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Football fans heading to Brazil for this month’s World Cup are being advised to make sure their vaccinations are up-to-date. According to a Department of Health spokesman, one of the vaccines may include a second dose of measles, mumps and rubella. A...

Builders are on target to complete a new hospital wing before handing over the project to health chiefs next week. According to a spokeswoman for the Bermuda Hospitals Board (BHB), all heavy construction work is complete and building teams are now wo...

A group of 20 middle school teachers have completed leadership training as part of a programme to raise professional standards within the Island’s public schools. Education Minister Grant Gibbons said that improving teaching and learning in the class...

A campaign to raise $40 million for a down payment on the new hospital wing is still well short of its target — with the deadline for payment just two weeks away. The Bermuda Hospitals Board (BHB) has to come up with the lump sum by June 14, two days...

Firefighters had to tackle a series of random blazes over the weekend, but fire chiefs have ruled out foul play as a cause of the blazes. The first incident took place at around 7.15pm on Saturday when a large pile of wood and debris caught fire from...

Government has no plans to legalise marijuana, claiming that “it is wrong to yield to a more permissive attitude socially without due regard to the social, economic and health consequences”. But under planned reforms of cannabis laws, police could be...

This year’s Bermuda Day celebrations have been hailed as “picture perfect” in which “our sense of being proud to be Bermudian was palpable”. Providing a summary of Monday’s races and parade, Community Affairs Minister Wayne Scott said in the House of...

Renovation work on the Gibbs Hill Lighthouse has been completed at a cost of almost $365,000. The historic landmark was shut down at the start of the year to enable to work to go ahead after years of neglect. Public Works Minister Patricia Gordon-Pam...

A community activist is calling for the sale of toy guns to be banned, claiming that they could result in a tragedy. And youth worker Carlton Simmons said the toys are also sending out the wrong message to children, teaching them that violence is acc...