10681 results returned for search: "" category "News" author Owain Johnston-Barnes
More than 3,000 people have used the EasyPark Mobile App for parking, according to the company.
Danny Faria, EasyPark general manager, said more than 1,000 new customers have adopted the service since the start of last year.
He said: “Our mobile subs...
DATE: Feb 12, 2018
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Researchers are to launch a new study to find out if Bermuda’s coral can adapt to climate change.
Samantha de Putron and Gretchen Goodbody-Gringley of the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Science have teamed up with Hollie Putnam of the University of Rhode...
DATE: Feb 10, 2018
|
CATEGORY:
Environment
|
AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A 36-year-old man who shut down the island’s courts with a hoax bomb threat escaped a jail sentence yesterday.
Robert Somner, who spent about a month behind bars before trial, was sentenced to time already served.
Magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo told Somn...
DATE: Feb 10, 2018
|
CATEGORY:
Court
|
AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
When Aerial Williams went fishing, a turtle was the last thing she expected to find at the end of her line.
The turtle, who she named Bridget, then had to go through surgery to remove a fish hook lodged deep in her gullet.
After months of rehabilitat...
DATE: Feb 09, 2018
|
CATEGORY:
Environment
|
AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A footbridge over Flatts Inlet has won approval from planners.
The project, championed by the Friends of the Bermuda Railway Trail, is one of three designed to link long-separated sections of the historic former rail track.
The plan will include one ...
DATE: Feb 09, 2018
|
CATEGORY:
Environment
|
AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The introduction of roadside breath tests could face legal and constitutional hurdles.
Senior magistrate Juan Wolffe said the use of a breathalyser programme would need to be regulated.
He said: “If there is going to be roadside testing, there have g...
DATE: Feb 09, 2018
|
CATEGORY:
Court
|
AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A former teacher on the island appeared in Magistrates’ Court yesterday charged with sexual assault on a teenager after he was extradited from the United States.
The 47-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded not guilty to sexually a...
DATE: Feb 08, 2018
|
CATEGORY:
Court
|
AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A 47-year-old man caught riding a motorbike while more than double the drink-driving limit was banned yesterday for 18 months.
Calvin Trott, from Smith’s, was also fined $1,200 at Magistrates’ Court.
Magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo heard that Trott was st...
DATE: Feb 08, 2018
|
CATEGORY:
Court
|
AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Police officers who seized a terrified three-year-old boy from his parents acted outside the law, the Supreme Court has ruled.
Assistant Justice David Kessaram said that the Department of Child and Family Services and Family Court had been wrong to b...
DATE: Feb 07, 2018
|
CATEGORY:
Court
|
AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Doctors from a top US hospital have helped island practitioners to keep up with the latest developments in heart and kidney treatment.
The team from New York-Presbyterian Hospital held a seminar organised by the Bermuda Heart Foundation and sponsored...
DATE: Feb 06, 2018
|
CATEGORY:
Health
|
AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes