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Nine students have been awarded a special scholarship to help fund their studies. The students all won scholarships set up in the name of Barbara Ball, a pioneer woman doctor and fighter for social justice. Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, said: “...

The island’s white-collar union is to hold a forum for expatriate workers to discuss problems with racism and xenophobia. Jason Hayward, the president of the Bermuda Public Services Union, said: “In a recent survey conducted by one of Bermuda’s large...

Video recordings on social media of a weekend brawl on a boat are believed to show an incident at a Sunday raft-up off Morgan’s Point, according to police. A spokesman said last night that its circumstances were “unclear”. One film shows a boat packe...

Doctors will be unable to cope with a reduction in fees and an increased workload, the Bermuda Medical Doctors’ Association has warned. The BMDA said it backed improved access to healthcare, but that there were “significant costs” involved and more c...

The Department of Corrections has named the Prison Farm’s carpentry shop in honour of James “Jimmy” Pratt. The honour was given for Mr Pratt’s many years of dedicated service to the department and inmates housed at the facility. He was joined at a na...

Pupils and their teachers staged a protest yesterday against planned class mergers at their school and fears that staff might be made redundant. Dozens of children and staff from Paget Primary School congregated outside the Anglican Cathedral on Chur...

Summer water safety was highlighted yesterday as the boating season gets into full swing. Michael Weeks, the chairman of the Water Safety Council, said everyone using boats should rate safety as the “number one priority”. He added: “Recently, there w...

The owners of taxis that are off the road should lose their permits if they fail to renew them in six months, said the Bermuda Taxi Owners Association. David Frost, the BTOA president, said: “We believe that owners who do not renew their licences wit...

Shoes from an international shipping spill 15 months ago appear to have made their way to Bermuda. Hundreds of unworn Nike shoes have washed ashore in numerous locations separated by thousands of miles after at least 70 containers spilt from the 1,00...

Organisers of the Bermuda Carnival Raft Up at Shelly Bay said they made an extra effort to minimise the amount of trash that ended up in the ocean. Jason Sukdeo, founder of the Bermuda Carnival, said revellers were repeatedly reminded not to put thei...