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A scheme to take invasive lionfish out of the sea and put them on dinner plates is to expand. The number of hunters is to double and permits will run for a year instead of six months. Tammy Warren, senior marine resources officer, said: “Initially it...

Berkeley Institute student Sierra Brangman is making sure young Bermudians have the chance to have their voices heard. This month, the 17-year-old held the first in what she hopes to be a series of public talks, entitled “Sierra Speaks”, aimed at giv...

Diallo Rabain has taken aim at the One Bermuda Alliance’s educational policies and said the former government “condemned” students. In an impassioned speech, the Minister of Education and Workforce Development said: “The future of our country down th...

Sparrow-proof bluebird nesting boxes could help protect the species from invaders, an expert said yesterday. Stuart Smith of the Bermuda Bluebird Society, said bluebird boxes were often taken over by sparrows. But the addition of a perspex top and “s...

A woman was rescued from a car that went over an embankment yesterday. The Bermuda Police Service said the car was driven off Orange Valley Road, Devonshire, 100 metres north of Jubilee Road at about 3pm. A spokesman said: “The lone female occupant w...

A Second World War US Navy officer who held one of the most closely guarded secrets of the conflict has died at the age of 100. Jim Humphreys was one of the few people who knew a German U-boat captain was being held in Bermuda to hide that his submar...

Family Centre will have to raise extra funds to cover the cost of its move from Charities House in Paget to King Street in Hamilton. Martha Dismont, executive director of Family Centre, said: “We have to raise another $150,000 on top of our budget. “...

A former prison officer convicted of smuggling drugs into Westgate Correctional Facility has won a Supreme Court appeal. Chief Justice Ian Kawaley ruled that three convictions against Art Simons should be quashed. The judge did not dismiss the charge...

A war of words broke out in the Senate yesterday over cuts in fees for MRI and CT medical scans. Andrew Simons of the One Bermuda Alliance said Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, had lied when she claimed the OBA ignored technical recommendations wh...

A shark tagged off the coast of Massachusetts has spent several days in Bermudian waters. Merlin, a 196lb male blue shark, was tagged by researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in November. Since then, the 7ft 10in shark has been trac...