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A man has was seriously injured in a single-vehicle crash at Spanish Point Park in Pembroke last night.
Just before 8pm, a 30-year-old male was riding in the park, lost control of his cycle and collided with a wall to the side of the park, said pol...
DATE: Apr 19, 2018
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Marine biologist Nan Hauser feared she would be swallowed or crushed by a giant humpback whale — until she discovered it was trying to save her from a shark attack.
Ms Hauser said: “I was absolutely speechless that the whales had been protecting me ...
DATE: Apr 18, 2018
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A memorial service to honour former slave and ship’s pilot James “Jemmy” Darrell was held in St George’s at the weekend.
Mr Darrell piloted the Royal Navy warship HMS Resolution to its mooring near Tobacco Bay in 1795 while still enslaved.
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DATE: Apr 17, 2018
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A woman has appealed on social media to help trace a truck that hit her husband’s car and failed to stop.
Lucia Faria said: “A truck was coming towards him and came on his side of the road, hit the mirror on our car but kept going.
“My husband stopp...
DATE: Apr 17, 2018
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A 30-year-old man was banned from the road for 18 months today after he admitted dangerous driving and making an offensive gesture.
Magistrates’ Court heard that Pierre Niklaus overtook a police car on Harrington Sound Road in Hamilton Parish and fo...
DATE: Apr 16, 2018
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A family paddleboarding close to Flatts Inlet got more than they bargained for when a hammerhead shark swam between their boards.
Julie Compton and her husband, Jim, were heading to Gibbet Island when they spotted a fin sticking out of the water.
The...
DATE: Apr 04, 2018
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The Drive for Change campaign spearheaded by The Royal Gazette is to dedicate this month to the menace of speeding.
Statistics show that high speed is a major contributor to death and injury on island roads.
A report published by surgeon and road saf...
DATE: Apr 02, 2018
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Workmen today fixed a sink hole which opened up in North Shore Road.
The Ministry of Public of Works announced the work was completed by about 1pm today.
Traffic diversions are no longer in place.
DATE: Apr 02, 2018
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Roadside breath tests and speed camera regulations were highlighted in a public survey designed to help steer a new-look transport policy.
The transport ministry said both were among areas “strongly brought to our attention” by road safety campaigner...
DATE: Mar 29, 2018
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The Bermuda Day celebrations will be expanded over three days this year in a “renaissance” of the event, it was announced yesterday.
Lovitta Foggo, Acting Minister for Cultural Affairs, said: “What we hope to create is an entire Bermuda Day Weekend ...
DATE: Mar 29, 2018
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