The Farmers Market may have a new home in the Botanical Gardens should a Planning application by the Department of Parks for a new barn at the Botanical Gardens be successful.

The Department of Parks has sought planning approval to replace an existing stable with two new buildings.

?The two stables used for the Annual Exhibition have been up for a very, very long time,? Park Planner, Drew Pettit said.

Mr. Pettit said the old stable was damaged in Hurricane Fabian and Parks wanted to replace it with a multi-purpose barn.

?It will address the deficiencies that was there before,? he said. ?It will principally be for the Ag Show but could be multi-purpose, maybe even for the Farmer?s Market or events like that.?

The Farmers Market currently meets at Bull?s Head car park and will be open tomorrow from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.

US man on drugs charge

A man from the United States who is charged with drug trafficking in Bermuda has been remanded into custody.

Jose ? Diaz, of of Penn Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is alleged to have imported cocaine to the Island last Friday and to have been in possession of it with intent to supply at St. George?s parish on that date.

He was told by Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner on Wednesday that, as his alleged offence is one that must be tried at a higher court before a jury, he did not have to enter a plea at his Magistrates? Court appearance yesterday.

Diaz, who is represented by lawyer Larry Scott, had his case listed before the lower court once again for mention on November 30.

Man denies wounding

A Smith?s man has appeared at Magistrates? Court charged with wounding another man and damaging his property.

Kevin Sheill, of Sommersall Road denied unlawfully wounding Uyone Talbot on May 22 this year, and also damaging his bathroom window and motor car on that date.

Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner asked 32-year-old Sheill to confirm that he maintained a not guilty plea to a separate matter of impaired driving.

When he did so, Mr. Warner adjourned the driving matter for trial on February 21, 2006 and the wounding and damage case for trial on February 23, 2006, granting him $2,000 bail.

Driver banned

A car driver who was involved in a collision with a cycle while more than three and a half times over the drink drive limit has been fined and banned from the road.

Glenmore Barrett of Cove Valley Road, St. George?s, was arrested by Police after an accident on Harbour Road, Paget, near the junction with Cobbs Hill Road at 12.30 a.m. on September 3.

Crown counsel Cindy Clarke told Magistrates? Court that Barrett, 49, had been travelling west when his green car was involved in a collision with a silver cycle which was travelling east.

He told the officers that he had not been drinking, but a subsequent breath test revealed 289 milligrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood, when the legal limit is 80.

He pleaded guilty to a charge of driving over the legal alcohol limit yesterday, telling Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner: ?It was an unfortunate situation.?

Mr. Warner fined him $1,000 and disqualified him from driving for 12 months.

Paint firm to expand

The Bermuda Paint Company (BPC) wants to expand its storage space in order to stock more of paint products.

BPC has sought Planning approval to remove an existing building on Watlington Road West, Devonshire to construct new office and retail space, new internal staircase and other internal renovations.

?We need more space for manufactured products,? BPC general manager Richard Moulder said. ?With the paint we make we can only produce one or two batches at a time. We would like to produce three or four batches at a time so we can give it to the customer faster.?