second home expenses? Take poll and have your say
Suella Braverman claimed £700 expenses for rental flat - and she STILL hasn't paid it back ... is that right?
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Tory MP filmed typing his birthday for phone password in 'careless' gaffe
Former junior minister James Morris has been labelled "careless" after being filmed on a live committee stream typing in his date of birth to access his mobile phone
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Australian green steel deal shows UK industry how to do it, say campaigners
Liberty Steel has struck a deal with the Australian government to support its switch to an electric arc furnace at its Whyalla plant - and unions believe it shows how cooperation can benefit the sector
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Tories slip out plan to halve social care workforce fund as MPs on Easter break
Care minister Helen Whately announced she is slashing the £500million fund that had been promised to improve the recruitment and retainment of social care workers
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Liz Truss told family of British hostage in Iran he was not her 'problem'
Blunders made by both Boris Johnson and Liz Truss were highlighted by the Commons foreign affairs committee in their report on hostages such as Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Morad Tahbaz
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Top Five UK Blue Flag beaches worst for sewage discharges as pollution soars
The worst incident was on Blackpool Sands in Devon, where sewage was discharged for 1,014 hours last year during 63 separate sewage dumps onto the beach
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Tory ministers recycle wet wipe ban announcement for the third time in 5 years
Environment Secretary Therese Coffey will pledge to consult shoppers and industry on outlawing wet wipes containing plastic fibres over concerns they are creating fatbergs in Britain's sewers
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'Suella Braverman isn’t being brave, she is being deliberately divisive'
'Grooming isn’t a colour issue. It’s about how to protect vulnerable young girls from exploitative nasty scum whatever their background, race or religion'
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Suella Braverman got £700 expenses for rental flat - and STILL hasn't repaid it
The Home Secretary has not paid the money back despite renting the home out for profit during the period for which she had received the payout
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Nigel Lawson dies as Sunak leads Tories hailing Thatcher's pivotal Chancellor
Nigel Lawson, who served in the Cabinet of Margaret Thatcher, has died at the age of 91. The father of TV celebrity Nigella Lawson represented the constituency of Blaby from 1974 until 1992
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Meet the 'Stevenage Women' needed to secure a Labour election victory
The Mirror took a trip to the Hertfordshire town to find out what issues the group of voters identified by a think-tank are affected by and what they think of Keir Starmer
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'Suella Braverman won't allow facts to get in the way of a good scaremongering'
For a Conservative Party without a plan, a Home Secretary determined to start a race war is a perfect distraction
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Everything we know about Trump indictment - what it means and what happens next
Former US president Donald Trump has been indicted and will be handing himself in at the lower Manhattan courthouse on Tuesday, February 4 with an arraignment expected later that day
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Tory voter ID checks slammed as just one person cautioned for fraud last year
Conservative ministers have been accused of discouraging young people from voting by requiring people to show photo identification at polling stations at local elections in May
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'Stop the gloats - Suella Braverman has got a flipping cheek'
The Home Secretary 'flipped' her second home allowance to claim £25,000 in energy bills for her own family, says Fleet Street Fox. She's got a flipping cheek
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Rishi Sunak warns against turning 'blind eye to child grooming gangs'
The Prime Minister was speaking as he hosted the first meeting of a new taskforce aimed at rooting out child sexual exploitation - and after the Home Secretary pointed the finger at British Pakistani men
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Finland to formally join NATO tomorrow, Jens Stoltenberg announces
Alliance Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg announced Helsinki would be formally admitted to the coalition on Tuesday