Can you host an overseas student?

Host families are needed for 50 international students visiting Bermuda from June 15-28.

The participants in the Up with People programme are aged 18 and 19 and are from more than 17 countries.

They will spend their two weeks in Bermuda participating in community outreach programmes. Host families are being sought to take one or more students into their homes and will be asked to provide them with sleeping accommodation, limited local transportation in the mornings and evenings, breakfast and some dinners.

Up With People has visited Bermuda numerous times since its inception in 1965.

For more information, contact the Advance Team at 777-4757 or 777-4756 or by email at pworccester@upwithpeople.org.

Watch and phone stolen

A watch and a cell phone were stolen from a Warwick residence.

According to Police, the culprit entered Spice Hill Road home between 11.30 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. on Wednesday, while it was unoccupied.

Said a spokesperson: "The culprit stole a men's Omega watch, a BlackBerry Storm cellular phone and a quantity of cash."

Lost laptop handed to Police

A Good Samaritan turned a laptop found at a bus shelter in Somerset over to Police.

Officers are now hoping the rightful owner will contact Somerset Police Station so it can be returned.

The found item has is described as a "grey Lenovo laptop computer in a grey bag".

It was found by a member of public near the bus lay-by on Mangrove Bay Road in Sandys at 7 a.m. on Thursday.

Said a Police spokesperson: "We are encouraging anyone with any information about this item to contact the Somerset Police Station on 234-1010."