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A senior has been dealt another blow in her legal effort to halt the sale of a family home.
Elaine Charles had applied to stay the court-ordered sale of a cottage left to her by her mother, to pay legal fees over a longstanding family dispute over an...
DATE: Aug 17, 2018
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US researchers have shone a light on Bermuda’s glow worms.
Scientists at the American Museum of Natural History discovered the chemical that gives the Bermuda fireworms their glow is unique.
The study published in PLOS One found that a “luciferase en...
DATE: Aug 17, 2018
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A yachtsman involved in a fatal crash said he was lucky not to have lost a leg after a motorboat smashed into his inflatable.
Charlie Watson said his boat did not have lights, but that the collision would not have been as serious if the other boat ha...
DATE: Aug 16, 2018
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Court
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A man knocked unconscious in a crash between two boats told of his horror when he woke up and found his wife was missing.
Arthur McKee fought back tears yesterday as he relived the aftermath of the collision that led to his wife’s death.
He told the ...
DATE: Aug 15, 2018
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A man who claimed he was a hero after he set off a fire alarm in Magistrates’ Court was jailed for six months yesterday.
Jerry Williams, 54, said he triggered the alarm at the Dame Lois Browne-Evans Building in Hamilton because he saw someone in the ...
DATE: Aug 14, 2018
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Court
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A cruise ship passenger has denied a sexual assault on another passenger in Bermuda.
The 27-year-old New Jersey man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded not guilty in Magistrates’ Court yesterday.
The incident is alleged to have happened i...
DATE: Aug 14, 2018
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Court
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
An overgrown stretch of the Railway Trail has been cleared after complaints by residents.
Michael Dunkley, Smith’s North MP and shadow national security minister, said Dunkley’s Dairy staff worked with the nearby Green Land Dairy Farm to tackle veget...
DATE: Aug 14, 2018
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Bermuda is to bid to host a World Triathlon Series Grand Final, which could attract thousands of visitors to the island.
Kevin Dallas, the chief executive of the Bermuda Tourism Authority, said the successful International Triathlon Union World Serie...
DATE: Aug 14, 2018
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Bermudians who want to work, study or live in Canada already need to give biometric information, the Canadian Government has said.
Bermudians who carry any type of British passport — including British Overseas Territories Citizens passports — are now...
DATE: Aug 14, 2018
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Legislation designed to attract superyachts is needed, the Bermuda Tourism Authority has said.
Figures have shown that yacht arrivals dropped by almost 17 per cent year-on-year in the second quarter of 2018.
The number of boats longer than 30 feet ha...
DATE: Aug 13, 2018
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Tourism
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Owain Johnston-Barnes