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A former attorney-general and government MP has lost an attempt to stop a bank from seizing a piece of land after he defaulted on a $315,000 mortgage. The Supreme Court heard that Michael Scott, Progressive Labour Party MP for Sandys North, signed an...

Sam Strangeways, a senior reporter for The Royal Gazette, has won a second Best of Bermuda award. Ms Strangeways was delighted to win the award for journalism from The Bermudian magazine — a title she first won in 2014. She said: “I am really gratefu...

Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch has criticised coverage of his controversial speech about the next Chief Justice. Colonel Burch was responding after he came under fire for referring to status Bermudian Narinder Hargun’s Indian heritage in the House on...

A senior has been charged with sexually touching a girl more than 40 years ago. The 73-year-old Smiths man, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, denied indecently assaulting a girl under the age of 14. The offence allegedly took place on an un...

A scheme to get around the expiry of a restaurant’s liquor licence by use of a private members’ club next door was slammed by the Liquor Licensing Authority yesterday. Juan Wolffe, chairman of the LLA, said Mad Hatters restaurant in Hamilton had serv...

A proposed sugar tax could cause “painful price hikes”, a soft drinks producer warned yesterday. Bruce Barritt, general manager of John Barritt & Son, said higher costs faced by distributors would be passed along to customers and hit island producers...

A Bermuda High School teacher has launched a bid to swim around the island in a fundraising tribute to a friend who died from cancer. Dmitri Haas says he hoped to use the event to raise $6,500 for Open Arms Malawi — a favourite charity of late friend...

A woman jailed for importing cannabis to treat her seizures has been released on bail. Natasha York, a 41-year-old mother of two, was released from custody last Friday, four days after she was sentenced to serve three months behind bars. Lawyer Paul ...

The Supreme Court trial of a man accused of murdering Perry Puckerin Jr has ended in a mistrial. Jeremiah Dill, 34, had denied charges of premeditated murder and using a firearm to kill Mr Puckerin, who was fatally shot in Hamilton Parish Workman’s C...

Bars and hotels across the island have been left high and dry after they failed to get their alcohol licence application in on time. Liquor stores have also been affected and Juan Wolffe, chairman of the Liquor Licensing Authority, said more than 30 ...