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A forest of casuarinas and hundreds of pounds of debris have been cleared from Bermuda’s largest fortification as part of a clean-up of the historic Fort Victoria.
The fortification once watched over the town of St George but sections were destroyed ...
DATE: Jan 03, 2023
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man jailed for 12 years after being caught with ammunition has had his sentence cut by more than three years on appeal.
Christopher Perinchief pleaded guilty to possession of ammunition after 32 rounds were discovered hidden in a Thermos in his car...
DATE: Jan 03, 2023
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A rare cousin of Bermuda’s iconic longtail returned to the island last year – but neither of the eggs known to have been laid successfully hatched.
Miguel Mejias said in the latest edition of the Bermuda Audubon Society newsletter that at least four ...
DATE: Jan 03, 2023
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Police Service have “shifted into high gear” for the new year’s weekend, with extra officers on duty across the island.
Superintendent Robert Cardwell said that there had been an increased number of officers on the beat in recent weeks, w...
DATE: Dec 31, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Young people have been invited to join the Royal Bermuda Regiment’s Junior Leaders to help develop self-reliance, initiative and teamwork skills.
Captain Gavin Rayner, commandant of the youth programme, hopes to increase its ranks to 50 so that more ...
DATE: Dec 31, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A new hotel could be in the pipeline for the south shore next to the Bermudiana Beach Resort.
The application, which was listed as received by the planning department last week, sought in-principle approval for a branded hotel condo and retail develo...
DATE: Dec 30, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A 10-acre plot of land home to invasive plants and sheep could open as the island’s newest nature reserve in 2024.
Buy Back Bermuda – a collaborative initiative by the Bermuda National Trust and the Bermuda Audubon Society – announced earlier this ye...
DATE: Dec 30, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A UK company has predicted a quieter than average hurricane season in 2023 in an early preseason forecast.
Tropical Storm Risk has estimated that the 2023 season would fall about 15 per cent below the 30-year average based on forecasted water tem...
DATE: Dec 30, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A pedestrian was rushed to hospital yesterday after he was hit by a truck on Pitts Bay Road.
A police spokeswoman said that shortly before 10am officers attended the scene of a collision near the junction with Mill Creek Road, Pembroke.
“It appears t...
DATE: Dec 29, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda National Trust wants to make a Warwick nature reserve a stronghold for native and endemic species, according to a Conservation Management Plan.
The voluntary plan, submitted to the Department of Planning this week, is intended to set ...
DATE: Dec 29, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes