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A proposal to revise plans for a new resort to improve beach access with an extra funicular and create new attractions has been put forward for planning approval.
The most significant change in the plans involved access to the beach at the bottom of ...
DATE: Jan 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A warning on possible hurricane force winds has been issued by weathermen.
The Bermuda Weather Service predicted cold and windy conditions were expected to continue through most of this week, with the possibility of hurricane-force gusts on Thursday ...
DATE: Jan 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Grants worth more than $150,000 were given out to six community clubs and organisations, it was announced today.
Among the recipients were the Pembroke Hamilton Club, Jiketsu Martial Arts, PayAKid, the Western Stars Sports Club, St David’s Cricket Cl...
DATE: Jan 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A replica rifle was seized today and two men arrested, police have revealed.
Commissioner of Police Stephen Corbishley warned the two risked being shot.
He added: “Not only did these individuals behave recklessly and irresponsibly causing members of ...
DATE: Jan 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A series of virtual meetings to discuss proposals to slash the number of public primary schools is to start next week.
An education ministry spokeswoman said it was hoped a “broad cross section of Bermuda’s public” would join the meetings to discuss ...
DATE: Jan 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Front Street building could get a major redevelopment with more than a dozen apartments added.
The in-principle application, submitted earlier this month, proposed significant changes to the Frith Building at 57 Front Street and 24 Reid Street.
The...
DATE: Jan 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A senior Customs officer yesterday told a jury she saw an alleged drug smuggler look back towards the baggage area as she left the airport without her luggage – which was later found to contain $700,000 worth of drugs.
Dawnette Bell, a principal Cust...
DATE: Jan 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo will reopen its doors next Monday after a month-long closure caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Flatts area attraction shut its doors on December 12 after an increase in coronavirus cases on the island.
A spokes...
DATE: Jan 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A 39-year-old man yesterday denied an allegation that he exposed himself to a teenage girl.
The man, from St George’s, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, pleaded not guilty to a charge of intruding on the privacy of a child in a manner likel...
DATE: Jan 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man who admitted the theft of a bottle of wine was yesterday sent to Mental Health Court.
Jordayo Johnston, 29, pleaded guilty to the offence in Magistrates’ Court.
The court heard that on October 25 last year, Johnston was seen acting in a suspici...
DATE: Jan 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes