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Arieta Vakasukawaqa 13 May, 2021, 10:30 am Young men smoking a substance using a bottle at Syria Park in Nausori. Picture: ATU RASEA/FILE People could resort to drugs to sedate loneliness and depression during lockdowns as a result of heightened COVID-19 containment measures. This, according to Operation Foundation founder, the Rev Peter Schultz. “For some people, this is more acute and they are seeking to sedate those feelings by an increased intake of alcohol and/or drug use,” he said. He...

In 1991 Dr Mark Tronson appointed me as Chaplain at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) replacing the inaugural chaplain Reverend Ken Bond who was moving. These continuing 23 years (2019) have been a highlight of my ministry with a non-churched community. Very few ministers have such an opportunity which has been enormously beneficial to me and I trust to those whom Ive served in elite sport. Ive always had an interest in sport as sport is a microcosm of life and having been a foundation Pa...

26 February 2021 • 12:01am A teacher gives a creative writing class at Roath Park primary school in Cardiff, Wales Credit: Matthew Horwood /Getty SIR – Mandatory wearing of masks after the end of lockdown must be rejected. Face masks are vile, dehumanising devices. Nothing better exemplifies a continued divergence from “normality”. When the majority of the population has been vaccinated, including all the high risk groups, masks should no longer be compulsory. John Wainwright   SIR �...

Memory Lane: Reverend wins car in competition run by the League of Friends of Grantham Hospital Published: 12:00, 02 January 2021 A reverend won a car worth £1,000 in a competition run by the League of Friends of Grantham Hospital. In a story in the Journal of January 8, 1971, the Rev Peter W. Dadd, of Harrowby Parsonage, is seen getting into his new car watched by the town crier, Councillor John Wallwork, and Grantham Fayre Lady Beverley Owen. The Rev Dadd won the competition by guessing ...