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A Southampton man who was chased down by lifeguards after stealing a tourist’s bag was this morning remanded into custody.
Paul Williams, 35, pleaded guilty to one count of theft in connection to the incident, which took place at Horseshoe Bay over t...
DATE: May 28, 2014
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British beauty therapist Natalie Simpson has been jailed for two years for slashing another woman’s face with a champagne glass.
Simpson, 25, pleaded guilty earlier this year to wounding the victim, 31-year-old Alexandra Wheatley, during a fight at a...
DATE: May 27, 2014
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Government will develop and unveil a National Cultural Heritage Policy before the end of the financial year, according to Minister of Community, Culture and Sports Wayne Scott.
Highlighting Bermuda Day, Cup Match and other highlights of the Bermudian...
DATE: May 24, 2014
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The trial of two men charged with the murder of George Lynch continued yesterday with the jury hearing how the firearm used in the shooting was discovered more than a year later.
Wolda Gardner, 34, and Rickai Dickinson, 29, have both been charged wit...
DATE: May 24, 2014
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Police will be out in force over the Bermuda Day holiday weekend, supported by reserve officers and the Bermuda Regiment.
Officers will be conducting “high visibility” patrols throughout the Island, and in the Island’s waters, said a police spokesman...
DATE: May 23, 2014
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Families are being encouraged to come together to assist local charities next month when The Centre on Philanthropy hosts the Allied World Family Community Day.
According to a spokeswoman the free annual event, now in its third year, will include foo...
DATE: May 23, 2014
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More than two years after narrowly escaping death sailing to Bermuda, Canadian sailor Sergei Morozov has fulfilled his childhood dream of sailing around the world.
Mr Morozov, who set out from Halifax on December 5, 2011 in the 35-foot sailboat Hikar...
DATE: May 23, 2014
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A former friend of alleged murderer Wolda Gardner told the Supreme Court the defendant admitted ordering the shooting that killed George Lynch.
Michael Flood told the court that during an altercation in a truck in 2011, Mr Gardner threatened to make ...
DATE: May 22, 2014
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Friends of murder victim George Lynch saw a suspicious motorcycle riding through their neighbourhood moments before the Jamaican national was gunned down, Supreme Court heard yesterday.
Mr Lynch, 40, was fatally shot on the evening of May 5, 2010, wh...
DATE: May 21, 2014
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Bermuda Zoological Society (BZS) has officially presented its 2013 Reef Watch report to Government, containing data recently gathered on the health of the Island’s reefs.
The report is the result of the Reef Watch 2013 initiative, which brought toget...
DATE: May 12, 2014
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