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A woman has claimed her foster daughter’s school tried to transfer the child to a learning support class without consultation.
She said she refused to allow the move and the girl stayed in a mainstream class after her doctor recommended the seven-yea...
DATE: Nov 02, 2018
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A police and fire service probe into a house blaze that killed a 66-year-old man continued today.
The man was found dead after a fire at a home on Scotts Hill Road, Sandys, last night,
Police said the victim would not be identified until next of kin ...
DATE: Nov 02, 2018
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Deputy Commissioner of Police Paul Wright retired today after a 34-year career in uniform.
Mr Wright worked with Humberside Police in England for six years before he joined the Bermuda Police Service.
He has worked in community policing, criminal inv...
DATE: Nov 02, 2018
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Bermuda’s cahow nesting season got off to an early start this year as breeding pairs returned to their burrows quicker than usual.
Jeremy Madeiros, the Government’s principal land conservation officer, said: “Many of the birds are returning a week ah...
DATE: Nov 01, 2018
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Environment
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Police launched an investigation yesterday after a flasher exposed himself to a horrified woman near a school in Smith’s yesterday,
An area resident said his wife was walking their dog when the man exposed himself.
He told The Royal Gazette: “My wife...
DATE: Nov 01, 2018
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Crime
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Sarah Lagan
An inquiry was launched yesterday after the grim discovery of human bones as excavation work for a children’s sailing area was carried out at a sailing club in the West End.
The Bermuda National Trust is to investigate after the 19th-century remains ...
DATE: Oct 31, 2018
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Cab-hailing app Hitch is to relaunch today with changes to improve service and iron out technical problems.
The company said the app has been redesigned.
Sergio Virgil, cofounder of the firm, said: “There is no question that the Hitch app has faced ...
DATE: Oct 31, 2018
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Bermuda is braced for its largest ever number of cruise ship passengers in a single day, the transport ministry said yesterday.
More than 9,340 cruise ship passengers will be on the island on Wednesday as six ships visit the island between Tuesday an...
DATE: Oct 30, 2018
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Tourism
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Sarah Lagan
An environmental charity and a green energy firm have launched a competition for schoolchildren as the island looks to the future of power generation.
Greenrock and solar power company BeSolar will offer cash prizes for the best response to alternati...
DATE: Oct 30, 2018
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Bike thefts jumped by 68 per cent in the third quarter of the year compared to the same period last year.
Senior police officers said stolen machines could be used in shootings or to commit other crimes.
Chief Inspector Robert Cardwell, head of the B...
DATE: Oct 29, 2018
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Crime
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Sarah Lagan