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A group set up to preserve a historic North Hamilton home has appealed to the Government to lease it the property at a peppercorn rent.
Duncan Simons, an architect, hoped the lease would give the group time to raise funds and buy Wantley on Princess ...
DATE: Nov 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The number of Covid-19 cases rose by two today after 12 new cases were reported last night.
But health officials said ten people had recovered from infection and the number of Covid-19 patients in hospital had fallen to the lowest levels in more than...
DATE: Nov 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Clocks are set to go back one hour tomorrow morning as Daylight Savings Time ends.
The change will come into effect at 2am on Sunday, but it is recommended that people should change their clocks before they go to bed on Saturday.
DATE: Nov 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Plans to change the island’s healthcare system will feature in today’s Throne Speech, it was revealed last night.
An excerpt from the speech, to be delivered by Rena Lalgie, the Governor on behalf of the Government, said the Covid-19 pandemic had hig...
DATE: Nov 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man jailed for a plot to smuggle gun parts into Bermuda has argued his conviction should be quashed because his trial was unfair.
James Rumley, 40 was found guilty last year of three counts of importation of firearm components by a unanimous verdic...
DATE: Nov 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Covid-19 pandemic has claimed two more lives, it was revealed last night.
The grim news brought the death toll of the coronavirus up to 106.
There are 57 active cases of the coronavirus, with none of them in hospital, one in intensive care.
A tot...
DATE: Nov 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Covid-19 booster shots will be give to people aged 50 or over and those with chronic health problems from today.
Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, said boosters were already available for emergency and healthcare workers, along with people aged ove...
DATE: Nov 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda will not start Covid-19 vaccines for children aged under 11 until the Government gets the green light from the UK, it was revealed last night.
Ayo Oyinloye, the chief medical officer, said that the US Food and Drug Administration had authoris...
DATE: Nov 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A magistrate was right to convict a man of the sexual assault of a schoolgirl, a lawyer for the Crown told the Supreme Court yesterday.
The lawyer was speaking after Jamel Simons, 38, who was found guilty earlier this year of forcing himself on a 15-...
DATE: Nov 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Crowds of people last night turned out in a show of support for a bar rocked by a double murder a week ago yesterday.
Dozens of people visited the Robin Hood Pub and restaurant in Hamilton after another bar owner rallied people round.
Rick Olson, who...
DATE: Nov 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes