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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...

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...

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 ...

A house lost a piece of its roadside wall yesterday after it suffered a glancing blow from a trash truck. Neighbours of the house on Hermitage Road, Smith’s said they heard a bang and saw the trash truck stopped at the roadside. A resident in the bui...

The Government has named Malika Cartwright as the new director of the Department of Workforce Development. Mrs Cartwright previously worked with the Bermuda Hospitals Board and had earlier served as the executive director of the Bermuda Hospitality I...

Five Bermuda charities will reap the rewards as the global parent company of a major local insurer celebrates its 20th anniversary. Bermuda is among ten countries on the list for a $1.4 million donation worldwide by Arch Capital Group, with the givea...

An insurance company has handed over $25,000 to cover this month’s cost of a church’s food programme. Liberty Specialty Markets donated the cash to Christ Church Warwick’s meals scheme – the second time it has offered financial assistance. Steve Hor...

A coastal clean-up removed tonnes of waste from Bermuda’s shores, according to environmental charity Keep Bermuda Beautiful. The KBB Coastal Clean Up, sponsored by accounting firm EY Bermuda, addressed waste on more than 40 sites across the island be...

Two scientists at the Bermuda Institute for Ocean Science are set to leave Bermuda’s warm waters for the Arctic as part of an international study. According to the November edition of BIOS’s Currents newsletter, Becky Garley and Matt Enright, BIOS re...

A nine-year-old girl was yesterday hailed a hero after she rescued her drowning father from a swimming pool. Zoe Oduntan was swimming in the pool with her father, Richard and brother, Eli, when Mr Oduntan got into difficulties and sank to the bottom....