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A drink driving motorcyclist who hit a car and a street light was yesterday banned from the roads for 18 months.
Magistrates’ Court heard that Kyle Arkell, 25, was riding on South Road in Paget when he tried to turn left at its junction with Southcot...
DATE: Sep 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Bermuda’s Rhodes scholar traditionally gets a sendoff in the US before they begin their studies.
But the pandemic meant a home ceremony for Kenza Wilks, 22, who headed yesterday for Rhodes House at the University of Oxford.
Christie Hunter-Arscott, t...
DATE: Sep 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A cancer charity has seen its largest number of summer camps eager to learn about protective measures against skin cancer for three years.
About 25 camps were recognised on Monday for completing the Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre’s (BCHC) SunSmart ...
DATE: Sep 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Police and Customs officials were this afternoon caught on camera searching vehicles in a car storage depot.
The footage shot by an onlooker showed more than half-a-dozen uniformed personnel examining several newly-imported cars at a storage area use...
DATE: Sep 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
City Hall in Hamilton will be closed to the public for the rest of the day after a power outage.
The power went out at around 2.30pm.
A Corporation of Hamilton spokeswoman said it was hoped that power would be restored by the end of the day.
She adde...
DATE: Sep 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The police criminal records office has reopened to the public.
But anyone who needs a criminal record check is asked to make their application online if possible.
Application forms can be found on the BPS website here.
Applications should include al...
DATE: Sep 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The island’s first Black female president of the Bermuda Bar Association has been recalled as a compassionate and driven family lawyer.
Ross Smith, husband of Karen Williams-Smith, said yesterday: “Her focus was on her family, starting with her two d...
DATE: Sep 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Obituaries
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer
Children returning to school next week will have to wear masks throughout the day, according to Covid-19 safety protocols.
Diallo Rabain, the minister of education, outlined the measures that will be required for public school students when the new t...
DATE: Sep 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Bermuda Industrial Union will hold a weekly one-day protest against union decertification laws, it has confirmed.
In a statement released yesterday, a BIU spokeswoman said the protest will start from Monday, September 13. The action was approved ...
DATE: Sep 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The owners of a van swiped from a popular Front Street bar were left bemused yesterday after it was spotted around the island during an eight-hour joyride.
Reed Young, the owner of Docksider on Front Street, said the company vehicle was tough to miss...
DATE: Sep 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell