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Otago Daily Times
18-06-2025
- Health
- Otago Daily Times
Wellbeing through writing promoted
A workshop has been helping people experiencing challenging emotions by encouraging them to put pen to paper. Writing for Wellness is a collaboration between WellSouth and South Dunedin City of Literature "Poet Lorikeet" Jenny Powell. WellSouth health improvement practitioner Sarah Redfearn said her role included offering health initiatives that support wellbeing, such as gym sessions or runs. The workshop was an opportunity to focus on emotional rather than physical wellbeing. "I think writing is a very natural way to look after your own mental health." Participants are told the goal is not perfect prose. "It is just about the process of using words to help us really, it is about the journey of it". Writing has endured for centuries for good reason. "You can look 400 years ago and see what Shakespeare wrote and relate to that, because humans have a shared understanding about emotion and feelings." Mrs Redfearn invited colleague and fellow health improvement practitioner Rohana Weaver to join the project because they had previously run workshops together. Ms Weaver said her background in the arts and occupational therapy had given her a passion for creativity's role in wellbeing. The pair drew on evidence showing how creativity and group engagement can boost wellbeing. Poet Jenny Powell said the project was a true collaboration, building on each other's ideas. "I'm picking elements of writing that are appropriate for the topics for a slightly different group than I normally work with." She had previously trained in educational psychology and was interested in the health-giving side of writing. Working alongside the WellSouth practitioners was a chance to gain up-to-date insights. "For me it is making sure what I am doing is research-based in terms of effectiveness." Workshop participant Jacqui Cane said Mrs Redfearn invited her to come along after helping her tackle sleep problems, weight-loss goals and grief following her father-in-law's death last year. "So that was the catalyst for lots of these things." She said she enjoyed learning new things so she decided to try the writing workshops, which had been very interesting. One technique involved writing "everything in your head" straight on to paper. "You don't monitor it, you don't judge it, you just write down everything. "And then you discard that piece of paper in the hope that perhaps by getting it out of your head, in a way it clears your mind to sleep better before you go to bed." Another idea presented by Ms Powell was writing a positive poem before bed. "Again, helping to almost download those things in your head and allow you just to sleep better." Writing for Wellness Thursdays, June 19, June 26 and July 3. 5pm to 6.30pm Dunedin City Library Dunningham Suite, 4th floor. Free group to explore writing skills for self-care. Just turn up or for details phone or text 022 017-3977.
Rhyl Journal
05-06-2025
- Rhyl Journal
Rhyl woman stole beer and Prosecco from Heron Foods store
Amy Redfearn, 29, of no fixed abode but from the Rhyl area, admitted stealing beer and Prosecco from Rhyl's Heron Foods on High Street on May 1. She pleaded guilty to a charge of theft from a shop at Llandudno Magistrates Court yesterday (June 4). Redfearn was handed a 12-month conditional discharge, and was ordered to pay compensation of £29.25 and costs to the Crown Prosecution Service of £85. In March, she was sentenced to four weeks' imprisonment for stealing goods worth £93.97 from the Boots store in Rhyl. Prior to that, she was jailed for six weeks in October 2023 in relation to eight shoplifting offences across Denbighshire, with the total value of items she stole amounting to £857.58.
The Herald Scotland
03-06-2025
- Politics
- The Herald Scotland
Boulder terror attack live updates: Suspect used flamethrower
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday expressed solidarity with the victims who were attacked "simply because they were Jews. " He said he was confident U.S. authorities would prosecute "the cold blood perpetrator to the fullest extent of the law." "The antisemitic attacks around the world are a direct result of blood libels against the Jewish state and people, and this must be stopped," Netanyahu said in a statement. The victims, ages 67 to 88, were transported to local hospitals with injuries ranging from serious to minor, Boulder Police Chief Stephen Redfearn said. At least two of the wounded were airlifted to a hospital in the Denver area, he said. Sunday's attack fell on the Jewish holiday of Shavuot and came less than two weeks after two Israeli Embassy aides were fatally shot outside a Jewish museum in Washington, D.C. The Boulder attack occurred at a "regularly scheduled, weekly peaceful event," Mark Michalek, special agent in charge at the FBI's Denver field office, said during a briefing. 8 injured in Boulder: Group had gathered to support Israeli hostages Earlier Sunday, Boulder dispatch received several calls to the county courthouse at around 1:26 p.m. local time, Redfearn said. Initial reports indicated that there was a man with a weapon, and people were being set on fire at the scene. Responding officers encountered multiple victims who were injured with wounds consistent with burns and other injuries, Redfearn said. Contributing: Thao Nguyen and Michael Collins, USA TODAY; Reuters
The Citizen
02-06-2025
- Politics
- The Citizen
Eight injured in ‘flamethrower' attack on Israeli hostage protest in US
A man yelling 'Free Palestine' attacked a peaceful pro-Israel rally with incendiary devices in Boulder, injuring eight people and sparking a federal terror investigation. An Israeli flag is fixed to a street sign as police stand by off Pearl Street on the scene of an attack on demonstrators calling for the release of Israeli hostages held in Gaza, in Boulder, Colorado, on June 1, 2025. (Photo by Eli Imadali / AFP) A man yelling 'free Palestine' used incendiary devices to torch protesters rallying in support of Israeli hostages, injuring at least eight people in the US state of Colorado on Sunday. The FBI said it was investigating the incident as a 'targeted terror attack' and identified the suspect as 45-year-old Mohamed Sabry Soliman. He was booked into the county jail just before midnight on multiple felony charges, according to county records. His bond has been set at $10 million. Police in the city of Boulder said it was too early to determine a motive for the attack, which took place shortly before 1:30 pm (1930 GMT) at a demonstration outside a mall. The Anti-Defamation League, a Jewish activist group, said the 'violent antisemitic attack' occurred at Sunday's 'Run for Their Lives' event, a weekly gathering of the Jewish community in solidarity with hostages seized during Hamas's October 7, 2023, attack on Israel, sparking the war in Gaza. FBI agent Mark Michalek told reporters the attack happened at a 'regularly scheduled weekly peaceful event.' ALSO READ: SA calls for urgent probe after 32 Palestinians killed while waiting for food 'Witnesses are reporting that the subject used a makeshift flamethrower and threw an incendiary into the crowd,' he said, adding that 'the suspect was heard to yell: 'Free Palestine!'' Boulder Police said that eight victims, four men and four women aged between 52 and 88, were transported to hospitals. Boulder Police Chief Steve Redfearn told reporters that 'at least one victim was very seriously injured, probably safe to say critical condition.' The suspect was also injured before being taken into custody, Redfearn said. Molotov cocktails In one video that purportedly shows the attack, a shirtless man holding clear bottles in his hands is seen pacing as the grass in front of him burns. He can be heard screaming 'End Zionists!' and 'They are killers!' towards several people in red T-shirts as they tend to a person lying on the ground. ALSO READ: 'Free Palestine' shooter kills two outside Jewish museum in Washington Other images showed billowing black smoke. Boulder resident Alexis Cendon said he felt 'very, very scared' after hearing about the attack near his workplace. Sunday's attack occurred during the Jewish holiday of Shavuot. It comes almost two weeks after the fatal shooting of two Israeli embassy staffers outside a Jewish museum in Washington, where a 31-year-old suspect, who shouted 'Free Palestine,' was arrested. Boulder Police Chief Redfearn insisted it was 'way too early to speculate motive,' but FBI chief Kash Patel described the attack as 'a targeted terror attack.' Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser labeled it 'a hate crime.' 'People may have differing views about world events and the Israeli-Hamas conflict, but violence is never the answer to settling differences,' Weiser said. ALSO READ: WATCH: 'ICJ case never came up' in meeting with Trump, says Ramaphosa White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller posted on X that the suspect was a foreign national who 'illegally overstayed (his) visa.' Fox News and CBS both cited US officials as saying Soliman was an Egyptian national. The White House said President Donald Trump had been briefed on the incident. 'Burning the streets' Israel's top diplomat Gideon Saar condemned Sunday's 'terrible antisemitic terror attack targeting Jews in Boulder.' Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon also voiced outrage. 'Terrorism against Jews does not stop at the Gaza border — it is already burning the streets of America,' he said in a statement. ALSO READ: WATCH: Is Ramaphosa in trouble? US Secretary of State Marco Rubio calls out SA ahead of Trump meeting US Secretary of State Marco Rubio also described the Boulder incident as a 'targeted terror attack,' while Attorney General Pam Bondi termed it 'a horrific anti-Semitic attack.' Lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle expressed revulsion. 'Tonight, a peaceful demonstration was targeted in a vile, antisemitic act of terror,' top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer said in a statement. 'Once again, Jews are left reeling from repeated acts of violence and terror.' Several organizations also decried the violence. 'This is an attack on all of us — and we will not stay silent,' the Israeli-American Council said in a statement. – By: © Agence France-Presse
USA Today
02-06-2025
- Politics
- USA Today
'Simply because they were Jews': Boulder terror attack suspect used flamethrower
'Simply because they were Jews': Boulder terror attack suspect used flamethrower Show Caption Hide Caption FBI investigating 'attack at Colorado mall The FBI is investigating a report of a "targeted attack" in a Boulder, Colorado mall. Authorities in Colorado on Monday were investigating what the FBI described as a "targeted terror attack" in Boulder after a man with a makeshift flamethrower shouted "Free Palestine" and set eight people aflame. The attack prompted chaos at a pedestrian mall where protesters were calling for the release of Israeli hostages in Gaza. The suspect, identified by authorities as Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, was taken into custody, authorities said. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday expressed solidarity with the victims who were attacked "simply because they were Jews. " He said he was confident U.S. authorities would prosecute "the cold blood perpetrator to the fullest extent of the law." "The antisemitic attacks around the world are a direct result of blood libels against the Jewish state and people, and this must be stopped," Netanyahu said in a statement. The victims, ages 67 to 88, were transported to local hospitals with injuries ranging from serious to minor, Boulder Police Chief Stephen Redfearn said. At least two of the wounded were airlifted to a hospital in the Denver area, he said. Sunday's attack fell on the Jewish holiday of Shavuot and came less than two weeks after two Israeli Embassy aides were fatally shot outside a Jewish museum in Washington, D.C. The Boulder attack occurred at a "regularly scheduled, weekly peaceful event," Mark Michalek, special agent in charge at the FBI's Denver field office, said during a briefing. 8 injured in Boulder: Group had gathered to support Israeli hostages Earlier Sunday, Boulder dispatch received several calls to the county courthouse at around 1:26 p.m. local time, Redfearn said. Initial reports indicated that there was a man with a weapon, and people were being set on fire at the scene. Responding officers encountered multiple victims who were injured with wounds consistent with burns and other injuries, Redfearn said. Contributing: Thao Nguyen and Michael Collins, USA TODAY; Reuters
