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The Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of a man who sexually assaulted a 15-year-old schoolgirl almost 20 years ago.
Jamel Simons, 38, had admitted that he had sex with the child – but argued that he should not have been convicted of sexual assa...
DATE: Jan 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An airline has confirmed that its Bermuda routes will shift to a summer only service as the company made changes in line with “customer demand”.
JetBlue said that its flights to New York and Boston would halt in October and return in spring 2023.
A J...
DATE: Jan 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Plans to redevelop a closed restaurant in the West End have been approved.
Sandys Holding Company – the owners of the Somerset Country Squire – were given planning approval to demolish sections of the building and develop a new restaurant.
The compan...
DATE: Jan 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Plans to build new tourist accommodation at a hotel have been given the green light.
The Coral Beach Club in Paget was given permission by planners to develop a maintenance yard and build eight new tourist units in six new buildings.
The club said in...
DATE: Jan 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda College graduates were today encouraged to embark on a “journey to purpose” and inspire future generations to be great.
Dejaneé Hill-Edwards, a guest speaker at the college’s Winter Commencement ceremony and an underwriting assistant at reins...
DATE: Jan 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Mohawk Radio are to perform an unplugged set on the steps of Hamilton’s City Hall as part of the Creatives Live open air concert series.
The concert will be held today from 12.30pm to 1.30pm and will be a socially distanced event.
Ernest Peets, the ...
DATE: Jan 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Entertainment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Covid-19 curfew restrictions ended today at 5am, the Ministry of Health said last night.
But other rules designed to limit the spread of the coronavirus will remain in force for two more weeks from Friday.
They include keeping maximum group sizes to ...
DATE: Jan 20, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Missing teenager Equan Richardson has been found safe and well, police said tonight.
He was reported missing on Tuesday morning.
The Bermuda Police Service thanked the public for their assistance.
DATE: Jan 20, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Covid-19 restrictions for schoolchildren were branded as excessive and heavy-handed yesterday.
Parents of public and private school pupils said that classroom quarantines, masks in schools and the ten-day test rule after travel should all be relaxed....
DATE: Jan 20, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A man has been arrested after threats were made towards the Premier on social media, police said today.
A police spokeswoman said the 34-year-old man was detained after “menacing comments” were made during a live interview involving David Burt.
The m...
DATE: Jan 20, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan