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Spreading a bit of joy | Editor’s comment

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It’s a funny old industry. On the one hand, the big news affecting the sector seems relentlessly negative. As our lead news story reports, crime continues to spiral out of control (although there was a welcome reduction in violent incidents). And only this week we…

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