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Questions abound on the potential threat to public health from the Omicron coronavirus variant, which was identified last month by health officials in South Africa.
The new strain was isolated in the port of Durban, the country’s third-largest city.
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DATE: Dec 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A restaurant is to close its doors for the last time on New Year’s Eve as the Little Venice Group prepares to take over the property.
The team behind Tempest Bistro in St George, known for its French homestyle food, said it had no immediate plans to...
DATE: Dec 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Former Berkeley Institute student Terry-Lynn Griffiths celebrated becoming the latest member of the Bermuda Bar in a ceremony in the Supreme Court.
Ms Griffiths said she felt humbled and privileged to be able to join Bermuda’s legal fraternity.
She s...
DATE: Dec 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A law student who did community service to work off $1,800 in unpaid traffic fines was shown leniency by a magistrate yesterday.
Senior Magistrate Juan Wolffe cut short the community service order imposed on Essette Winters, 21, after she completed ...
DATE: Dec 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A charity against alcohol abuse is again offering a free lift home to make the roads safer over Christmas and New Year’s Eve.
CADA’s “Let Us Drive” programme will run from outside the LOM Building on the corner of Burnaby and Reid Street in Hamilton ...
DATE: Dec 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Government has paid an Irish firm more than $275,000 to replace security doors at the island’s prisons.
According to a notice published in the Official Gazette, Technical Door Solutions were contracted to carry out the work at both Westgate and t...
DATE: Dec 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Two men have been taken to hospital tonight after apparently being overcome by toxic fumes while working in a tank.
The men were found unconscious in a tank on Radnor Road, in Hamilton Parish, shortly before 7.30pm.
Fire Service personnel and an ambu...
DATE: Dec 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A Christmas charity drive designed to give toys, food hampers and medicines to people in need has been boosted by one of the island’s churches.
Gina Spence Productions has teamed up with Restoration Ministries in Southampton to run the event at the w...
DATE: Dec 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A female motorcyclist was injured after a collision with a van on North Shore Road in Pembroke this morning.
The accident happened shortly before noon at the junction of North Shore Road and Band Room Lane.
A police spokesman said the motorcyclist s...
DATE: Dec 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Santa Claus paid an early visit to the island last night when he took part in the annual MarketPlace Christmas Parade.
Hundreds of spectators lined the route as a fleet of more than a dozen vehicles snaked its way through Hamilton.
The parade had st...
DATE: Dec 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan