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This story starts with the late Jim Momolevu and his village of Navoci in Fjii. NBR owners Todd and Jackie Scott have been visiting Fiji for more than a decade, and Jim was typically their driver when they needed to get to and from the airport and the like. Since his sudden death five years ago, the Scotts continued a close connection with Jim’s village and family and, in particular, his twin brother Tim, helping out with money and food when they could. The Scotts returned to Fiji to live earlier this year, just four days before the country’s first community Covid case. This week, the Pa...

Boozhoo, relatives. A lot of news out there, especially with the recent discovery of 751 unmarked graves at another residential school in Canada (more below).

Readers' letters Cycle lanes have proved beneficial in lockdown - Credit: Tim Ireland/PA Images Benefit of People Friendly Streets Tash H, Islington, full name and address supplied, writes: As Lockdown 3.0 was announced, one of the first things I noticed was the number of people outdoors going for walks and cycle rides. With gyms shut and lockdown restrictions in place, getting outdoors is the main way many people are getting their exercise. For some people, it is currently their only way of having social contact, by meeting one other person to exercise with.  Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTN...

Want to read more? At the start of the pandemic in March we took the decision to make online access to our news free of charge by taking down our paywall. At a time where accurate information about Covid-19 was vital to our community, this was the right decision – even though it meant a drop in our income. In order to help safeguard the future of our journalism, the time has now come to reinstate our paywall, However,  rest assured that access to all Covid related news will still remain free. To access all other news will require a subscription, as it did pre-pandemic. The good news is tha...