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Results are expected soon for more than 30 samples from suspected cases of the Omicron Covid-19 variant flown overseas for tests.
A spokeswoman for the health ministry said a turnaround of a few days was expected on the samples sent to a lab in the U...
DATE: Dec 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A bust-up over the state of the Tynes Bay incinerator heated up yesterday as the Government was accused of failure to act on promises of investment in the plant that dated back decades.
A major announcement by Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the publ...
DATE: Dec 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
A new security camera system is to be installed at Hamilton City Hall car park to help stop the theft of scores of bikes every month.
City officials said that 42 motorcycles were stolen each month on average last year - 1.4 a day - and that most were...
DATE: Dec 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A 29-year-old man was yesterday in hospital with serious injuries after he was stabbed yesterday near a sports club.
Police said the man was on his way to a football match at Southampton Rangers Sports Club when he was assaulted by two men just outsi...
DATE: Dec 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
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