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A hairdresser suffered minor burns to her wrists yesterday after a fire broke out at her salon. The blaze happened in a bathroom as the woman staff member refilled a spray bottle with flammable liquid near a lit candle. Another employee at the salon,...

Nine students have been awarded a special scholarship to help fund their studies. The students all won scholarships set up in the name of Barbara Ball, a pioneer woman doctor and fighter for social justice. Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, said: “...

Changes to the management of sex offenders in prison are working, the Attorney-General and Minister of Legal Affairs said this morning. Kathy Lynn Simmons told the Senate: “Sex offenders who do not complete the required programmes during incarceratio...

The island’s white-collar union is to hold a forum for expatriate workers to discuss problems with racism and xenophobia. Jason Hayward, the president of the Bermuda Public Services Union, said: “In a recent survey conducted by one of Bermuda’s large...

A young Bermudian basketball player walked away with a fresh approach to adulthood after graduating from an American military academy. Kobie Reid, 17, attended Valley Forge Military Academy in Pennsylvania for two years before graduating in May. He s...

Doctors will be unable to cope with a reduction in fees and an increased workload, the Bermuda Medical Doctors’ Association has warned. The BMDA said it backed improved access to healthcare, but that there were “significant costs” involved and more c...

Pupils from CedarBridge Academy were honoured at the end of their high school careers at the school’s graduation ceremony yesterday. Kenneth Caesar, the school’s acting principal, said that he was delighted to take part in the ceremony “in the presen...

Pupils from the Berkeley Institute were honoured for their academic achievements at their graduation ceremony yesterday. Keisha Douglas, the principal of the public high school, said this year’s graduation class was made up of 135 “outstanding stude...

The latest cohort of pupils to take part in a summer leadership scheme were announced at a press conference today. Twenty-five pupils will participate in this year’s instalment of the Future Leaders programme — the largest group so far. Pupils takin...

Pupils and their teachers staged a protest yesterday against planned class mergers at their school and fears that staff might be made redundant. Dozens of children and staff from Paget Primary School congregated outside the Anglican Cathedral on Chur...