Former Premier League footballer Joey Barton has received a suspended prison sentence for sending grossly offensive messages to football pundits Eni Aluko and Lucy Ward and broadcaster Jeremy Vine.

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As part of hate crime awareness week, a national group scrutinising how police can improve the way they tackle hate crime met.

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Julius Goncarukas, 42, was sentenced, with an uplift due to the hate crime element, after invoking fear in the Jewish community in Salford.

The parents of a five-week-old baby who was repeatedly assaulted throughout her short life have been sentenced for their parts in her death.