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The Quicky News: Wednesday January 21st 2026

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New hate speech laws are already facing a possible legal challenge from a prominent neo-Nazi after finally passing parliament; Controversial protest restrictions have been extended for another fortnight with an exemption created to allow Invasion Day rallies to proceed; Prince Harry is due to start giving evidence in a UK court today as he and several other high profile claimants band together in an attempt to prove the Daily Mail used concerning tactics to infiltrate their private lives for stories; Midnight Oil's founding member and drummer Rob Hirst has died at the age of 70 after a near three-year battle with pancreatic cancer; Queer Eye star Karamo Brown has pulled out of planned interviews with his TV show co-stars as they wrap up the show after 10 years

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