reports on Bermuda's hospitals today.

Mr. Furbert will be joined by Bermuda Hospitals Board chairman Clement Talbot when the reports -- which make a range of restructuring suggestions -- are made public.

WOMAN DENIES THEFT CRM Woman denies theft A 21-year old St. George's woman is facing trial for $19,000 of theft and forgery from deposit company Bermuda Home Ltd.

Latisha Smith, of Wellington Slip Road, yesterday pleaded not guilty to three counts of forgery at Bermuda Home and three counts of stealing from the company.

Smith was given $2,500 bail and her trial is scheduled for October 30.

PASSENGER IN HOSPITAL HOS FLY Passenger in hospital The passenger who caused a ruckus aboard a London-bound flight is still under hospital supervision in Bermuda, according to Police.

The 20-year-old British passenger is still undergoing assessment by hospital officials to decide whether he is fit to travel.

A Britannia Airways crew radioed Bermuda on Tuesday night requesting permission to land, claiming one of the passengers had caused a disturbance on board.

Airport officials said the flight, from Miami to London, diverted to Bermuda at around 9.40 p.m. after the passenger lashed out at fellow passengers.

POLICE PROBE CAR THEFT AC Police probe car theft Police are searching for the driver of a stolen car who left the scene of an accident early yesterday morning.

A Mitsubishi Colt was found abandoned on North Shore Road in Hamilton Parish shortly before 3.30 a.m.

Police said the driver apparently lost control while turning on a left-hand bend.

The car hit a wall, spun around, and collided with steel poles across the road.

The owner of the car notified Police a short time later that the vehicle had been stolen. Police enquiries are continuing.

CHARITY RIDE CONTINUES FNR Charity ride continues Pledges are still pouring in as a charity cycle ride reaches its halfway stage in Britain.

Bermuda fundraisers Tom Butterfield and Kim Carter are in the Lincolnshire Wolds in England on their Land's End to John O'Groats ride, which aims to raise $150,000 for the Masterworks Foundation.

Spokeswoman Elise Outerbridge said Mr. Butterfield and Mr. Carter had called in as they reached the outskirts of Lincoln.

The pair had just made their first village after riding through nothing but fields of sheep and corn for days.

They started last Thursday at Britain's most southerly point and, averaging around 70 miles a day, are on target to reach the most northern tip of Scotland by next Tuesday.

CHURCHES BEARS NO ILL-WILL CHU COA Church bears no ill-will A congregation which won a court battle forcing its ordained ministers to stay off church property aims to get on with its mission -- serving the North Shore community.

Two factions developed in the Grace Methodist Church after a majority of its members, led by lay minister Willard Lightbourne, protested a Methodist affiliation with the liberal United Church of Canada which supports the ordination of homosexuals.

After a suit and counter suit, the dispute was finally settled by a Supreme Court decision which ruled the UCC violated key principles of Methodist Church founder, John Wesley.

The judge ruled in favour of Mr. Lightbourne and his followers.

In a letter signed "The Grace Methodist Church Congregation'', parishioners used Biblical scriptures to describe the "long, tedious and most disturbing'' Supreme Court battle which gave them exclusive control of Church property.

And they say they "hold no ill-will toward all those who were against'' them during the case.

The Synod of the Wesley Methodist Church plans to appeal the Supreme Court ruling.