MP and Hott 107.5 FM president Glenn Blakeney accused ZBM news director Gary Moreno of violating Fresh TV's exclusive rights to the 2005 Cup Match game while Mr. Moreno accused Mr. Blakeney of assault. The dispute broke out between ZBM news director Mr. Moreno and Mr. Blakeney over an interview Mr. Moreno was conducting at the St. George's Cricket clubhouse with Deputy Governor Nick Carter. Mr. Blakeney appeared in Magistrates' Court in November and plead not guilty. His trial will take place on March 27.

Premier Alex Scott's approval rating continued to climb in August, commanding significant support among the Island's youth, with 65.5 percent of those polled between the ages of 18 and 35 viewing him in a favourable light.

Unhappy residents of Mary Victoria and Alexandra Road held a private meeting with the Development Applications Board to air their grievances about former Housing Minister Ashfield DeVent's decision to add 20 new homes.

Bright Temple AME Church in Warwick hired convicted paedophile Christopher Winslow Darrell as a musical director and told him to stay away from girls. In August he was locked up for four years, his fifth paedophile conviction since 1990. The pastor of the church said he gave Darrell the musical director position because he wanted to give him a "second chance".

Newly revived musicians' union selected its leadership after a dispute with the previous president Lloyd Simmons. Sax man Miles Manders was elected president and Shine Hayward vice president.

A visiting married couple claimed Dame Jennifer Smith knocked them off their bike and then laughed at them in August. Ronald Carvalho and his wife Cuc Luong said they were leaving Tobacco Bay slowly on a livery cycle when a silver coloured convertible appeared and collided with them. They also alleged that Ms Smith did not attempt to help them and simply laughed. Police investigated the claims but the case was dropped due to lack of evidence.

Home Affairs Minister Randy Horton announced that the Police would be allowed to carry CS spray ? also known as tear gas ? by the end of the year.

A "very dangerous" convicted killer was sentenced to seven years in prison for wounding his cousin with an ice pick because he would not buy him a drink. Winston Wellington Burgess, Jr. nearly killed his cousin on August 15, 2004 and was sentenced to prison on a year later. He had already spent time in jail for murdering a man in the 1990s.

On August 23 reported that the Bermuda Land Development Company spent $6.5 million on cleaning up the former Baselands so far.

On August 24 it was reported that the number of jobs in Bermuda jumped two percent in 2004 as international business appeared to be on the verge of overtaking government as the Island's largest employer.

Auditor General Larry Dennis called the Bermuda Housing Trust's refusal to make its financial statements public "absolutely atrocious". Throughout 2005 it was reported that the BHT residents were up in arms at what they saw as totally unreasonable rent hikes. A large number now required to fork out double what they were paying to live in BHT properties at the end of last year. Former Housing Minister Ashfield DeVent and the Trustees balked at demands to justify the rent increases by making the BHT's financial statements public ? both arguing that there is nothing in the law which suggests they must do so.