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Ice skating in the East End this winter will be bigger and better, organisers promised yesterday.
The St George’s Skates rink, which was launched last year, will be enlarged for 2017 and a party tent added to the set-up.
Cher Przelomski, of Planning ...
DATE: Oct 11, 2017
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A disgraced former Bermuda teacher has again made headlines in Britain.
The Daily Mail and The Sun published stories yesterday about Matthew McGowan’s marriage this summer to Aimee Bento, one of his former pupils at Warwick Academy.
Mr McGowan, who t...
DATE: Oct 11, 2017
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Bermuda’s civil liberties watchdog called on the Government to ditch “reckless” plans to undermine human rights laws yesterday.
A spokeswoman for the Human Rights Commission warned that watering down the supremacy of human rights legislation over imm...
DATE: Oct 11, 2017
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The Montpelier Road roundabout will be closed on Friday for road resurfacing work.
Government said the roundabout at the junction of Frog Lane in Devonshire will close at 9.30am
The spokeswoman said: “As a result, Frog Lane will be closed from BFA Wa...
DATE: Oct 11, 2017
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The Bermuda Society for the Blind has called for people to protect their eyes as World Sight Day approaches.
International World Sight Day will take place on Thursday, with organisations around the world working to raise awareness about avoidable sig...
DATE: Oct 10, 2017
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Parents are being warned about infant bath tubs after a host of new regulations were introduced in the United States to prevent drownings.
The Department of Consumer Affairs said new safety rules came into effect in the US on October 2.
As a result, ...
DATE: Oct 10, 2017
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Last year, Joshua Stephens cut free a loggerhead turtle found tangled in an abandoned cargo net in the waters off Wreck Hill.
For Mr Stephens, who had long sought a career in marine biology, it was the final piece of the puzzle bringing him to join t...
DATE: Oct 09, 2017
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Court reports were ordered on a man who admitted stealing from a pair of stores in Hamilton.
Alexander Christopher, 48, this morning pleaded guilty to two counts of theft.
The court heard that, on July 28, Christopher was seen on CCTV stealing a $200...
DATE: Oct 09, 2017
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A woman jailed for importing cannabis has had sentence reduced by eight months — but the court refused a request to increase the sentence of a second woman for drugs offences.
Valisa Holder appealed against a 2½-year sentence imposed in Magistrates’ ...
DATE: Oct 07, 2017
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A three-year-old trash truck superfan got a surprise visit from Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the Minister of Public Works.
Colonel Burch visited the home of Stephen Smith — and gave him his own miniature version of a refuse vehicle.
The minister s...
DATE: Oct 06, 2017
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