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A motorcyclist was rushed to hospital after a road traffic accident this afternoon.
Police said that the woman tried to make a right-hand turn on to Canal Road off Woodlands Road in Pembroke but was involved with a collision with a car.
Police and th...
DATE: Jan 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
An illiterate former slave who became an ocean navigator and bought 20 acres of land in Paget in the 1800s wanted the poor to benefit from his success.
But the act of generosity by James Richardson meant that his descendants never got to inherit the ...
DATE: Jan 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Repairs to a badly damaged section of Harbour Road are expected to be completed by the middle of next month, the Ministry of Public Works said yesterday.
Emergency repairs were started on the waterside lane between Burnt House Hill and Tamarind Vale ...
DATE: Jan 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Royal Navy ship deployed for disaster relief and as part of the war on drugs is to spend the next month in Bermuda.
HMS Medway, a patrol ship, is due to arrive today after spending the last year patrolling the North Atlantic.
Bermuda will be h...
DATE: Jan 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Ernest Peets, the new Minister of Youth, Culture and Sport, reiterated his desire to having sport return in the coming weeks, but only with strict Covid-19 guidelines being observed.
The Government managed to curb a recent spike in positive Covid-19...
DATE: Jan 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Lawrence Trott
Two men were hurt in a serious crash today.
The accident also caused road blocks and commuter delays when traffic was diverted.
The crash happened at about 6.40am at the junction of North Shore Road and Jennings Road in Smith’s.
A spokesman for the B...
DATE: Jan 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Government called off 38 bus routes this afternoon.
The string of cancellations began with the No. 4 service from Hamilton to Spanish Point at 4pm, to the No. 1 bus from Grotto Bay to Hamilton at 6.40pm.
Cancellations doubled on January 13 with t...
DATE: Jan 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
An investigation into an island-wide power cut last month is almost complete, power firm Belco said yesterday.
A Belco spokesman said the report into the December 18 outage would be sent to industry watchdogs “in due course.”
It is understood that th...
DATE: Jan 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
An appeal was yesterday made for people to help identify the child in a 78-year-old mystery photograph found in the papers of a World War Two spymaster.
The photo turned up in a collection of letters linked to Victor Haag, who lived in Bermuda for mo...
DATE: Jan 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Despite a resolution being achieved between the Ministry of Transport and minibus operators for school bus transport last night, 30 more bus routes have been cancelled this afternoon.
The earliest route cancelled was the 4.08pm with the cancellation...
DATE: Jan 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
