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The victory has secured her place at the 75th Miss Universe competition in Puerto Rico in November, 43 years after Lorraine Downes won the international title in 1983.
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Time to Look Back in Anger
The police exist to establish facts, investigate criminality and protect the public. They should not be enforcement officers for political orthodoxy. Some officers are clearly now more concerned about appearing sufficiently progressive rather than exercising independent professional judgement.
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[The Good Oil] Stuff Up of the Day
Check out the latest media stuff ups both locally and around the world.
The West’s Free Speech Consensus Is Fracturing
European crackdowns on citizen speech is provoking Washington to respond. Will free expression become a transatlantic fault line?