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Hundreds of families have signed up to an energy-saving programme, regulatory minister Walter Roban revealed today. Mr Roban said 220 homes have connected to the grid and 65 are using solar water heating, as a result of rebates to encourage residenti...

A 20-year-old man has been jailed for a year after admitting to the aggravated taking of a motorcycle. The Supreme Court heard that Lawrence Smith, of Paget, drove the bike at a police officer and damaged it against a wall when officers attempted to ...

Ronald Lightbourne, a local teacher, author and musician, was named yesterday as the 71-year-old man found dead on Tuesday in Warwick. A proficient jazz musician, Mr Lightbourne was also an author who reviewed shows for The Royal Gazette. Police said...

Daredevil, evangelist and motorcycle stuntman Cyril “Big” Smith has died at the age of 75. David Jones Sr, the founder and former president of the Bermuda Motorcycle Racing Club, said Mr Smith was “one of Bermuda’s greatest stuntmen”. Mr Jones added ...

The last three horses left homeless by the closure of a riding school were flown last night to a new future overseas. The animals were transported free of charge by EquiJet, a specialist in horse transportation by air, who worked closely with the Ber...

Local artists will be given a promotional boost this summer with a weekly series of performances at White’s Island in Hamilton Harbour. The Thursday night shows, which start on July 5, will headline a rotating schedule of Bermudian musicians. The Mad...

Constance Dierman, the new United States Consul General, met today with Walter Roban, the Deputy Premier and Minister of Transport and Regulatory Affairs. Ms Dierman, who took the position on June 14, is a former deputy assistant secretary at the Sta...

A private school is to start a $6 million expansion programme this summer to widen its curriculum. Somersfield Academy aims to provide the full International Baccalaureate at the school, which was founded as a Montessori school in 1991. Carlos Symon...

A poverty-stricken single mother of two said she faced the grim prospect of putting her six-year-old son in foster care because she could no longer cope. Antoinette — not her real name — said she struggled to get by on a part-time wage as a housekee...

Bermuda should not get complacent over a lull in gang violence, the outgoing police commissioner has warned. Michael DeSilva said it is “not a time to be lulled into a false sense of security” and said the social problems at the root of gangs needed ...