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A homeless man believed he could force his departure from a care home if he did “something nasty” to a nurse, a court was told this week. Magistrates’ Court heard that a nurse, who cannot be named for legal reasons, left the home because of the trau...

Children who are raised without a father figure are more likely to end up in jail, according to a pressure group. And Eddie Tavares, the head of Childwatch, said that money spent on incarcerating inmates would be better spent encouraging fathers to p...

A DJ was remanded in custody yesterday after he was accused of harassing and threatening to stab a woman. Gregory Outerbridge, 40, pleaded not guilty to the use of “menacing” words against Samantha Wainwright through the telephone, namely: “I’m comin...

Planners will have greater flexibility when considering development applications in the north east of Hamilton under legislation passed in the House of Assembly today. The North East Hamilton Local Plan will realise the area’s “sustainable economic p...

Emergency laws originally designed to rapidly crack down on gangs ten years ago will be made permanent, the Government said yesterday. Kathy Lynn Simmons, the Attorney-General, said that when gang violence surged in 2012, temporary provisions to the...

The Government was urged today by the Opposition to follow the example of a tourism competitor after the Bahamas announced this week that it was scrapping its Covid-19 Travel Health Visa. Michael Dunkley, the Shadow Health Minister, highlighted the a...

A former MP has paid tribute to her “larger than life” brother who was found dead last weekend. The body of Keith Gordon, 70, was found at a home on Victoria Street in Hamilton on Saturday afternoon. Social media commentators had claimed that Mr Gord...

The number of active Covid-19 cases has dropped slightly, according to latest figures released last night. A total of 334 positive results were returned from 8,589 tests, giving a positivity rate of four per cent. The tests were taken in the seven da...

A witness told the Supreme Court that she saw a silver van turn off its headlights moments before she came across the body of teenager Jen-Naya Simmons. Juanae Burchall said that while she was in shock trying to help the young woman, she saw the same...

A former common councillor for the City of Hamilton was also a musician, activist and “unsung hero” who gave of his time to help seniors. John Holdipp III became one of nine Hamilton councillors in November 2013, under the “Team Hamilton” administrat...