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Chief Justice Ian Kawaley today reserved judgment on a legal challenge to an Act designed to end same-sex marriage. Representatives for the Attorney-General argued the Domestic Partnership Act did not infringe on anyone’s Constitutional rights. But R...

Legislation to axe same-sex marriage robbed churches of the ability to make their own decisions on the issue, the Supreme Court heard yesterday. Gordon Campbell, on behalf of the trustees of the Wesley Methodist Church, said in an affidavit that the ...

A law to give limited partnership rights to same-sex couples should be struck down because it has a religious purpose, a lawyer said today. Rod Attride-Stirling told the Supreme Court the Domestic Partnership Act, which will block same-sex marriage f...

A man who had drug charges against him dropped has lost an appeal to get back $33,770 of cash seized by police 16 years ago. Tito Smith argued before the Supreme Court that he earned the money by painting houses and selling a car, but Puisne Judge St...

Bermuda’s Freemasons have donated a total of $7,500 to three charities. The Family Centre, the Scout Association of Bermuda and the Bermuda Diabetes Association were each presented with $2,500 cheques last week. A spokesman for the Freemasons said: “...

Violent video footage of a man being punched and kicked on Front Street went viral yesterday. Two recordings of the daylight assault, believed to have been recorded within the last two days, have spread widely. In the videos a man is in an altercatio...

Flora fever has broken out again — but this time it is over a bluebird named after Bermuda’s golden girl. Warwick Academy installed a webcam inside one of its bluebird boxes and named the two birds who nested in it after the Commonwealth champion tri...

Cancer care experts have backed a ban on sunscreen linked to the death of coral reefs. Bermuda Cancer & Health Centre said it was aware of evidence that big-name brands of sunscreen which contain oxybenzone and octinoxate had been linked to coral ble...

Bermuda College celebrated the graduation of 142 students yesterday. Hundreds of family and friends cheered as the students collected their qualifications. Zita Pitt, who earned an associate in science (nursing) degree said students had overcome prob...

The Endeavour community sailing programme has been promised support from investment management firm Orbis. The charity announced yesterday that it will benefit from a multiyear investment from the company. Jennifer Pitcher of Endeavour said: “The par...