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Bermuda’s upcoming tobacco restrictions are draconian and possibly the strictest in the world, according to a tobacconist who will have to take 161 products off his shelves. “There is not another country in the world that is banning so many products,...

A taxi driver known as “Night Rider” for his late-night service has defended his reputation against the charge that he was abusive to two female passengers. The driver said that their complaints about the night of August 1 amounted to character assas...

The descendants of the American revolutionaries who won their country’s freedom from the British want to pay Bermuda back for the gunpowder stolen in 1775. More than $4,000 has been raised for the Island’s charities by a team of delegates coming to B...

Cigar sales will continue unimpeded in public under new legislation, which bans only the giving away of promotional items. Jeanne Atherden, the Health Minister, also stood by the move to ban sweetly-flavoured tobacco products, which she said had been...

A hail of limestone chunks has collapsed from the walls of Black Watch Pass onto the pavement. “If it would have hit somebody they would have been killed, I am sure,” area resident Gene Ray told The Royal Gazette. “A lot of it piled up there with som...

A two-day family festival filled with entertainment and activities is set for this weekend in Dockyard. In collaboration with Wedco and the Chewstick Foundation, the group known as the Committee of Five has banded together to bring a series of events...

Gabriel de Oliveira, the 62-year-old man whose life was claimed in an industrial accident at the Pink Beach Hotel site, has been remembered as a hard-working family man who will be deeply missed. “He loved his cars and motorcycles and worked hard in ...

A mission to protect the remains of Bermuda’s founding ship, the Sea Venture, was carried out over the weekend by a team of Bermuda Regiment divers. The iconic wreck of the English flagship, captained by Admiral Sir George Somers, has lain since 1609...

Planning the logistics for this week’s elaborate re-enactment of the Gunpowder Plot, the first of its kind, has grown into a plot of its own. The team gathered yesterday at Tobacco Bay for some on-site preparations to recreate the infamous 1775 consp...

A Bermudian in Canada has undertaken an arduous swim of around 15km to support a children’s charity — and to demonstrate that anybody can do it. The swim, organised by the group Give to Live, is “a challenge for ordinary people to do extraordinary t...