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The trustees of a sprawling West End beauty spot yesterday slammed plans to bring quad bike tours to the Railway Trail. Kim Sheen, a real estate agent who manages the Heydon Trust in Somerset, said: “Absolutely not.” The proposal, now open for the pu...

The Bermuda National Trust objects “strongly” to the introduction of quad bike tours to the West End, according to a statement issued today. The proposal came under fire from area residents last month amid rumours that the all-terrain vehicles, or AT...

Conscription to the island’s defence force is to be abolished in the next few months, the Minister of National Security announced yesterday. Wayne Caines added that the end of compulsory service in the Royal Bermuda Regiment was “a critical step in t...

A prominent gay rights activist predicted yesterday that Bermuda would face a backlash after the Government revealed plans to end same-sex marriage and adopt a watered-down “domestic partnerships” initiative. Celebrations planned for Friday, marking ...

Dilton Lightbourne, a businessman, musician and member of the Progressive Labour Party, has died. He was 81. A former PLP chairman for Warwick, Mr Lightbourne for many years operated Lightbourne Brothers Hardware, a family store in Southampton, as we...

Ousted former premier Craig Cannonier is to make a fresh attempt to lead the One Bermuda Alliance. Mr Cannonier, who quit in the wake of the Jetgate controversy in 2014, is to stand for leader of the party against interim Opposition leader Patricia G...

Michael Lee Chin, a Jamaican entrepreneur who has risen to become one of Canada’s wealthiest businessmen, is to address the Progressive Labour Party’s gala on November 18. Mr Lee Chin, the president and chairman of Portland Holdings, is “widely regar...

More contractors for the airport redevelopment project have been announced. Aecon Group has awarded the mechanical contract to Update Contracting Bermuda Airport Limited (Update Contracting), and its fuel hydrant system contract to Phoenix Petroleum....

Bermuda Day is to be tied to a fixed date. The holiday — seen as the unofficial start to summer — will now be held on the last Friday in May rather than May 24. Zane DeSilva, the Minister of Social Development and Sport, said the change would mean th...

Former Progressive Labour Party MP and senator Reginald Burrows, who died yesterday, was an eclectic Progressive Labour Party veteran and elder statesman of Bermuda politics. Mr Burrows, who was 83, battled Bermuda’s segregation in his personal, busi...