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A nine-year-old girl was yesterday hailed a hero after she rescued her drowning father from a swimming pool. Zoe Oduntan was swimming in the pool with her father, Richard and brother, Eli, when Mr Oduntan got into difficulties and sank to the bottom....

A charity set up to boost the work of support agencies has expanded its team. Shana Williams has been appointed as programme manager at the Inter Agency Committee for Children, Families and the Community. Ms Williams said: “I am delighted to join the...

A charter boat company has vowed to assemble a fleet for the traditional Christmas Boat Parade in less than two weeks. UberVida announced that it would hold the event between 6pm and 8pm on December 18 in Hamilton Harbour and wanted to recruit ot...

A former community support worker and nursing aide has been appointed to run a home for women and their children. Edonna Bean will be the executive director of the soon-to-open Transformational Living Centre for Families. Ms Bean said she was “delig...

A footbridge that will carry the Railway Trail over Flatts Inlet is on track to be finished before the end of the winter, a spokesman for the group that funded the work said yesterday. Colin Campbell, an architect and member of Friends of the Railway...

Two youth groups raised $3,500 for charity on Saturday with a carwash and bake sale in Paget. The Bermuda Boys’ Brigade and the Church Girls’ Brigade hosted their annual Christmas fundraiser at the St Paul’s Church car park and church hall, with proc...

A special Christmas version of an open air concert series is to be held next week. The Creatives Live! concert will feature the Bermuda Carollers on the steps of City Hall in Hamilton. The event, organised by the Department of Culture, will showcase...

More than 50 homeless people live rough on the streets – including some who have college educations and hold down jobs, a new charity has said. Now the group – home – has launched a fundraising campaign to help get the island’s homeless into shelter ...

Aaron Williams could only imagine what it must be like to be homeless and sleep rough every night. But in the few months since he became a case manager for the charity home, his eyes have been “well and truly opened” to the hardships that the homeles...

A landmark bandstand has a new coat of paint – with work completed two weeks ahead of schedule. A spokeswoman for the City of Hamilton said the work was the 132-year-old Victoria Park bandstand’s first major facelift since 2007. She added: “Work also...