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A failure to focus on the road ahead is as dangerous as drink-driving and speeding, the Bermuda Road Safety Council warned today.
The RSC said: “Being distracted and not giving your full attention to driving reduces your ability to be aware and recog...
DATE: Feb 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Drugs laced with a potential killer synthetic opioid are suspected to be in circulation on the island, police warned yesterday.
The news came after a man died from a suspected overdose said to be linked to heroin laced with fentanyl.
A police raid du...
DATE: Feb 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Two men have been arrested in connection with the stabbing of a 14-year-old schoolboy, police announced yesterday.
The news came as Detective Chief Inspector Peter Stableford said the victim was “recovering well”.
Mr Stableford thanked the public fo...
DATE: Feb 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A loosening of the island’s Covid-19 restrictions was welcomed yesterday by hoteliers and restaurant owners.
Tim Morrison, the Bermuda Hotel Association president and general manager of the Hamilton Princess & Beach Club, said the organisation “whole...
DATE: Feb 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A serious crash blocked both lanes of a main road in Hamilton Parish, police said last night.
A spokesman said the crash happened on North Shore Road on a straight stretch near Shelly Bay.
The incident happened about 6.15pm – but no further details w...
DATE: Feb 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A charity programme launched a year ago to offer support and skills building for young men said yesterday it had logged measurable decreases in risks among those enrolled.
Transitional Community Services, which assesses risk levels in clients every q...
DATE: Feb 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A free virtual heart health forum for men and women will be held today by a charitable sorority group.
But the Sigma Xi Omega chapter of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority appealed to participants to donate to the Bermuda Heart Foundation to help cut inc...
DATE: Feb 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermudians have signed up for an international fundraiser for a brain tumour research charity after an island teenager’s story of medical treatment for the life-threatening condition was shared online among millions around the world.
Lisa Winterman, ...
DATE: Feb 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Another death from Covid-19 was revealed by health officials last night as the health minister announced that vaccination would become available for children aged 5 to 11.
The latest fatality brought the death toll since the pandemic hit two years ag...
DATE: Feb 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Two fires were tackled by police early on Saturday, including one blaze outside a Warwick residence.
Police and the fire service were called to the scene of a motorcycle on fire at 4.25am on Curving Avenue in Pembroke.
They extinguished the fire and ...
DATE: Feb 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell