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An environmental charity has appealed for volunteers to hit the beach next month as part of an island-wide clean up.
The Keep Bermuda Beautiful Coastal Clean Up, sponsored by financial services firm EY, will tackle trash at more than 40 sites around ...
DATE: Oct 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An American healthcare worker said he was delighted to be on the island after he endured mountainous waves on a solo voyage in a tiny boat from New York.
Anthony Lisske, 49, told The Royal Gazette yesterday that he had picked a good weather window fo...
DATE: Oct 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Ministry of Home Affairs has urged the public to provide their thoughts on a proposed ban on single-use plastics before the end of the month.
The Government released a policy paper on the proposal this summer, with the deadline for comments on Oc...
DATE: Oct 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Almost 200 medical professionals have signed an open letter in support of Covid-19 vaccination.
The Bermuda Medical Doctors Association said a total of 198 doctors, dentists, nurses and physiotherapists had added their names to the open letter, first...
DATE: Oct 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Campaigners who tried to save a historic house condemned to the wrecking ball despite its pivotal role in the formation of the Berkeley Institute are to continue their fight.
Duncan Simons of Wantley Matters, a pressure group set up to save Wantley, ...
DATE: Oct 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A weekly mental health clinic has launched as part of a pilot programme from the Bermuda Hospitals Board and the Department of Health.
The clinic began at the Hamilton Health Centre on Victoria Street on October 8, and will continue to be held on Fri...
DATE: Oct 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of a man found guilty of sexually touching a young boy
Ismaila Darrell, 36, was found guilty in Magistrates’ Court of sexually exploiting the child when the victim was under the age of ten.
He argued magist...
DATE: Oct 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The cost to fly to Heathrow will rise next summer as the airport is set to increase passenger taxes.
The Civil Aviation Authority, the UK aviation regulator, has said it could allow the airport to increase charges by up to 56 per cent by 2023 as it a...
DATE: Oct 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A British MP and “friend to Bermuda” was yesterday killed in a knife attack at a church in his constituency.
Sir David Amess, a Conservative MP, was the chairman of the Britain-Bermuda All-Party Parliamentary Group.
Essex Police said they responded t...
DATE: Oct 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Front Street received a rare visitor this week with the arrival of The World – the world’s largest residential yacht.
The ship arrived in Hamilton on Wednesday morning and was due to depart this afternoon after two nights at port.
The World mea...
DATE: Oct 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes