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The Covid-19 pandemic has claimed two more lives, it was revealed last night. The grim news brought the death toll of the coronavirus up to 106. There are 57 active cases of the coronavirus, with none of them in hospital, one in intensive care. A tot...

Mass demonstrations at the climate crisis summit in Scotland were yesterday defended by the home affairs minister. Walter Roban, a delegate at the event in Glasgow, said he sympathised with activists such as Greta Thunberg, a Swedish teenage environm...

The first graduate of a law firm’s pupillage programme has been Called to the Bar. Marcus Symonds, 30, joined Bermuda’s legal fraternity on Monday after a ceremony attended by his colleagues and family. Mr Symonds said: "I am very pleased to have bee...

The only alternative to taking immediate action to fight climate change is “a collapse of human civilisation”, a leading conservationist has warned. David Wingate delivered the stark message as the public was yesterday asked by the Bermuda Climate Ac...

With the Throne Speech scheduled for tomorrow, we look back at what happened to the pledges made in last year’s legislative blueprint - which was shorter than usual because of the Covid-19 emergency. Of 22 key pledges made last year, nearly half, 10,...

Covid-19 booster shots will be give to people aged 50 or over and those with chronic health problems from today. Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, said boosters were already available for emergency and healthcare workers, along with people aged ove...

Bermuda will not start Covid-19 vaccines for children aged under 11 until the Government gets the green light from the UK, it was revealed last night. Ayo Oyinloye, the chief medical officer, said that the US Food and Drug Administration had authoris...

A magistrate was right to convict a man of the sexual assault of a schoolgirl, a lawyer for the Crown told the Supreme Court yesterday. The lawyer was speaking after Jamel Simons, 38, who was found guilty earlier this year of forcing himself on a 15-...

A new deal is to be struck for a laboratory to deliver DNA test services to the police. Acting Assistant Commissioner of Police Nicholas Pedro said the search was launched in a bid to get the best value for money. A Request for Quotations on the Gove...

A public health alert was yesterday issued over salame sticks that may have been contaminated with salmonella. The US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service warned that salmonella outbreaks across eight states had been linked ...