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The owners of the Fairmont Southampton will not have the redevelopment of the resort underwritten by the Government, the finance minister has said. Curtis Dickinson emphasised that no government could be expected to take on the risks of private devel...

A rare barn owl was captured on camera after it was spotted on the Railway Trail in broad daylight. Magnus Henagulph said he was able to snatch a photograph of the bird, usually a night creature, as it rested on a tree branch earlier this week. Mr He...

An insurance company has backed plans for a major shake-up of the healthcare system. Peter Lozier, the chief executive of Argus Americas, said the company shared the Government’s “vision to provide access to quality, affordable healthcare to every Be...

The number of active Covid-19 cases has fallen by four to 58, the department of health said last night. There were 20 positive results out of 6,674 tests carried out between last Sunday and Wednesday – a positivity rate of 0.3 per cent. But 24 people...

Police have launched an investigation after a woman was found stabbed to death in the early hours of yesterday. The body of the 28-year-old victim was found at a house in Smith’s after police were called to what was reported as a domestic incident. A...

The island’s tourism industry continued to struggle in the third quarter of the year, the latest visitor figures reveal. The Bermuda Tourism Authority said there were just 30,516 leisure visitors to the island between July and September – down from 2...

The Governor, Rena Lalgie, led a delegation of dignitaries in a service of remembrance of Bermuda’s war dead at the Cenotaph yesterday. This year’s event, held on the anniversary of the end of the First World War at 11am on November 11, 1918, took pl...

Plans for the new session of Parliament could be hit by a lack of cash, a top economist warned last night. Craig Simmons, a Bermuda College lecturer, added that last Friday’s Throne Speech lacked detail. Mr Simmons said the speech was “ambitious”. He...

Cruise ship casinos may be able to operate 24 hours a day while berthed in Bermuda under new legislation. Casinos on ships can only open between 9pm and 5am in Bermuda’s waters at present. But cruise operators would be allowed to apply for an extensi...

A new head teacher has been appointed at Saltus Grammar School, it was revealed tonight. Julie Rousseau, from Canada, will take over from Deryn Lavell at the private school next summer. Ms Rousseau said: “I am thrilled to be appointed as the next hea...