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Latest news of happy times (7)

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I believe the answer is:

updates

'latest news' is the definition.
(up to date information)

'happy times' is the wordplay.
'happy' becomes 'up' (I've seen this in other clues).
'times' becomes 'dates' (date is a kind of time).
'up'+'dates'='UPDATES'

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for updates that I've seen before include "Fresh bulletins" , "Brings to current status" , "Moves with the times" , "New versions" , "latest reports" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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