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Hamilton has been visited by Norwegian Tall Ship Sorlandet as part of an educational trip.
The 57m (187ft) ship is visiting the Island as part of the Class Afloat programme, carrying 45 students per semester throughout Western Europe, the Caribbean, ...
DATE: Feb 28, 2011
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A teenage student pleaded guilty to stealing a motorcycle and leading police on a chase through Hamilton.
Marcus Tucker, 16, from Pembroke, pleaded guilty to taking a vehicle without consent, driving in a manner dangerous and driving while disqualifi...
DATE: Feb 26, 2011
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Court
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Department of Planning will be closed to the public next Friday as it moves to its new location.
The Department offices, which are located in the Government Administration Building, are moving to the new Dame Lois Browne-Evans building at 58 Cour...
DATE: Feb 26, 2011
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The Bermuda Society of Arts will continue to run normally, despite not receiving a Government grant.
Gallery Director Julie Hastings-Smith said the $30,000 grant, which was cut from the 2011/12 Budget, was intended to fund a education project, not to...
DATE: Feb 25, 2011
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Budget
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A homeless man was sentenced to one month in prison after he admitted stealing lights from an unlocked basement.
Stephen Mills, 49, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday to burglary.
Crown counsel Carrington Mahoney said police on patrol ...
DATE: Feb 25, 2011
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Historian George Cook says the wreck of the Sea Venture in Bermuda was the turning point in the English colonisation of America.
Previous efforts by the English to colonise North America were disastrous, he told members of the Hamilton Rotary on Tues...
DATE: Feb 25, 2011
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A letter calling for sports utility vehicles (SUVs) to be banned from the Island sparked debate on the safety of larger vehicles on Bermuda's roads.
The letter to the editor of The Royal Gazette argued that the vehicles are too large for the Island's...
DATE: Feb 25, 2011
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An accident caused a jeep to flip, but both the driver and a passenger were able to walk away from the Devonshire crash uninjured.
The vehicle was being driven down Roberts Avenue near the junction with Parsons Road when the driver lost control and t...
DATE: Feb 24, 2011
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Budget reductions to the Department of Public Transportation will result in the financial equivalent to taxpayers of nine fewer full-time drivers.
However, Transportation Minister Terry Lister said that due to rescheduling the bus service to limit ov...
DATE: Feb 24, 2011
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Budget
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A taxi driver who crashed his cab in front of police was yesterday banned from the road for drinking and driving.
Stephen Simmons, 49, from Warwick, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to driving while impaired.
Crown counsel Carrington Mahoney said...
DATE: Feb 24, 2011
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Court
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