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Bar bosses clashed with police over their stance on security at a sports club after an early-morning brawl left six people injured.
Superintendent James Howard said operators were obliged to make sure customers behaved, but Southampton Rangers Sports...
DATE: Feb 06, 2019
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Crime
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Troops will be out in force at a telecoms business this weekend as they practise public-order skills.
Sixty soldiers from the Royal Bermuda Regiment are to take part in an exercise at the Link Bermuda headquarters in Devonshire.
The manoeuvres are pa...
DATE: Feb 06, 2019
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Prison officer patrols around Westgate prison will be stepped up after a drone was seen hovering above the facility.
Wayne Caines, the Minister of National Security, said plans were being drawn up to make the area around the Ireland Island North pris...
DATE: Feb 06, 2019
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A child sex offender is to be released from prison in less than a week, the legal affairs minister announced yesterday.
Kathy Lynn Simmons, who is also the Attorney-General, said Melvin Martin will be freed from Westgate prison on Sunday.
Charities w...
DATE: Feb 05, 2019
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A new partnership built between landlords and an island charity will mean rundown rented homes can be repaired.
Sheelagh Cooper, the chairwoman of Habitat for Humanity Bermuda, said: “Over the past few years we have come across so many homes and espe...
DATE: Feb 05, 2019
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Voters will go to the polls today to elect the newest member to the Corporation of St George.
They will choose between Cyniqua Anderson and Mark Soares for the position of councillor. Both are East End businesspeople who agreed that the people of St ...
DATE: Feb 05, 2019
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Budding students can apply for funding of up to $35,000 to help cover the costs of their learning.
Diallo Rabain, the education minister, announced today that a number of scholarship options will help people of all ages and backgrounds.
They includ...
DATE: Feb 05, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Six men will be banned from Southampton Rangers Sports Club for life after an early-morning fight that left several people injured.
The club’s executive took a zero-tolerance approach towards those involved in the brawl, which also resulted in a 24-h...
DATE: Feb 04, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Prayers were offered for swift repairs to a Warwick church after part of its ceiling fell in.
Services at St Mary the Virgin have been moved to a hall until the damage is fixed.
A statement on the Anglican church’s Facebook page said: “Sadly, this we...
DATE: Feb 04, 2019
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A woman was arrested after a car with no one in it was found crashed in Warwick.
Police were called to a single vehicle incident at about 3.30am on Saturday on South Road near the junction with Warwick Lane.
A spokesman said: “The car involved was fo...
DATE: Feb 04, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Campaigns
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter