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A man brandishing what he claimed to be a firearm raided the Southside Pizza House on Friday, threatening staff and demanding cash.
While manager Roberto Mescarenhes said the suspect was able to escape with a few hundred dollars, the situation could ...
DATE: Nov 03, 2015
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Former Miss Bermuda Lillian Lightbourn has been featured in Elle UK’s November issue as the face of its Autumn Leaves campaign.
Ms Lightbourn, who recently modelled for London Fashion Week and appeared in advertisements for Maybelline, Nike and Seph...
DATE: Nov 02, 2015
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda has again been highlighted as one of the world’s top Island destinations by Condé Nast Traveller’s annual Readers Choice Awards.
The publication ranked Bermuda fifth-best island in a recent list, based on reader reviews. Overall, the Island r...
DATE: Nov 02, 2015
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Tourism Authority and the Department of Community and Cultural Affairs have announced several new visitor experiences for the winter months in a brochure titled Uncover the Arts.
In total, the brochure highlights 50 activities that will...
DATE: Nov 02, 2015
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The man convicted of the murder of social worker Ida James is expected to appear before the Court of Appeal this week to challenge that conviction.
Norris Simpson was jailed for life in April 2013 after being convicted of killing Ms James, who was fo...
DATE: Nov 02, 2015
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Tourism Authority is launching a new social media campaign to spread the word that Bermuda is open for business this winter.
BTA director of public and stakeholder relations Glenn Jones said that over the next few weeks, video messages wi...
DATE: Nov 02, 2015
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A local ghost tour has earned international press in an article detailing haunted Caribbean hotspots.
The article, published on the USA Today website, highlights the Haunted History Walking Tour in St George’s in a Hallowe’en-themed travel story.
Wri...
DATE: Oct 31, 2015
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
American eels have for the first time been tracked migrating to the Sargasso Sea, off the coast of Bermuda.
According to a recent scientific article published in Nature Communications this week, Canadian researchers tagged a number of endangered Amer...
DATE: Oct 31, 2015
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Nonsuch Island Cahow-cam is up and running again as researchers hope to capture never-before-seen courtship behaviours.
The streaming camera, which is hidden inside a man-made Cahow burrow, has previously recorded the incubation of eggs, the hatc...
DATE: Oct 31, 2015
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On this date in 1978, the British Government intended to push Bermuda towards independence, according to recently declassified documents.
A cable sent from the London Embassy to the US Secretary of State and US Consulate, dated October 30, 1978, deta...
DATE: Oct 30, 2015
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes