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Midwifery in Bermuda could be line for an overhaul — just as a new book is published calling for more choice in childbirth on the island. The Ministry of Health told The Royal Gazette it was “actively engaging” with Bermudian and overseas midwives to...

Shadow legal affairs minister Scott Pearman has called on Attorney-General Kathy Lynn Simmons to explain to the public why she has been named as a codefendant in five civil lawsuits. The five writs are among 14 cases filed in the Supreme Court since ...

A second inquiry has been launched into the island’s child protection agency in less than three months. The Government revealed yesterday that the Department of Internal Audit was conducting a review into the Department of Child and Family Services....

Vulnerable children involved in court proceedings will have no legal representation because of the Government’s refusal to pay for the services, it was alleged yesterday. Tiffanne Thomas, a freelance social worker, said she was withdrawing as a litig...

A top Crown counsel is being sued for an alleged failure to pay back more than half a million dollars to a “self-help” club set up by a group of friends in North Hamilton. Club 10 Foundation Ltd claimed that Myron Simmons, a senior lawyer in the Atto...

A former Miss Teen Bermuda who became an international award-winning midwife has spearheaded an attempt to make sure women in war-torn Syria get proper maternity care. Pandora Hardtman set up a programme to promote safe births in the devastated Middl...

A doctor from one of the world’s leading universities has discovered a gene mutation in a Bermudian mother and daughter that could help to find a cure for a potential killer disease. The two women both suffer from lupus, which attacks the immune syst...

The owners of a dairy farm accused by neighbours of causing a stink have rejected a potential buyer after news of the sale was made public before it was finalised. Lidia and Valter Medeiros knocked back the offer and accused the “suitor” interested i...

Former health minister Jeanne Atherden has accused David Burt and Kim Wilson of lying to justify to taxpayers a $1.2 million public purse payout to Ewart Brown. The Opposition backbencher told The Royal Gazette that Mr Burt, the Premier and Minister ...

A landscaping worker lost part of his thumb after an accident with a portable generator in Hamilton. The 22-year-old, an employee of Horsfield Landscape & Design, was taken to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital after the incident at the junction of Ha...