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A disabilities charity is to hold a virtual conference next week on the best ways to campaign for rights for disabled people. Common Ground, organised by WindReach, an outdoor activity centre for disabled people, was designed to break down stereotype...

Flooding will become a major problem for Bermuda as global warming increases, a risk analyst warned yesterday. Angela A’Zary, the senior vice-president of client risk analytics at reinsurance firm RenaissanceRe, said that flood-prone areas such as M...

A 14-year-old campaigner who brought a contaminated water crisis in a US city into the national spotlight yesterday told young Bermudians to make their voices heard. Mari Copeny, who has campaigned for social justice since she was 8, said that yo...

A former police officer will be sentenced next year after he admitted holding a food delivery driver hostage with a fake handgun. Sam Fraser-Smith, 43, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court yesterday to depriving Romone Reid of his liberty. The court ...

People eat about a credit card’s worth of plastic every week, it was revealed at a youth climate change summit yesterday. The stomach-churning news was featured in a video presentation that showed that people ingested about five grams of microplastic...

Climate change could destroy Bermuda’s reefs and marine life, a youth climate summit was told yesterday. Mark Guishard, the Director of the Bermuda Weather Service, also said Bermuda had a larger carbon footprint on a per capita basis than China - o...

The Botanical Gardens could be lost to future generations unless a proper management plan is introduced, a government landscape architect has warned. Danny Simmons said that government staff could face a “wide range of issues” such as uncontrolled he...

A shipping business owner who fought his way back from homelessness said he wanted to give back with a holiday charity campaign. Kevin Simmons, the executive director of Ekko Trading Bermuda, wants to hand out food, toys and blankets to about 300 Ber...

Two brothers have claimed international chess titles after winning more than 50 games apiece. Odin Flanagan, 9, and his brother, Dylan, 8, were given the title of Arena Fide Masters after they faced off against competitors of all ages from around th...

Two cousins honoured their late great-grandmother when they were Called to the Bar on the same day. Aqueelah Simmons, 25, and Tanisha Butler, 44, said that Radia “Nadine“ Butler, who died during their studies, would be proud of their years of hard wo...