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A tourist who was taken to hospital after being struck by a taxi on Front Street has vowed to return to Bermuda to “do over” her summer vacation.
April Lockhart, 55, from New York, said the last place she expected to get involved in a road accident w...
DATE: Aug 22, 2011
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Robbers who broke into a Devonshire home brandishing a gun and demanding cash were last night still on the loose.
They entered a garage on Tribe Road No 1, close to Middle Road, where five men are understood to have been playing a card game. It is be...
DATE: Aug 22, 2011
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Agape House founder Hilary Soares has died at the age of 70, after spending the past few weeks at the hospice she set up to allow others to live their last days with dignity.
Mother-of-four Mrs Soares, a British nurse who moved to Bermuda in 1963, wa...
DATE: Aug 22, 2011
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A hyperbaric chamber used at King Edward VII Memorial to treat divers suffering from the bends has passed an independent international risk assessment. And the result has prompted the global Divers Alert Network (DAN) to endorse the hospital as a pre...
DATE: Aug 22, 2011
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Foreign con artists are using stolen credit card information to try to get money by ordering expensive champagne, china and crystal from stores in Bermuda.
Police yesterday warned local businesses and members of the public to be vigilant for the scam...
DATE: Aug 20, 2011
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Crime
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A former office manager charged with repeatedly molesting an employee took to the stand in his own defence yesterday, insisting he’d “never ever sexually assaulted” the much younger man.
Mr Y told Magistrates’ Court the charges against him were “inco...
DATE: Aug 19, 2011
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Court
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A judge’s ruling that Charles Richardson should not have been charged with criminal libel will be circulated to media defence lawyers around the world by a charity which got involved in his case.
The UK-based Media Legal Defence Initiative (MLDI) sai...
DATE: Aug 16, 2011
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It was unconstitutional for lawyer Charles Richardson to be charged with criminal libel for making “unfair” and “sarcastically offensive” remarks about a detective on Facebook, a judge has ruled.
The case against Mr Richardson is to be dropped by pro...
DATE: Aug 15, 2011
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An American cruise ship passenger who landed a $3,000 fine after 13 spliffs were found in his cabin admitted: “I made a big mistake.”
Richard Battistella, 39, from New Jersey, pleaded guilty at Magistrates’ Court to importing cannabis to Bermuda.
Pro...
DATE: Aug 03, 2011
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Court
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Sam Strangeways
A motorcyclist who was rushed to hospital after a rock face collapsed on him wants Government to pay for his bike repairs.
Marvin Iris, 32, is still in pain from the back injuries he suffered during the accident in St George’s on July 20 and his Hond...
DATE: Aug 03, 2011
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