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Sometimes Solay Thomas gets a little tongue-tied. She has Down’s syndrome and has been in speech therapy since she was little. The 18-year-old hasn’t let it hold her back. On Monday, she’ll be front and centre at Crow Lane roundabout, raising awaren...

Some coaches shy away from “ankle biters”. Not Cal Simons. The 60-year-old Bermuda Pacers Track Club coach adores working with young children. “They’re a lot of fun,” he said. “Sometimes [six-, seven- and eight-year-olds] can be very playful. You hav...

Curtis Perry celebrated his 45th birthday in a low-key way: brunch, and time with the family. He and his wife Rebecca have made every day count this year. The Argus Optical optometrist was told in January that he had an aggressive and rare form of ca...

Alison Soares felt a tremendous sense of relief when her mother was admitted to Agape House. Hillary Soares was in the final stages of Lou Gehrig’s disease. She struggled to breathe, had a feeding tube and couldn’t move. The irony was that the 70-yea...

Tiffany Austin only signed up for Argus’s fitness programme because she thought she might win a trip. It was a fair mistake, the eight-week challenge the insurance group was offering was called European Expedition. Ms Austin was disappointed to learn...

The worst thing a person can do to comfort someone with cancer is tell them they’ll be fine. It’s a common mistake, according to radiation oncologist Rob Rutledge. He tells people to just keep it real. “You shouldn’t say words like, ‘You’re going to ...

They don’t allow footballs on the field during playtime at Victor Scott Primary School. The children were getting into too many fights over the balls. Principal Valerie Williams is hoping Bermuda national football team coach Andrew Bascome will help...

Julee Smith is considered a hero, of sorts, at Westgate Correctional Facility. About 15 per cent of the inmates suffer from asthma; the nurse recently took a course to better help them out. “In nursing school there was only a chapter or two on asthma...

Cheryl Staurulakis is leading a cause to get residents protected against the human papilloma virus, better known as HPV. The 53-year-old was outraged after watching a documentary about the virus, and how easily it could be prevented. “If there was a ...

Peter Dunne used to think almost everyone had a bike gathering dust in the garage. Cycle after cycle was dropped off after the Bermuda Bicycling Association launched an appeal for their school programme seven years ago. When the dust settled they had...