92-year-old queen wins beauty pageant organised by elderly home

Jun 25 2022

92-year-old Terry Lubrano Bencini winning The Imperial’s beauty pageant and celebrating with her late husband is the most wholesome news we’ve heard all year.

Bencini is a familiar face in the local broadcasting scene, garnering popularity locally as a singer, actress and Redifussion host between 1948 and the early ’70s.

Terry told Television Malta that she felt proud of herself after winning and saying “I did it”, going on to state that after winning, she spoke to her late husband Maurice who sadly passed away five months ago. “I told him, Maur, I made it”, she stated, going on to state that she speaks to him every single day.

Congratulations Terry!

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Stranded luggage returns to Malta from Heathrow after week of chaos

Jun 25 2022

Air Malta travellers who arrived via Heathrow last week can finally rest as waves of stranded luggage finally arrived on Friday.

The airline has been contacting the travellers involved, with around 100 bags stuck in Heathrow Airport’s baggage system in London amongst thousands of others.

The issue stirred chaos in London after a luggage conveyor belt malfunction, leading to thousands of luggages being stranded and social media going into a frenzy for the ridiculous amount of stranded luggage.

With regards to Malta, only one Air Malta flight was affected.

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MP & former PN leader Adrian Delia announces he is having a baby with partner Cynthia

Jun 25 2022

Former PN leader and current Nationalist Party MP Adrian Delia took to Facebook this morning to share that he and his partner Cynthia are expecting a child.

The post read “Good morning, to my lovely Cynthia, to all of you people out there, and most dearly of all you have a good day and beautiful life dearest, yet unborn child of ours.”

The joyous news was met with thousands of likes and comments congratulating the couple on the joyous news. Delia concluded his post by stating “No words enough to thank God every single day”, followed by the hashtag #giftoflife and ‘feeling blessed’.

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US women loses legal right to abortion as Supreme Court overturns 50 year ruling

Jun 24 2022

The United States Supreme Court has overturned a 50-year-old ruling, Roe V Wade, which granted millions of women the legal right to abortion.

The move comes as the Supreme Court ruled in favour of the state in the Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organisation case, which saw the state of Mississippi arguing for a new law to ban abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy.

Roe v Wade was established back in 1973 and legalised abortion nationwide up to the point of foetal viability, which is around 24 weeks into pregnancy.

The court ruled in favour of the state by a majority of six to three, making it so individual states across North America will be able to introduce bans on the procedure. It is expected that half of US states are already expected to introduce new restrictions or outright bans.

13 states, including Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi already passing so-called trigger laws, which mean a ban on abortion will come into effect following Supreme Court ruling.

Others will reactivate dormant law which will in many cases make it illegal to access abortion, possibly even when the conception has resulted from rape or incest.

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