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A Devonshire man has been banned from the roads for 18 months for driving while impaired on New Year’s Day.
Darren Williams, 35, apologised in Magistrates’ Court, adding: “It’s something I’m ashamed of and definitely not something I want to repeat.”
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DATE: Jan 15, 2020
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Jonathan Bell
The founder of a group designed to boost leadership skills in young people has been awarded a prestigious Rhodes Scholarship.
Now Ryan Robinson Perinchief, who set up Future Leaders Bermuda, will spend a year at Oxford University in Britain.
The 23-y...
DATE: Jan 14, 2020
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Jonathan Bell
A “disrespectful and rude” bus driver called police on two elderly passengers and pulled the vehicle over when they tried to intervene after she refused to allow a child to board her vehicle, it was revealed yesterday.
Now the two passengers, who ask...
DATE: Jan 14, 2020
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Two men who claimed to be on holiday in Bermuda but scammed bank machines across the island were jailed for a year yesterday.
Tiberiu Gavrila, 45, from Romania, and Radu Asavei, 32, from Britain, both admitted to conspiracy to remove stolen money fro...
DATE: Jan 11, 2020
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Court
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Jonathan Bell
A “horrendous” armed robbery of a pizza delivery man yesterday sparked an appeal from police for information.
Detective Inspector Derek Berry said the “use of weapons and the level of violence apparently used in this robbery is particularly troubling...
DATE: Jan 11, 2020
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Crime
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Jonathan Bell
Bermuda got high marks for friendliness from a globetrotting Canadian couple who have toasted their 40th anniversary here this week.
David and Sarah Coombs, who returned yesterday to Canada after making the island their 99th country to visit, gave sp...
DATE: Jan 11, 2020
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Jonathan Bell
A retired Bermudian who complained after eight months without pension payments said she got her money yesterday only after she took her story to The Royal Gazette.
However, another senior said he had the same problem with major arrears in his monthl...
DATE: Jan 10, 2020
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Jonathan Bell
A 14-year-old girl in the care of the island’s child protection agency who has gone missing several times has been located, police said today.
A police spokesman said Destiny Winters was found “safe and well this afternoon”.
He added that she was re...
DATE: Jan 10, 2020
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Jonathan Bell
The Corporation of Hamilton celebrated 225 years since its creation in 1795 with a special council meeting in the foyer of the refurbished Bermuda Historical Society yesterday.
Charles Gosling, the mayor, said holding a public council meeting at the ...
DATE: Jan 09, 2020
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Jonathan Bell
A desperate senior couple living overseas have been left unable to enjoy their retirement after months of unpaid pensions.
Nearing $9,000 out of pocket, Catherine and David Gregory, from Supply, North Carolina, will soon have gone eight months withou...
DATE: Jan 08, 2020
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