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Work to restore a wall around a historic gunpowder magazine in the East End park has started. The St George’s Foundation announced last year that work would take place to protect the structure at Ferry Point Park, which has become increasingly vulner...

A teenage motorcyclist was arrested last night for possession of drugs with intent to supply after he ran a red light. A police spokesman said officers tried to stop the rider, 17, just before 9.30pm when they spotted the traffic offence at the junct...

The scientist in charge of the island’s fight against the coronavirus is to leave the job at the end of the month, The Royal Gazette can reveal. Carika Weldon confirmed that she had told the Cabinet of her decision. Dr Weldon said: “I really apprecia...

Trash collectors will pick up old Christmas trees over the next two weeks. A spokesman for the public ministry said the western parishes, west of Tee Street, Devonshire, would have discarded trees collected on January 15. Christmas trees in areas eas...

Road widening work in Warwick will mean a one lane closure on the parish’s Middle Road from next week. The public works ministry said that the moving of Belco poles and construction of a new wall and sidewalk on the road east of Burnt House Hill woul...

Gregory Seymour, a singer who led the popular rhythm and blues group Burning Ice, was one of its few surviving members. The band, which hit its heyday in the 1970s, also enjoyed popularity overseas. Music historian Dale Butler’s book Music on the Roc...

The new Omicron variant of the coronavirus is spreading like wildfire, the health minister warned last night as the number of active cases surged past 1,000. Kim Wilson said: “The facts are that the Omicron variant’s transmission rate is like nothing...

Bermuda’s first casino could be open for business in the summer, the gambling watchdog signalled. Jean Major, the chief executive of the Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission (BCGC), said the operation was “progressing well”. Mr Major added: “June is ent...

With Boris Johnson’s UK premiership looking in peril, Shaun Connolly, who closely observed the “political rock star” in his pomp at Westminster, looks at how it came to this and what it could mean for Bermuda. If Boris Johnson is toppled by the ...

Police manpower has been cut because of coronavirus sickness rates – but senior officers insisted that front line services had not been hit. Acting Commissioner of Police Darrin Simons confirmed that 18 staff members were off because of Covid-19. Mr ...