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  "id": 15972573,
  "title": "‘There were times I was a horrible friend’: How James and Olly kept their friendship alive for decades",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/there-were-times-i-was-a-horrible-friend-how-james-and-olly-kept",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-22T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
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    "url": "https://www.smh.com.au/national/there-were-times-i-was-a-horrible-friend-how-james-and-olly-kept-their-friendship-alive-for-decades-20261022-p615hr.html?ref=rss"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A series of comings-out for City of Sydney deputy lord mayor Olly Arkins cemented a childhood friendship with events manager James Declase.",
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        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "‘There were times I was a horrible friend’: How James and Olly kept their friendship alive for decades",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/there-were-times-i-was-a-horrible-friend-how-james-and-olly-kept-15972882",
        "published": "2026-10-22T00:00:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}