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Plans to build a funicular railway at a resort created out of a failed affordable housing project have been scrapped.
The showpiece funicular at the Bermudiana Beach Resort on South Road, Warwick would have connected the clifftop site with the beach....
DATE: Mar 31, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Overseas Territories are united in their support of sanctions against Russia, according to the UK Overseas Territory Association.
Washington Misick, Premier of the Turks and Caicos and president of the Political Council of UKOTA, said that the te...
DATE: Mar 31, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Two motorcycle riders were injured in a head-on collision in Southampton on Tuesday.
According to a police spokesman, officers received reports of a two vehicle collision on Middle Road, near the junction with Pompano Beach Road, at about 7.33am.
The...
DATE: Mar 30, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The organisers of the Bermuda Carnival yesterday announced they will not hold events over the Bermuda Heroes Weekend.
But carnival shows are still expected to go ahead over the June holiday weekend, although run by another organisation.
A BHW Ltd spo...
DATE: Mar 30, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Entertainment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Researchers are working to study the life hidden in Bermuda’s depths in a bid to understand how to better protect it.
The Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences’ Currents newsletter said the two-year study, led by Tim Noyes, would use a mix of cameras a...
DATE: Mar 30, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An island in Harrington Sound has been transformed into a living classroom for Bermuda’s students with the support of the LOM Financial Group.
The investment firm has donated $50,000 to the Bermuda Zoological Society over the past five years to suppo...
DATE: Mar 30, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Injuries suffered by a 52-year-old man in a collision yesterday are not believed to be life-threatening, police said today.
Police earlier reported that it appeared the injured man was overtaking another vehicle on South Road in Smith’s near the junc...
DATE: Mar 29, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A 52-year-old man was injured in a two-vehicle collision yesterday.
A police spokesman said that police and firefighters responded to reports of a serious collision on South Road, near the junction of Sayle Road, Smith’s, at about 10.35am.
The spokes...
DATE: Mar 29, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Tourism Authority hopes to get people in the water next month as part of its inaugural Bermuda Dive Month event.
The event – created in partnership with the Bermuda dive community – will offer a range of diving classes, aquatic adventures...
DATE: Mar 29, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A law firm yesterday asked a court to waive legal privilege in a dispute over an $18 million loan for a hotel development that was never paid back.
The move came after Mexico Infrastructure Finance, who provided the cash to jump-start the Par la Vill...
DATE: Mar 29, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes