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Parents yesterday appealed to Government to trust them to carry out at home antigen tests on children instead of a lab test before they returned to school. A spokeswoman for pressure group Us For Them Bermuda, a group of parents opposed to many of th...

A pressure group opposing certain Covid-19 regulations for children have described a virtual meeting held with health officials yesterday as “completely fruitless”. Us For Them Bermuda representatives were given 20 minutes with Kim Wilson, the Minist...

The Government refused yesterday to discuss progress on a flagship series of measures designed to get the economy under way in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis. Curtis Dickinson, the Minister for Finance, unveiled the economic recovery plan last March...

An appeal for an end to violence was made by Hamilton Parish community leaders yesterday after a resident was killed on Wednesday. Representatives from the Hamilton Parish Workman’s Club and the Bailey’s Bay Cricket Club gathered at Shelly Bay Field ...

Pupils will still be expected to wear masks in classrooms to reduce the spread of the coronavirus, the health minister confirmed yesterday. Kim Wilson said that the step helped to protect older family members in multigenerational homes. She was speak...

A private school insisted yesterday that pupils were not asked to write about the benefits of slavery. But Saltus admitted that “the intention of the particular assignment could have been misunderstood”. A statement from the school said: “The assignm...

The island has a domestic violence related murder and “multiple” incidents that involve serious injuries every year, the Director of Public Prosecutions has revealed. Cindy Clarke said that statistics showed that the annual toll from abuse was eviden...

Education officials are prepared to meet a pressure group opposed to mandatory mask wearing and other Covid-19 precautions in schools, the organisation said yesterday. A spokeswoman for Us For Them Bermuda said that Diallo Rabain, the Minister of Edu...

Training Bermudians in science will continue despite the departure of the Government laboratory’s director, the Cabinet Office has said. A spokeswoman added that the coronavirus pandemic also highlighted how courses could be added at the Bermuda Coll...

A sports day for adults has raised a $1,270 donation for an autism charity. The annual Off Level Games, organised by games company Off Level BDA, saw 16 teams go head to head in dodge ball, bubble football and other competitions. The winning team, wh...