August 1: The Royal Gazette reported how Cup Match was marred by violence when thugs armed with weapons including a bottle, chair and spade got involved in a scuffle as the event wrapped up at Wellington Oval. Several arrests were made.

A planned concert by rapper Rick Ross was cancelled at the last minute when Immigration Minister David Burch refused a work permit due to concerns he was not of good character.

The former corrections officer was once arrested in Florida on gun and drug charges but they were dropped.

August 3: Police appealed for the public's help to "stop the madness" after it emerged that the Cup Match fight involved up to 30 men and left an innocent woman injured.

Hundreds turned out to mark the 175th anniversary of the emancipation of slaves in Bermuda.

August 4: Chief Justice Richard Ground announced that he planned to review the Kellon Hill murder case to see if lessons can be learnt. Judge Charles-Etta Simmons had, the previous month, ruled that four of the five youngsters charged with murdering teenager Mr. Hill should be discharged before the case went to the jury.

The jury was unable to reach a verdict on a fifth defendant, who now faces retrial next year.

Six men appeared in court over the Cup Match fracas.

August 5: A 19-year-old man from Paget received leg injuries when he was shot in broad daylight on Ord Road in that parish. A blackout at the airport left tourists in the dark although emergency generators kept operations going apart from the lights and air conditioning.

August 6: The opening day of the trial of Ze Selassie, the man accused of murdering 14-year-old Rhiana Moore, heard she was pregnant at the time.

The Bank of Bermuda did away with 120 years of history by rebranding itself as HSBC.

August 7: Janice Battersbee, organiser of protest group BERMUDIANS, vowed to continue the campaign to get Premier Ewart Brown to step down.

August 10: The crew of the Spirit of Bermuda sloop helped save crew from a safety boat that capsized during the round-the-Island powerboat race. New Hamilton mayor Charles Gosling pledged to improve the north of the city, known as "back of town."

August 11: An employee of the cruise ship Norwegian Dawn was jailed for two-and-a-half years for attempting to import more than $12,000 worth of cannabis.

August 12: The jury in the Ze Selassie trial heard from a pathologist how his pregnant victim Rhiana Moore was stabbed 18 times.

Former Attorney General Phil Perinchief called for law reforms in the aftermath of the collapse of the Kellon Hill murder trial.

August 13: Two elderly women were put in fear of their lives when gun-toting robbers raided a Devonshire home in the middle of the afternoon. Judith Mello said she feared she would be shot.

The gang went on to threaten her housekeeper, putting a gun to her forehead before taking her wallet.

August 14: Stores took fewer dollars at the till for a fifth month running, prompting one industry leader to describe retail as "an industry in crisis".

Plans were revealed to demolish the derelict former nightclub Clayhouse Inn and replace it with condominiums, shops and a restaurant.

August 15: Mary J Blige delighted crowds with her performance at the National Stadium. The concert also featured Robin Thicke and other top acts.

August 17: It was announced that Bermuda's Deputy Governor Mark Capes would be the Chief Executive in Turks and Caicos as the British Government worked to restore stability to the territory.

An appeal for witnesses was made after a 31-year-old was beaten unconscious and left bleeding in central Hamilton. Damon Robinson was found by passers-by at 5.15 a.m and ended up in the Intensive Care Unit.

August 18: Second quarter air arrivals dropped to their lowest point since recording began in 1980 and cruise visitor arrivals were down too.

Premier Dr. Ewart Brown said the news was a sign of the "slowdown to the slowdown" as the year-on-year decline was an improvement on the figures for the first quarter of the year.

Bermuda began to prepare for Hurricane Bill.

August 19: Murder-accused Ze Selassie admitted he was "infatuated" with teenager Rhiana Moore and got her pregnant but denied killing her as he took the witness stand in his Supreme Court trial.

A couple was forced to flee inside their home after men brandishing a firearm confronted them as they sat on their front porch in Paget. The raiders made off empty-handed.

August 20: The Bermuda Regiment began to prepare in case it was embodied to deal with Hurricane Bill which continued on its path towards Bermuda. Grace Shelton arrived as Bermuda's new United States Consul General. Meanwhile former President Bill Clinton and his wife Hilary were reported to be on vacation in Bermuda at the Cambridge Beaches resort.

August 21: Ze Selassie was convicted of murdering teenager Rhiana Moore and jailed for life. The threat of Hurricane Bill forced Bill and Hillary Clinton to cut their Island vacation short.

August 24: Bermuda emerged unscathed after Hurricane Bill passed. Although more than 3,000 homes lost power, most were back up within hours and there were no reports of major damage or casualties.

August 25: Police launched an internal probe after reports that Marine Police officers who tried to resuscitate a tourist taken ill on a boat cruise said one officer wasn't trained in CPR and another's training had "expired". Two crew from the vessel stepped in to try to save 53-year-old Barbara Massover but she was later pronounced dead by a doctor.

Calls were made for Bermuda's dormant sex offenders register to be ramped up after news that Rhiana Moore's murderer Ze Selassie was a convicted rapist.

August 26: Technical education expert Michael Stowe said the majority of Bermudian males have a high technical aptitude which makes traditional academic settings wrong for them.

August 27: Auditor General Larry Dennis said Police are probing possible corruption in the handling of Government building contracts, but would not say which were being investigated.

The Human Rights Commission slammed Michael Stowe's comments about Bermudian males as offensive and prejudicial but he defended them, saying he never suggested a technical education is inferior to an academic one.

August 28: Michael Weeks became the new Progressive Labour Party MP for Pembroke East Central after winning the by-election sparked by Nelson Bascome's death.