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Procedural errors by police could have led to a human body part being removed and destroyed before officers arrived to seal off the area where it was found, a senior officer said today. The body part – believed to be a finger or toe – was discovered ...

A man told a commission set up to look at land losses that he had a paper trail of evidence to prove that his property was taken from him illegally – and that lawyers, real estate agents and banks played a role in the land grab. But Robert Moulder ga...

Businesses and residents were today asked not to leave wheelie bins on sidewalks outside regular trash collection times as high winds were predicted for later in the week. A spokeswoman for the City of Hamilton made the request after forecasters war...

A survey on drug use to “monitor the nature and magnitude of the use and abuse of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs” is to be carried out. The Department for National Drug Control will run the telephone survey of 1,200 homes from next Monday. Questio...

A barrister has dismissed claims that banks negotiated mortgages in the knowledge that borrowers would default and allow the lender to seize properties at bargain prices. Christopher Swan, a property lawyer, said that he had heard anecdotal accounts ...

A woman claimed yesterday that her great-grandfather’s will was fraudulently signed by his nephews so that they could inherit his property. Pattie Moore made the claim to the Commission of Inquiry into Historic Land Losses yesterday. Ms Moore, from W...

An illiterate former slave who became an ocean navigator and bought 20 acres of land in Paget in the 1800s wanted the poor to benefit from his success. But the act of generosity by James Richardson meant that his descendants never got to inherit the ...

A Royal Navy ship deployed for disaster relief and as part of the war on drugs is to spend the next month in Bermuda. HMS Medway, a patrol ship, is due to arrive today after spending the last year patrolling the North Atlantic. Bermuda will be h...

Two men were hurt in a serious crash today. The accident also caused road blocks and commuter delays when traffic was diverted. The crash happened at about 6.40am at the junction of North Shore Road and Jennings Road in Smith’s. A spokesman for the B...

The Ministry of Finance offices have reopened to the public after being closed for more than a week. A total of 21 of the ministry’s staff were ordered to work from home earlier this month and the offices on Parliament Street, Hamilton remained empty...