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One of the first orders US president George W Bush gave after an airliner slammed into the North Tower of the World Trade Centre on the morning of September 11 was to shut down American air space. US Air Force fighter jets were scrambled with orders ...

Brett Jolly, a US citizen, was on a routine flight from Portugal to Newark in New Jersey on September 11, 2001. But it turned into a flight he would never forget after al-Qaida terror attacks hit his homeland. Mr Jolly said in a letter to The Royal G...

Two schools yesterday held services to remember former pupils killed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York 20 years ago today. Rhondelle Tankard, at Warwick Academy between 1982 and 1987, and Boyd Gatton, who left Saltus Grammar in 1980, were bot...

Lieutenant-Colonel David Gibbons was the Commanding Officer of the Bermuda Regiment at the time of the 9/11 terror attacks. Colonel Gibbons, now the Honorary Colonel of the Royal Bermuda Regiment, said that the island’s soldiers and other emergency ...

A popular bar and grill has temporarily closed due to a chef testing positive for Covid-19. In a post on its Facebook page, Divots, at Belmont Hills, said: “To our amazing guests. Divots Bar and Grill will be closed for a period due to one of our che...

A “new course” for the Department of Financial Assistance will include a push to get able-bodied unemployed back to work and strengthening support for the disabled. Jason Hayward, the labour minister, spoke in the House of Assembly today as he tabled...

Bermuda’s Covid-19 have shot to more than 500, quadrupling in weeks with more than 20 people now in hospital and five in intensive care. David Burt, the Premier, told the House of Assembly the island’s unvaccinated were bearing the brunt of the new s...

Legislation for long-term residents to obtain permanent residency in Bermuda was today tabled in the House of Assembly. Jason Hayward, the labour minister, said the Government was “acutely aware” of the sensitivity of immigration reform. He reference...

Irresponsible behaviour during the pandemic is putting children’s education at risk MPs heard. Diallo Rabain, the education minister, also poke in the House of Assembly on the “tough decision” for public schools to pivot to remote learning for the fi...

Residents who unknowingly harbour invasive species on their property will not be targeted under legislation tabled in the House of Assembly to curb the spread of pests on the island. Walter Roban, the Deputy Premier, said the Invasive Alien Speci...