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Donald Trump unveiled the winners of his self-made "Fake News Awards" last night in his latest attack on the free press. The move comes as the highly acclaimed The Post hits the big screens which reviewers have described as a "timely defence of the press and its freedom to expose corruption, even when it implicates or embarrasses those in political power". Among the "winners" of the fake news awards include the film's featured publications The New York Times and the...

“Why are the Government singling out the charter of fundamental rights to be the only piece of EU legislation that they wish to repeal?” Asked Conservative MP Kenneth Clarke this week. “I have yet to hear an example from anybody of a case where the charter of fundamental rights has been invoked in a way that anybody in this House would wish to reverse. We have not been given an example of an area of law that we have been...

By Tara Carey Today, the High Court is considering a case challenging the criminalisation and continued punishment of prostituted women, brought forward by several women who were pimped into prostitution as teenagers. If successful, the case will bring an end to the shameful practice of labelling and punishing victims of abuse and exploitation for something that was in a large part done to them. The effect of prostitution-specific records on women regarding jobs, housing and family life is excessively disproportionate...

A thug has been found guilty of murdering a teenage girl by strangling her as part of his "snuff movie fantasy" before stashing her body in a clingfilm-covered wardrobe. Evil Ashley Foster, 24, had only been released from prison three days before he throttled 17-year-old Megan Bills to death during a sick sex game. The church-going teenager's body was found badly decomposed at a hostel for former lags in Brierley Hill, West Mids., on May 3 last year. Jobless Foster...

An Islamic State loyalist showed beheading videos to children to persuade them to join the cause while he plotted a terror attack, a court heard today (tues). Umar Haque, 25, showed the videos to pupils and later had youngsters at a mosque carry out violent role play against the police, it was said. He is accused of planning an attack in London, with potential targets including Big Ben, the Queen's guards, Heathrow, the City of London, Westfield shopping centres, Transport...

A poor fox limped past 10 Downing Street looking for help - in the middle of the day. The injured critter, which is normally nocturnal, hobbled past the PM's home just before Amber Rudd emerged on Tuesday lunchtime. London, January 16 2018. A fox limps past the Prime Minister's office at 10 Downing Street as cabinet ministers meet inside. Photographer Paul Davey, who spotted the sad-looking creature, said: "He hobbled past once, and then came back the other way. "He...

Two teenagers who beat to death a homeless man to death because "it was funny" have been jailed for life for the "senseless act of mindless brutality." Alex Macdonald and Charlie White, both 19, and Jimmy Buckley, 20, beat 21-year-old Razvan Sirbu to death near the tent where he lived in a Kent beauty spot. The trio attacked the Romanian after coming across him late at night on May 6 in Tovil, Kent, where he lived in woodland. Mr Sirbu's...

A multimillionaire landlord who imposed a "no coloureds" ban is suing a YouTuber with just £100 to his name - under the Malicious Communications Act. Property mogul Fergus Wilson, 69, has taken YouTuber Danny Hyde, 29, to court after he published a video claiming the landlord was "coming across as racist". Wilson banned 'coloureds' from renting his properties last year because of curry smells and also refused to rent to plumbers, single parents and nobody under 18. The landlord who...

An ex-university friend of BBC Newsnight's Emily Maitlis has been jailed for more than three years after bombarding her with sinister letters - warning her "I will not relent". Edward Vines, 47, re-started his 27-year campaign of harassment despite a restraining order banning him from contacting the journalist or her relatives. He had previously sent mother-of-two Ms Maitlis three letters from his prison cell after he was jailed for three years in 2016 over his stalking. When he was released...