to look at the Independence option again amid a rewrite of relations between the UK and its Overseas Territories. ---- Page 2 EX-LOVER JAILED FOR SETTING FIRE CTS Ex-lover jailed for setting fire A jealous suitor was jailed for 18 months yesterday after admitting he set fire to the scooter of a love rival after he had been dumped by his girlfriend. ---- Page 3 PAYETTE AIMS TO HIKE STANDARDS ED Payette aims to hike standards Raising the level of academic achievement and training leaders among staff are two of CedarBridge Academy principal Ernest Payette's goals for the coming year. ---- Page 5 COUNTIES `MUST CHANGE' CRI Counties `must change' The Eastern Counties risks losing its attraction as a result of the three draws recorded in this year's competition, according to a local cricket coach.

---- Sport, Page 13 STUDENTS COME UP ACES AWD Students come up ACEs The selection of former Saltus Grammar School Head Boy, 18-year-old Kavan Tucker, as the third recipient of the Robert Clements/ACE Scholarship, underlines the giant insurance and reinsurance group's long-term commitment to Bermuda. ---- Living, Page 25 EVEREST CAPITAL FEARS HUGE LOSS BUC Everest Capital fears huge loss Bermuda-based Everest Capital fears it will have $300 million losses in the Russian debt securities markets in its global and emerging-markets hedge funds. ---- Business, Page 33