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The Bermuda Audubon Society is seeking planning permission to create a nature trail at Seymours Pond and establish a long-term conservation plan for the reserve.
Society secretary Karen Border said the project, conceived as a way of marking the socie...
DATE: Feb 22, 2014
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Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Cuts and falling benefits could severely impact the Island’s seniors if included in today’s Budget, according to Age Concern.
Chairperson of Age Concern’s advocacy committee Charles Jeffers said: “At a time when many seniors are suffering from the ef...
DATE: Feb 21, 2014
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A ma n who sexually assaulted a woman and held her at knifepoint was yesterday jailed for five years.
Randall O’Brian King Jr, 35, pleaded guilty last year to depriving a woman of liberty, sexually assaulting her and having a knife in a public place ...
DATE: Feb 21, 2014
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A police motorcyclist crashed into an area of marsh near Barnes Corner, Southampton this morning after losing control of his machine during a training exercise.
The officer was taken to hospital suffering from chest injuries.
Earlier today two men, ...
DATE: Feb 21, 2014
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Other
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A programme aimed at helping seniors pay electricity bills has seen rising demand since its inception — but the community has also boosted its support for the initiative.
Executive director of Age Concern Claudette Fleming said the group launched the...
DATE: Feb 20, 2014
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda Police Service has donated more than $16,000 to the Bermuda Hospital Charitable Trust to help fund the new hospital project.
The service raised a total of $16,764.86 through a series of events, including Denim Days, car parking at Police Fiel...
DATE: Feb 20, 2014
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A former officer of the Spirit of Bermuda has been named the 2013 Sail Training Captain of the Year at the International Sail Training Conference in Denmark.
Captain Sarah Robinson, who served as First Officer for the Spirit of Bermuda between 2006 a...
DATE: Feb 20, 2014
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Firefighters battled a brush fire near Trinity Church Road in Hamilton Parish for almost an hour on Wednesday afternoon.
Fire Service spokesman Lt Leonard Davis said a total of ten firefighters battled to contain blaze.
Sergeant Caleb Zuill said: “Th...
DATE: Feb 20, 2014
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A lawyer has been ordered to repay a client after the Supreme Court ruled that he had overcharged her by more than $60,000.
Linda Swan complained that lawyer Rick Woolridge had billed her five percent interest monthly rather than annually, but Mr Woo...
DATE: Feb 19, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man who was fined for threatening a Magistrate should have received a period of incarceration, according to Chief Justice Ian Kawaley.
Laurie Furbert was found guilty after he threatened Magistrate Nicole Stoneham in 2012 following a Magistrates’ C...
DATE: Feb 18, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
