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A man who admitted an armed robbery in which he was accidentally shot by his partner in crime has had his sentenced reduced by the Court of Appeal.
Taariq Clarke had been sentenced to serve 7½ years in prison for aggravated burglary and using a firea...
DATE: Apr 19, 2016
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A Pembroke man has been banned from driving all vehicles until April 2019 after he admitted speeding away from police.
Joshua Iris, 23, pleaded guilty to charges of driving dangerously, driving while disqualified, driving an uninsured vehicle and obs...
DATE: Apr 19, 2016
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An extreme athlete planning to “run” from Florida to Bermuda in a bubble is considering his options after being given an ultimatum by the US Coast Guard.
Using a home-made “hydro pod”, 44-year-old Reza Baluchi had announced plans to run to Bermuda be...
DATE: Apr 18, 2016
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Public Works staff are evaluating ceiling fans in schools after a student was injured in an incident at East End Primary.
While the injuries caused are believed to be minor, a spokeswoman for the Ministry of Education said they were gravely concerned...
DATE: Apr 18, 2016
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A Warwick teen was remanded into custody after he admitted a pair of burglaries.
Meshach Crichton, 17, pleaded not guilty to stealing a laptop from one home, more than $11,000 of valuables from another and taking a motorcycle without consent in three...
DATE: Apr 18, 2016
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Two Sandys men appeared in Magistrates’ Court yesterday charged in connection with the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Stovell.
Mr Stovell was killed by a gunman riding a motorcycle as he sat aboard a minibus near Woody’s bar in Sandys on September 23, 201...
DATE: Apr 18, 2016
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Warwick Academy officially broke ground today on what will become the new McCorkell Student Commons.
The facility will be named after outgoing principal Maggie McCorkell, who will be retiring at the end of this school year after 27 years.
Colin Smith...
DATE: Apr 18, 2016
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A man jailed for a plot to import $6 million of cannabis to Bermuda has lost an appeal against his conviction.
George Virgil was found guilty last year of conspiring to import 263lbs of the controlled drug, and was subsequently sentenced to ten years...
DATE: Apr 16, 2016
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A meeting of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) yesterday was called off after all four One Bermuda Alliance members failed to attend, leaving the committee without a quorum.
Financial secretary Anthony Manders, who had been summoned to attend the m...
DATE: Apr 15, 2016
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Politics
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A plan to erect a Bailey bridge over the St George’s swing bridge has been abandoned in favour of strengthening the bridge from below.
A spokeswoman for the Ministry of Public Works said work on a full-scale remediation for the bridge had already beg...
DATE: Apr 15, 2016
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