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The fight to protect the critically endangered Bermuda Skink has found a new ally — the UK’s Chester Zoo.
A total of 12 skinks will soon be taken to the zoo in an effort to develop a captive breeding programme for the critically endangered species.
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DATE: Jun 07, 2013
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A Pembroke painter was banned from the road yesterday after admitting drinking and driving.
Aaron Moniz, 24, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court of driving while impaired in an incident on Saturday.
The court heard that at around 12.30am, officers o...
DATE: Jun 07, 2013
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A total of 28 sailors yesterday set out from Rhode Island — all travelling solo — as part of the Bermuda One-Two.
The biennial race, which first started in 1977, challenges competitors to race from Newport to St George’s solo, and return to Newport d...
DATE: Jun 07, 2013
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Staff from Works and Engineering have in recent weeks been working to restore the Unfinished Church, which suffered “substantial deterioration” due to weathering.
Former St George’s Mayor Henry Hayward said: “It got so bad it was actually a danger to...
DATE: Jun 07, 2013
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A St David's man yesterday admitted beating a middle school student with a cricket bat in a playground.
Glen Fox, 46, pleaded guilty to causing actual bodily harm and having an offensive weapon in the June 2 incident, which took place near the Gulf S...
DATE: Jun 06, 2013
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Court
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A Paget firefighter was yesterday fined after he admitted drinking and driving, but left the court with his driver’s licence intact.
Dennis Kelly, 39, was arrested on June 2 after officers received a report of a vehicle being driven erratically along...
DATE: Jun 06, 2013
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Court
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Government is still looking at prohibiting discrimination on the grounds of age in the workplace, according to Community Minister Wayne Scott, but no timeline is in place.
Mr Scott told the Annual General Meeting for Age Concern yesterday that Govern...
DATE: Jun 06, 2013
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Warmer waters have severely impact North Atlantic puffin populations, resulting in some dead birds washing up in Bermuda.
At least six dead puffins — and one alive — have been seen in Bermuda’s waters this year.
Researchers have said that puffins are...
DATE: Jun 05, 2013
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A Hamilton Parish man who crashed his motorcycle on North Shore Road has been arrested for drinking and driving.
Just after midnight on Tuesday officers and first responders attended the single-vehicle collision near the junction with East Point Lane...
DATE: Jun 05, 2013
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Starting this week, the schedule for Magistrates’ Court is viewable online.
The lists, which are typically posted on the doors to the courts themselves, list the parties involved in the matter, the start time and if the matter is criminal, civil or a...
DATE: Jun 05, 2013
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