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Primary school pupils are prepared to avoid getting tangled up in gang culture after a six-week course designed to tackle antisocial behaviour and violence. Ten students at Prospect Primary School in Pembroke, aged 10 or 11, completed the Gang Resist...

A change in the mindset of young people is needed to tackle violence in Bermuda, a community activist has warned. Desmond Crockwell claimed an “aggression” that permeates the island lies at the root of attacks with weapons. He believed incidents invo...

Children as young as 10 could be at risk of gang recruitment, one activist claimed. Desmond Crockwell, an anti-violence campaigner, warned that schoolchildren could form links with gangs as early as middle school. He said: “A lot of these young peopl...

Schoolboy gangsters have been ignored by police after they launched a reign of terror in a residential area, local people claimed yesterday. Residents in Friswells Hill in Pembroke said a gun incident on Tuesday night was sparked by a gang, some as y...

Wayne Caines, the Minister of National Security, met yesterday with representatives of the National Crime Agency during his visit to Britain to promote Bermuda’s fintech business development. Mr Caines discussed investigation procedures for child sex...

It was another dark day on a sunshine paradise, as Bermuda woke again to the news of a young life lost. The death of 25-year-old Danshun Swann moved the island’s national security minister to work harder for harmony — and he has now called on the pub...

Three primary schools were burgled over the course of Wednesday night, according to police. A police spokesman said it was unclear “what, if anything, was taken from the three schools”. Victor Scott Primary School, Paget Primary School and West Pembr...

Police were called to TN Tatem Middle School in Warwick yesterday after three men drove on to the school premises on motorbikes and assaulted two students. A letter sent to parents yesterday afternoon by principal Garita Coddington said that two of t...

An abuse victim who suffered years of sexual exploitation at the hands of former Bermuda footballer and coach Wendell Baxter has spoken of the devastating effects his actions had on him. The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was aged just 1...

A social worker aiming to break Bermuda’s gang cycle is calling on employers to take a chance on young men with troubled histories. Kimberley Jackson, managing director of Team Street Safe, said giving “proven risk individuals” secure training and em...