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A Rotary club has launched a book drive to encourage literacy in young children. The “From Teens to Tots” initiative will provide four primary schools – Harrington Sound, Elliot, Prospect and Victor Scott – with copies of the book A is for Afrika, S...

The post office in Flatts will be closed until next Thursday because of staff shortages, the Government said yesterday. The spokeswoman confirmed that the office had been shut down since Monday because of staff shortages. She said: “Residents and bus...

A rocket launch that will produce a light show north of the island is due to take place tonight. The rocket, which will cause florescent green and violet skies after it releases barium gas into the atmosphere, was expected to take off last Friday. Bu...

Fluorescent vapour clouds could be visible over Bermuda tonight when a Nasa rocket is launched into orbit – a day later than planned. The rocket will lift off from a Nasa base in Virginia and release barium vapour while still in the atmosphere. The g...

Fire crews responded to more than 700 calls over March and April, it was revealed yesterday. March was the busiest of the two months, when Bermuda Fire & Rescue Service staff answered 376 calls. A total of 187 were medical emergencies – including roa...

A Bermudian academic has broken new ground after she was elected Dean of Faculty at one of America’s most prestigious universities. Born in New York and raised in Bermuda, Eve De Rosa will take up the post at Ivy League Cornell University in New York...

An inquiry into historic land losses was yesterday branded a sham by witnesses who claimed they were gagged from giving evidence at the hearing. Now complainants have taken legal action to ask for a judicial review of the commission. Myron Piper and ...

A rare Bermuda coin - possibly dating back to the 1700s - has sold at auction for more than $30,000. The coin went under the hammer in London on Tuesday, and was expected to sell for between $7,000 and $11,000, but the successful bidder eventually pa...

A conservation programme to increase Bermuda’s threatened cahow population is being adopted around the world to protect other endangered species. The island’s national bird was once believed to be extinct, but was rediscovered by conservationist Davi...

A former Bermuda Idol winner who had to be airlifted overseas for life-saving medical treatment has returned home. Latosha Codrington, a singer in clubs and churches across the island, suffered a heart attack last week and later developed a bloo...