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A female driver wept as she walked free from court last night after a jury cleared her of causing the death of a motorcyclist in a road crash.
Collisha Burch was found not guilty in Supreme Court of causing the death of mother of two Kerry Hollis by ...
DATE: Sep 20, 2018
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Court
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A woman charged with causing the crash that killed Kerry Hollis told the Supreme Court yesterday the collision was an accident.
Collisha Burch, 31, also denied that she had used cannabis before the crash and that she had lost control of her car becau...
DATE: Sep 19, 2018
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Court
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Environmental charity Keep Bermuda Beautiful was given a $60,000 boost from the Ministry of Public Works yesterday.
Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, public works minister, said the Government had committed to supporting the charity’s work with an annu...
DATE: Sep 19, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A 19-year-old man who led police on a chase through Pembroke has been banned from the roads.
Prosecutors said officers were in a marked police car at the intersection of St John’s Road and Cedar Avenue when they saw Jecoa Thomas riding a motorcycle w...
DATE: Sep 19, 2018
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A collision investigator told a Supreme Court jury yesterday that the car that killed mother of two Kerry Hollis lost control because the driver was going too fast on a wet road.
Collisha Burch, 31, from Warwick, has denied causing Ms Hollis’s death ...
DATE: Sep 18, 2018
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A former pharmacist at the island’s general hospital has launched legal action against the Bermuda Hospitals Board for negligence that led her to need life-saving surgery overseas.
Dionne Smart claimed doctors at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital...
DATE: Sep 18, 2018
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Filipinos in Bermuda were yesterday locked in a desperate bid to contact their families in the typhoon-battered country.
Bermudian Evelou Mosley, originally from the Philippines, said yesterday she and her husband Daryn were booked to fly to the Phil...
DATE: Sep 15, 2018
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A mural of Gombeys by the City Hall car park has been painted over, sparking a row on social media.
Artist April Branco said on Facebook she was “enraged, disgusted and heartbroken” that her almost-complete mural was removed by the Corporation of Ham...
DATE: Sep 15, 2018
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A former judge from New York and his wife were devastated when a plan to revisit their honeymoon spot of Bermuda for their golden anniversary was disrupted by Hurricane Florence.
Peter and Mary Boggia’s cruise from New York to Dockyard on the Norwegi...
DATE: Sep 14, 2018
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Bermudian on vacation in the Philippines said last night the country was braced for the impact of a major typhoon.
Terrilyn Griffiths said she was nervous about Typhoon Mangkhut, a Category 4 storm, but Filipinos in the area she is staying did not ...
DATE: Sep 14, 2018
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes