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Two Bermuda residents were yesterday safe ashore in Spain after being rescued from a crippled yacht in drama on the high seas. Derek Davis and Clare Spearing were among the four-man crew who abandoned their boat and were plucked from stormy seas by a...

Premier Jennifer Smith wrote a personal letter to Canadian External Affairs Minister Lloyd Axworthy in a bid to block the appointment of lawyer Saul Froomkin as an Honorary Consul, it was claimed yesterday. And now Canada looks set to back down in th...

sensitive eyes, an Island optometrist warned yesterday. She explained: "My professional opinion is that -- as a child grows -- if you put them in sunglasses too early, it reduces the production of natural pigment in the eyes. "And that means they can...

Overseas candidates could be considered for the crucial job of Bermuda's head of criminal prosecutions, The Royal Gazette can reveal. It is understood applicants from abroad are among those to be interviewed for the $113,000 post of Director of Publi...

Senate row over a gay American Ambassador. The news came after The Royal Gazette learned Mr. Owen is set to take up his new post on the Island at the end of next month. But now a Republican Senator has vowed to hold up diplomatic appointments after U...

Attorney General Lois Browne Evans yesterday said she would not change a winning team for the last round in the McDonald's burger battle. And she ruled out a personal appearance before the Privy Council in London as Grape Bay Ltd. takes on Government...

A hunt to find the Island's best teacher for children with learning problems is under way. And the winner will get a free trip to the annual US Learning Disabilities Association conference in Reno, Nevada, early next year. Mair Harris -- chairman of ...

for the Bermudianisation of the Crown legal service on the Island. The meeting was a follow-up to a petition signed by only 16 of the Island's host of lawyers. A letter from the National Bar Association of Bermuda (NBA) asking that the UK Foreign Off...

A bid to set up a special register of MPs' business interests is set to hit the rocks. And a split in the ranks of a special committee -- which has already drawn up forms for MPs to register outside interests which could lead to conflicting loyalties...

The last battle in Bermuda's burger wars could take place in London in two weeks. The Privy Council -- the Country's final court of appeal -- will hear the case for and against McDonald's opening up on the Island in a two-day hearing. But political A...