November 7: Carol Anne Bassett makes history by being appointed as the first woman Senate president.

November 14: Guest workers will be issued ID cards as Government cracks down on illegal employees, Labour Minister David Burch announced. The move is branded as being reminiscent of Nazi Germany by Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards. Sen. Burch then threatens to axe Mr. Richards' firm from a big IT project involved with the production of the cards.

November 20: The Island rejoices after two women in their 50s fight back against night burglars in separate incidents. A 57-year-old told of how she activated a panic alarm after a tussle in her Paget home as she grappled with a burglar's coat and hood, trying to unmask his identity as he pushed her to the ground.

She told this paper: "He kept saying, 'Take it easy lady'. But I kept trying to fight him, to pull off his mask. I just wanted to know who this was and make sure he got the hell out of my house. I was screaming my head off."

In the second incident in Jennings Bay Road, Southampton, a 53-year-old woman was woken up by her dog barking, to find an intruder in her bedroom who she confronted. He left empty-handed.

November 28: Bermuda gets new bank notes but there is controversy when it emerges that one of the Longtails featured on Bermuda's new $50 is a species that does not nest on the Island. Environmentalist David Wingate said he was "appalled" by the choice of the Red-billed Tropical bird, which hails from the West Indies and eastern Pacific, for the main image on the note.

November 28: Premier Ewart Brown said Bermudians should be offended and insulted by Britain's plan to investigate the Island's financial regime and he again banged the drum for Independence. Governor Sir Richard Gozney says Bermuda has nothing to fear.