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Roadside breath test checkpoints will be set up across four parishes for a week over the Christmas period.
A Government notice warned that road blocks would be operated by police every day from December 20 to Boxing Day.
The checkpoints will all be ...
DATE: Dec 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Roadside breath-test checkpoints set up without warning have been ruled out by the transport minister.
Lawrence Scott said he did not recall a conversation at a meeting with former Commissioner of Police Steven Corbishley about the possibility of ab...
DATE: Dec 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Road users on Harbour Road will face two sets of lane closures when repairs start on a second area of wall later this month.
The news came as the Ministry of Public Works announced that work on the road between Lover’s Lane and Highwood Lane in Paget...
DATE: Dec 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A police investigation has been launched into an alleged sexual assault by an overseas rugby player, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
A source said the player was alleged to have groped another man in a Hamilton bar.
A date for the alleged offence was n...
DATE: Dec 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Phone companies topped the list for customer complaints in the latest report by the telecommunications and energy watchdog.
Digicel had the highest number of complaints about billing – the biggest grievance category reported to the Regulatory Authori...
DATE: Dec 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A report into alleged historic land grabs and a revised Budget statement will dominate the House of Assembly’s final session of the year today.
It is understood that the Commission of Inquiry, which held its last hearings in May, completed the report...
DATE: Dec 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
A One Bermuda Alliance claim that the Government has misrepresented the inflation rate yesterday sparked a war of words.
Cole Simons, the Opposition leader, said that the figures produced by the Cabinet Office “just don’t add up”.
But Wayne Furbert, ...
DATE: Dec 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A change of name for Corkscrew Hill to honour Olympic champion Flora Duffy has become official.
The old street sign was replaced with one reading “Flora Duffy Hill” yesterday to mark Ms Duffy’s triathlon triumph.
The Government announced in October t...
DATE: Dec 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Speaker of the House of Assembly has signalled to MPs that any one of them could ask for an inquiry into the handling of the Covid-19 crisis.
Dennis Lister insisted he had to stay neutral, but that a member from either side of the House could pu...
DATE: Dec 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
The owners of a farm hit by a major fire said they were “optimistic” the business would bounce back.
Richard Bascome, the general manager at Westover Farm in Sandys, said the building that housed the butcher’s shop and staff housing had suffered the ...
DATE: Dec 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell