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An expert in marine biology has been appointed to a commission set up to protect the Sargasso Sea. Murray Roberts, a professor of applied marine biology and ecology at the University of Edinburgh, has replaced Howard Roe, who has stepped down after t...

A combined total of about 130 years of public bodies’ financial statements are in arrears, the Auditor-General’s office revealed yesterday. It was said that 42 per cent of those were “under the auspices of” the Ministry of Finance and there was not y...

Coastguard crews from the Royal Bermuda Regiment took part in a helicopter winching exercise thanks to a visit from a Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship. The offshore training involved a Royal Navy aircraft from RFA Tideforce, which arrived last week for a b...

A woman who said she accidentally brought a pistol magazine with bullets to the island embraced her family outside Magistrates’ Court yesterday after she was handed a conditional discharge for the offence. Rhea Virgil, 23, a Bermudian who lives in Lo...

The Ministry of Health honoured seven childcare providers that were highlighted as excellent through a new Child Care Regulation Programme – however, four providers were found to have fallen below standards. The Government said 31 daycare providers h...

A 38-year-old man has been jailed for three years after stabbing another man during a Christmas Eve bar brawl. Jaha Mallory, from Southampton, was also ordered to serve two years’ probation once he has completed his prison sentence. At a sentencing h...

The number of road collisions fell in the third quarter of this year compared with the same period for the past three years, police said yesterday. But driving while impaired remained “prevalent”, a spokesman said. The island recorded 264 road traffi...

The island’s soaring cost of living will be the topic of a series of town hall meetings organised this month by the Bermuda Industrial Union. The move comes in the wake of legislation tabled on Friday in the House of Assembly to eliminate import duti...

Researchers at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences have lent their experience to an upcoming video game intended to simulate piloting remote controlled submarines. The September edition of the institute’s Currents newsletter said José González, a...

An outdoor cinema series will this month embrace the Hallowe’en spirit with two screenings at Fort Hamilton. The Fresh Air Films event series is set to return over Hallowe’en weekend with showings of the 2019 animated film The Addams Family, followed...