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Bermuda is on the brink of a constitutional crisis after Britain blocked the Government’s flagship legislation to legalise the use and sale of cannabis

The Berkeley Institute last night celebrated its 125th anniversary in green and gold days before it welcomes its first signature learning programme students. Keisha Douglas, the Berkeley principal, said 132 SLP students are set to start classes on Mo...

Rampant drug and alcohol abuse are “strong contributors” to many of the island’s social ills, the head of a leading addiction service has warned. But the agencies that tackle addiction are “understaffed, under-resourced, underfunded”, warned Leslie G...

The drive for a regulated cannabis industry in Bermuda, which appeared to build into an open feud between the Bermuda and UK governments last night, already comes with a fraught history. Legalising the drug is a key Progressive Labour Party pledge – ...

MPs will have access to the names of delegates who have the power to vote in any leadership challenge to David Burt, the Premier, next month. The Progressive Labour Party made the statement following an internal flashpoint over the issue. The announc...

The Government has said it is working with a community group to develop a plan for the future of Hamilton’s historic Wantley. The house on Princess Street, which played a key role in the formation of the Berkeley Institute, is derelict and was schedu...

A proposal to build a facility in St David’s to incinerate medical waste has been given the green light by the Department of Planning. The application by MediWaste proposed the erection of a new structure on industrially zoned land on Wallers Point R...

Hundreds of homes across Devonshire were in the dark yesterday evening after a widespread outage just after 6pm. The power company’s website reported 350 customers lost power. A spokesman for Belco said the power cut was caused by a palm frond becomi...

A 30-year-old man who admitted shattering his ex-girlfriend’s car window and threatening to blow up her car and shoot her was sentenced to time already served in custody in Magistrates’ Court yesterday. Dennis Richardson, of no known address, pleade...

A 59-year-old visitor who was caught with a bullet in his backpack as he returned to a cruise ship received an absolute discharge in Magistrates’ Court yesterday. Victor Laczo, from Allentown, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty to possessing a .22 calibre...