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Making cannabis and other controlled drugs available on prescription could stop users turning to crime to feed their addictions, Hamilton’s Mayor has said. Charles Gosling, speaking in a personal capacity, insisted a much more radical approach to tac...

A Government senator has spoken of horrific sexual and physical violence she suffered at the hands of an ex-partner to encourage other women not to put up with similar abuse. Lindsay Simmons’ former boyfriend got a 14 year jail sentence for his attac...

Two granddaughters of Bermuda civil rights activist, Edgar Fitzgerald Gordon, have been recognised in the New Year’s Honours. Veteran BBC news broadcaster Moira Stuart was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire and her sister Sharon Dav...

An “extremely rare” silver hunger strike medal awarded to an activist with Bermuda links will go under the hammer at a UK auction house this month. Stroud Auction Rooms contacted The Royal Gazette about the 1912 medal awarded to Frances Outerbrid...

The global surge of Omicron cases has sparked a shortage of antigen tests overseas, but Bermuda has not been affected. Stricter regulations aimed at curbing the spread of Covid-19 in the UK, combined with the holiday season has caused a run on testin...

Eagle-eyed bird watchers logged 7,561 individual birds in one day during Bermuda’s 47th annual Christmas Bird Count. A total of 83 species were seen on the “count day” – Saturday, December 18 – and an additional 12 species were spotted during the “c...

The Cabinet Office has been told to respond to a request for a review of records released about correspondence between the Premier and investment firm Gencom. Gitanjali Gutierrez, the Information Commissioner, ordered the Government department to mak...

A 24-year-old man is due to appear in court today charged in connection with the murder of Osagi Bascome, police said. Detective Chief Inspector Peter Stableford said: “I would like to thank those members of the community that have come forward to as...

Bermuda welcomed its first baby of 2022 on Sunday afternoon. While the Bermuda Hospitals Board said there was not a New Year’s Day baby this year, a girl was born at the hospital shortly after 4pm on Sunday. A BHB spokeswoman said baby Zara weighed 8...

A 54-year-old man has been airlifted to Boston for treatment to head and back injuries after a serious collision in the West End. A police spokesman said they are still looking for witnesses to the two-vehicle collision, which left two men in hospita...