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Three men appeared in Supreme Court facing separate charges of sex offences against young people during the court’s monthly arraignments session.
And another two men denied burglary at a Hamilton Parish home while wielding a firearm.
A 34-year-old Sa...
DATE: Sep 02, 2014
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A JetBlue flight was diverted to Bermuda today after reports of smoke and fumes inside the aircraft’s cockpit.
The aircraft was reportedly on route between New York’s JFK airport and St Martin when the issues arose, forcing the plane to divert to the...
DATE: Sep 01, 2014
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A Southampton woman is calling on the public to be more considerate about when they put out trash for collection after witnessing garbage piling up on a neighbours yard.
Linda Butterfield said that some members of the public have been dumping their g...
DATE: Aug 30, 2014
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A drug-addicted serial criminal with a record 35 pages long would be spending the rest of his life in prison if one judge had his way.
Instead Joeshon Russell will spend the next eight years behind bars following his latest conviction in a criminal c...
DATE: Aug 29, 2014
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Court
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Plans to erect a mobile Digicel tower in Devonshire has been granted final approval, despite a deluge of objections from members of the public.
The application, which proposed the erection of a movable “cell site on wheels” including an antenna capab...
DATE: Aug 28, 2014
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Carnival Cruise Lines, an occasional caller on the Island, is now set to deliver multiple visits to Bermuda next October, according to the cruise line’s website.
The tourism windfall stands to boost cruise numbers at a time traditionally marking the ...
DATE: Aug 28, 2014
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The Development Applications Board (DAB) have approved a series of applications to install telegraph poles to hold new police CCTV cameras.
A total of seven such poles were given final approval during a meeting of the board on August 13, regarding lo...
DATE: Aug 28, 2014
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Weather Service has issued a storm watch for the Island in advance of Hurricane Cristobal, which is expected to pass by the Island tomorrow evening.
Already the bad weather has disrupted cruise ship schedules and the St George’s ferry ser...
DATE: Aug 26, 2014
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Supreme Court dismissed claims that the noise and vibrations of a desalinisation plant had caused “actionable nuisance” to a neighbour.
However Chief Justice Ian Kawaley noted that the claims had highlighted areas to be looked at when considering...
DATE: Aug 26, 2014
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The Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce (BEST) has expressed concern about a notice threatening the removal of a tree behind the old Magistrates’ Court building.
According to a notice published on page 33 of the August 21 edition of The Ro...
DATE: Aug 25, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
