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Two drink-drivers caught at roadside breath test checkpoints were banned from the road and fined yesterday.
Lydia Rawlins, 40, from Southampton, admitted refusal of a breath test after she was stopped on March 24 on South Shore Road near its junction...
DATE: Apr 26, 2019
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda College Library will be anything but quiet this weekend as it hosts an event to celebrate 25 years of the Friends of College Library.
Robert Masters, head of the library, said the registered charity was formed to help support the library ...
DATE: Apr 25, 2019
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Vulnerable people’s homes are being used as cover for drugs barons and other criminals, police revealed yesterday.
Police said intelligence suggested that older people and other at-risk groups were being used by “cuckoos” — criminals who use violence...
DATE: Apr 24, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The lead officer in an investigation into a brutal stabbing denied yesterday that a witness had asked for probation in exchange for evidence.
Detective Sergeant Jason Smith told the court he spoke to the witness while he was behind bars, but that no ...
DATE: Apr 24, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Police seized a knife from the bedroom of a man accused of stabbing a bartender 13 times, a court heard yesterday.
Anneka Donawa, a police officer, told the court that she was involved in the search of Alex Wolffe’s home days after the stabbing.
Ms D...
DATE: Apr 23, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A PHC Zebras footballer has admitted causing the death of a bartender in a fight outside a nightclub.
Rakeem DeShields, 26, pleaded guilty at Supreme Court yesterday to a charge of the manslaughter of Dejon Simmons, who was 30, after an altercation o...
DATE: Apr 23, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The MS Amlin World Triathlon is set to take to the streets of Hamilton on Saturday, and organisers say there are a range of options for spectators.
Tickets are still available for the Tri-Club viewing deck on the balcony of Pier 6, which will feature...
DATE: Apr 23, 2019
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Hamilton Parish club has said the authorities should concentrate on people who cause problems at clubs rather than on the clubs.
Arrim Perinchief, the president of Bailey’s Bay Cricket Club, told the Liquor Licensing Authority during a hearing on T...
DATE: Apr 22, 2019
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Trash collection in the East End will be delayed because of the Good Friday holiday.
The Ministry of Public Works said that garbage usually collected tomorrow would be collected on Saturday this week, but recycling collection will not be affected.
Th...
DATE: Apr 18, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Researchers have found lionfish grow faster and larger in Bermuda than elsewhere, but have greater challenges breeding.
A newly published scientific paper, The life history characteristics of invasive lionfish in Bermuda, suggests the island’s cooler...
DATE: Apr 18, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes