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A man sentenced to 12 years behind bars for possession of a firearm has lost an appeal against his conviction. Eston Joell, 48, argued that he had been ambushed by new evidence in the middle of the trial, and that the jury should not have heard about...

Saltus pupils have donated more than $1,200 of toys to the Salvation Army’s Christmas children’s appeal. Ann Paynter, the director of middle school at Saltus, said: “We had a fantastic response. “Originally, we put aside one day for donations, but s...

A UK-bound flight was forced to divert into Bermuda in the early hours of Wednesday after a female passenger became ill. The 56-year-old woman and her husband disembarked the aircraft after landing at 12.30am and were rushed to hospital where she was...

The Hamilton Princess is to challenge young Bermudians to test their baking skills in a Christmas cookie competition. The contest, for children aged 12 and under, will ask competitors to submit two cookies of any type. The cookies will be judged by t...

Bermudian horse trainer Marvin Ford has been hailed as a future star after a stunning singing performance on a hit BBC show. Mr Ford landed in the limelight after he was hired to be a body double in an advertisement — but instead became the Unexpecte...

A foul smell on Front Street has been pinpointed to a broken main sewage pipe, the City of Hamilton said yesterday. The odour, which has plagued the junction with King Street for at least two weeks, was at first blamed on the release of “odorous resi...

The Regulatory Authority has taken action over allegations that the Bermuda Telephone Company overcharged customers. The RA filed a notice in July and claimed that the BTC may have breached its licence and charged customers for “overcalls” they did n...

A Bermudian is set to sing on a hit show with a television audience of about six mllion in Britain this weekend — after he was tricked by his wife and top British comedy star Michael McIntyre. Marvin Ford, who lives in Britain with wife Ellen, said h...

A plan to change an industrial building into a dormitory for staff at a St George’s hotel was rejected by the Development Applications Board. The application proposed using the upper floor of a prefabricated building on Ferry Road as accommodation fo...

Foundations are set to be laid for the new St Regis hotel in St George’s early next year. Jamahl Simmons, Minister of Economic Development and Tourism, said work is well under way at the site. He added: “We are well beyond the shovels-in-the-ground p...