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A “substantially lower” building permit fee was offered to the developers of a solar farm at the airport, a home affairs ministry spokesman has confirmed. He added that the reduced rate – understood to be $100,000 – was justified because of the site’...

More than 2,860 people have signed a petition urging the Government to scrap the Covid-19 SafeKey requirement. The petition, posted on the change.org platform, claims that the regulation is having a damaging effect on the economy. Under current C...

Emergency services staffing levels have started to recover after quarantine rules were relaxed, it was revealed yesterday. A spokesman for the Fire Service Association said that a loosening off of Covid-19 regulations that allowed close contacts of a...

Police yesterday issued 34 traffic tickets and made one arrest today after they mounted a speed checkpoint in the wake of an appeal for officers to help cut down dangerous driving. Officers were stationed along Middle Road, Southampton, near Five Sta...

The owners of the island’s biggest hotel were this week locked in talks with the Government in a bid to get the Fairmont Southampton up and running again. David Burt, the Premier, told news site TNN that getting financing in place for a major renovat...

The island’s main coronavirus testing laboratory has caught up on a backlog of tests, the director said today. Carika Weldon, in charge of the Molecular Diagnostic and Research Laboratory, said “This is the final update. “As of 5.30pm on Jan 21, we a...

An emergency bus schedule has been extended until next week, the Department of Public Transportation announced today. A spokeswoman said that bus routes would continue to operate on and expanded Sunday schedule because of staff shortages. She added t...

An elderly woman said her hair was falling out and she had become ill because of stress after she was forced to take legal action against a government junior minister who owed her $19,000 in unpaid rent. Margaret Harvey accused Curtis Richardson, a...

Ewart Brown, a former Premier, said today that his image is being falsely used to promote an online scam posted on Facebook. Dr Brown said that an image bearing his likeness was used in an advert to promote a product. He did not say what the product ...

Two deaths from Covid-19 were reported last night – which pushed the death toll from the coronavirus up to 112. Officials added that there were 14 patients in hospital – two of them in intensive care. The last deaths attributed to the coronavirus wer...