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Basketball legend and civil rights activist Bill Russell, one of the first Black superstars in the National Basketball Association, was recalled as a friend to Bermuda by Ewart Brown, the former premier. The Hall of Famer and Boston Celtics champion,...

Tourism businesses have been told to brace for thousands of visitors as the Bermuda Tourism Authority predicts a strong summer season. Charles Jeffers II, the BTA’s chief executive officer, said that hotels were almost sold out for the return of the ...

A charity set up in the name of Olympic triathlon champion Flora Duffy to sponsor budding sports stars has been given $10,000 by a bank. The cash was donated to the Flora Fund by Clarien Bank. Ms Duffy said: “Looking back, as I cannot help but do thi...

Bermuda’s top physicians today urged people to get vaccinated, saying it was the single best way to stop people dying and to get through the current Covid-19 outbreak. And the chief medical officer, Dr Ayo Oyinloye, also made a heartfelt plea to the...

The Bermuda Tourism Authority reacted with dismay last night to news that the 2021 World Triathlon Sprint and Relay Championship had to be postponed amid soaring cases of Covid-19. The event next month was poised to bring relief to an economy hit ha...

A 21-year-old world debate champion who launched his own public speaking firm has been announced as Bermuda’s latest Rhodes Scholar. Kenza Wilks, of Pembroke, said he had to re-read his announcement letter a few times before realising it was safe to ...

Debate champion Kenza Wilks has turned his gift of the gab into a business proposition. The 19-year-old, who came top in the World Schools’ Debating Championship last year said his company would “turn your public-speaking liability into greatest asse...

Barrett Lightbourn, an engineer and environmentalist who pioneered solar power and energy conservation in Bermuda, has died. He was 66. Friends and colleagues said Mr Lightbourn was a modest visionary who brought renewable power to the island decades...

Young Caribbean athletes will flock to Bermuda this summer as the island hosts a popular sporting championship. As the Bermuda Union of Teachers prepares to celebrate its 100th anniversary, Bermuda will welcome the Caribbean Union of Teachers Student...

Bermuda’s part in bringing tennis to the United States has been profiled in The New York Times. Mary Ewing Outerbridge, born in America to Bermudian parents, discovered the game at her family’s home on the island — and took the sport back with her to...