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A man was taken to hospital suffering from head injuries after an attack at a holiday weekend carnival event in the early hours of this morning.
According to police, the incident took place at about 4.15am at the Arboretum in Devonshire.
The Arboretu...
DATE: Jun 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Children who are raised without a father figure are more likely to end up in jail, according to a pressure group.
And Eddie Tavares, the head of Childwatch, said that money spent on incarcerating inmates would be better spent encouraging fathers to p...
DATE: Jun 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Planners will have greater flexibility when considering development applications in the north east of Hamilton under legislation passed in the House of Assembly today.
The North East Hamilton Local Plan will realise the area’s “sustainable economic p...
DATE: Jun 17, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A former MP has paid tribute to her “larger than life” brother who was found dead last weekend.
The body of Keith Gordon, 70, was found at a home on Victoria Street in Hamilton on Saturday afternoon.
Social media commentators had claimed that Mr Gord...
DATE: Jun 17, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The number of active Covid-19 cases has dropped slightly, according to latest figures released last night.
A total of 334 positive results were returned from 8,589 tests, giving a positivity rate of four per cent. The tests were taken in the seven da...
DATE: Jun 17, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
More than two thirds of the Government’s fleet of 15 garbage trucks were out of action last month, it emerged yesterday.
David Burch, the Minister for Public Works, confirmed that 11 vehicles were sidelined because of mechanical failure — leaving jus...
DATE: Jun 17, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
An athlete who represented Bermuda at the Paralympic Games has been appointed a director of the special needs charity WindReach.
Jessica Lewis, who has also competed in the World Championships and Parapan American Games, said that the charity had hel...
DATE: Jun 17, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Cash handouts to poorer households would better help people to manage rising prices than a ‘blunt and costly’ freeze on gasoline prices, says Craig Simmons
DATE: Jun 16, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Ministry of Health was unable to issue its weekly Covid-19 update tonight because of a technical glitch.
A spokeswoman said that the department’s epidemiology and surveillance unit database was offline owing to technical difficulties.
The spokes...
DATE: Jun 16, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Five students have won prizes after penning portraits of the most important men in their lives — their fathers.
The Father of the Year Award, which was organised by the Ministry of Education and open to P6 and M1 public school pupils, asked contribut...
DATE: Jun 16, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan