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Gina Thompson started face painting, certain she had all the popular characters down pat. Then a little boy asked for Barney. “I couldn’t remember for the life of me what Barney looked like,” she said of the Tyrannosaurus rex whose television show, ...

Growing up, Wentworth Christopher never dreamt of one day travelling the world. Somerset and St George’s seemed far enough away for the Devonshire boy. “In those days children tended to stay in their neighbourhoods,” the 79-year-old said. “Going to...

Obstetricians Wendy Woods, Terry Lynn Emery and Emma Robinson have brought thousands of babies into the world. With 60 years of experience between them, they’re now working with their second generation of mothers. Dr Emery, 58, said: “I love it when...

Cavity City is a dark and dreary place. People go in with pearly whites and come out with rotten, stained and missing teeth. To get there, all you’ve got to do is stop brushing and flossing regularly. La-Vawn Simons tours the sights in a children’s ...

Taj Donville-Outerbridge has big ambitions. His dream is to be a reconstructive surgeon, eventually becoming president of the Bermuda Health Council and Minister of Health. “Some people are supportive,” the 17-year-old said. “But others say, ‘Slow do...

Agathe Holowatinc used to live for her morning coffee — and her mid-morning coffee and her late morning coffee. Then in her early twenties, she was drinking as many as nine cups a day. She believes it took its toll: sleep became a problem and she bro...

It was one of Victoria Benevides’s last wishes to have her children “rock the bald”. Payton, Isabella and Ethan Benevides Mora were happy to oblige. The siblings signed up for St Baldrick’s after their mother died of bile duct cancer on January 23, a...

The first time LaToya Bridgewater tried yoga, things didn’t go so well. Out of 15 people, there was only one other person of colour. She had a hard time connecting. “I just didn’t see myself reflected in the class,” Ms Bridgewater said. “I felt unco...

People are often surprised when they find out “Mama Grace” is 98. Her posture is ramrod straight; her face, largely unwrinkled. “People are always asking me what’s the secret to long life,” said the Friswell’s Hill resident, whose actual name is Grac...

When Ryan Topple first started playing the saxophone, he was so bad his mother asked him to play in the garage for the sake of her ears. It was much the same for brothers Ross and Gareth Cooper. “On one hand, they wanted us to practice,” 13-year-old...