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Government is seeking planning permission to partially demolish a building at the Tynes Bay Waste to Energy facility to make room for an improved turbine which will generate more electricity.
According to an application received by the Planning Depar...
DATE: Jun 11, 2013
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Harbour Nights will get a taste of Scotland as part of the build-up to this weekend’s Highland Games.
The MacKenzie School of Dance will do a short performance at Harbour Nights tomorrow, to give everyone a sample of the dancing that will take place ...
DATE: Jun 11, 2013
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Former advertising and marketing manager for The Royal Gazette Gary Ritchie has passed away at the age of 77.
Mr Ritchie entered the newspaper industry in Canada after serving three years in the Royal Canadian Air Force.
He came to Bermuda in 1968 to...
DATE: Jun 11, 2013
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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 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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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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Bermuda High School celebrated the graduation of 40 International Baccalaureate Programme Students in a ceremony on campus.
Hundreds of family members and well wishers took part in the Senior IB Graduation ceremony, congratulating the students.
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DATE: Jun 04, 2013
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