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Firefighters put out a blaze at a Hamilton Parish chicken coop this morning after receiving reports of a brush fire.
A spokesman for the Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service said it received a call about the fire in the Crawl Hill area at 9.38am.
The spok...
DATE: Jan 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Footage of a pig on the loose in various locations last night proved a surprise social media hit.
The full-grown porker was filmed at a variety of locations by startled onlookers earlier yesterday, including what appeared to be St George’s.
Some of ...
DATE: Jan 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A yacht docking area in the East End will be improved if an application for renovation work is backed by planners.
A planning application said fencing would be put up on Ordnance Island and Market Wharf in St George to separate the dock from public a...
DATE: Jan 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A team of Bermudian runners is to brave temperatures as low as minus 20F in an Antarctic marathon to raise cash for charity.
Anna Laura Hocking, Philip Martin, Andy McComb and Mark Harris — the Bermuda Penguins — will leave next Thursday to take part...
DATE: Jan 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Cuisine Bermuda-style will be highlighted throughout a four-week restaurant food festival scheduled to start this week.
Bermuda Restaurant Weeks, organised by the Bermuda Tourism Authority, will feature more than 25 restaurants across the island.
Tas...
DATE: Jan 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Officials failed to provide an internal review decision inside a statutory time limit after a request for records about appointments made by the Governor, the Information Commissioner found.
But a determination was issued during the course of an inde...
DATE: Jan 11, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Both senior schools will stay shut today, the Government announced last night.
CedarBridge Academy and Berkeley Institute will continue with remote learning amid problems with coronavirus testing of large numbers of staff and pupils across the school...
DATE: Jan 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A senator who revealed a horrific catalogue of sexual and physical abuse by a former boyfriend has been contacted by 20 people in similar situations after her harrowing story was published in The Royal Gazette.
Lindsay Simmons said more than 50 peopl...
DATE: Jan 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Bermuda’s gambling watchdog has admitted he attracted global media attention when he tried to ban a game of chance called “Cow Plop Drop Bingo” in Canada.
Jean Major said the event, also called “Cow Patty Bingo”, involved a field divided into numbere...
DATE: Jan 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
A new agricultural produce storage centre to replace a century-old building has been proposed.
A planning application said that the proposed structure would be built next to the existing centre on Schools Drive, Devonshire, near CedarBridge Academy....
DATE: Jan 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes