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A former primary schoolteacher at Saltus school carried out sexual assaults on pupils, it was alleged yesterday. The school has launched an investigation after it was said the unnamed male teacher “touched students in a sexual manner”. A letter from ...

A failed sports centre could still be a success if more public money was spent on it, a former MP who led the project in its early years said yesterday. Walter Lister told The Royal Gazette the financial collapse of the Sandys 360 sports centre and p...

Three primary schools were burgled over the course of Wednesday night, according to police. A police spokesman said it was unclear “what, if anything, was taken from the three schools”. Victor Scott Primary School, Paget Primary School and West Pembr...

An education and counselling course offered to convicted impaired drivers should be mandatory, a counsellor said. Fiona Elkinson who has treated hundreds of people, added the main reason participants attended the course was to have their road ban re...

Pirates of Bermuda lived up to their tough reputation after they braved blustery conditions for charity. More than $133,000 was raised for the Bermuda Sloop Foundation’s education and character development programme on board its training ship the Sp...

More than half a million dollars was spent on salaries for permanent and contract staff at the failed sports centre Sandys 360 in its final year of operation, the organisation’s unaudited financial statement has revealed. The centre paid $404,928 in ...

A Mars expert from Nasa will visit Bermuda High School for Girls to speak with pupils from across the island. Sarah Milkovich, a planetary geologist at Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, will also make a presentation, “Is there life on Mars?” next Tue...

Government reallocated $2.5 million to bolster four ministries in the 2017-18 financial year. The funds moved were already appropriated so do not constitute an overspend. The Ministry of Education received the biggest supplementary injection of $1 mi...

Specialists with a track record of tackling failures in mathematics, English and science were taken off the job, according to the Bermuda Union of Teachers. Secretary General Mike Charles said teachers were “flabbergasted” that the education ministry...

Experts highlighted poor practice in Bermuda’s schools and unchallenging assignments for pupils, the education minister told MPs yesterday. Cambridge curriculum assessors conducted a review of public schools after Cambridge Checkpoint results showed ...