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People caught dumping trash at the island’s parks, docks and bus stops will find themselves in court, the Government warned today. A spokesman for the Ministry of Public Works said anyone found illegally dumping waste would face prosecution. The spok...

A man was arrested after a weekend crash left a motorcyclist with facial injuries and a broken ankle. A police spokesman said: “The male motorbike rider sustained a broken nose and other facial injuries as well as a broken ankle. He added: “He was t...

A woman charged with firearms related offences will go to the Supreme Court for trial, the Court of Appeal has ruled. The case was dismissed by the Supreme Court last October, but the Court of Appeal overturned the decision in a judgment yesterday. T...

Legal changes are needed to standardise the appointment of future education commissioners, the shadow education minister said yesterday. Cole Simons added that the Court of Appeal ruling in the case of veteran teacher and education official Gina Tuck...

Prosecutors have lodged an appeal to seek a longer prison sentence for a sex offender. Chez Rogers, 20, was jailed on July 15 after he admitted he had unlawful carnal knowledge of a 13-year-old girl and lured her. The offences took place between Augu...

A veteran teacher and education official said yesterday she was disappointed but not embittered, after a court rejected her bid to overturn the appointment of the Commissioner of Education. Gina Tucker had argued that she was not given a fair opportu...

Delays to Supreme Court trials will cause extra stress for defendants, victims and the police, a lawyer predicted yesterday. Victoria Greening, of Resolution Chambers, said that the inability to hold jury trials — potentially until next year — could ...

A man left behind bars for more than five months longer than his sentence as he waited to be deported could leave the island on Monday, the Supreme Court heard yesterday. Angelo Toussay, 36, a French national, was sentenced to nine months in jail aft...

An oil tanker with a sick crew member diverted to Bermuda at the weekend for urgent medical assistance — but the sailor died before the ship got to the island. The Department of Marine and Port Services said the Maltese-registered tanker Seatrust tur...

The Bermuda Hospitals Board’s Chief of Staff will be its next chief executive and president, it was announced yesterday. Michael Richmond will take over the job from Venetta Symonds as she takes early retirement this month after eight years in the po...