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A man who admitted “arson by hire” and potentially faces years behind bars pleaded in court yesterday not to be jailed for his parents’ sake. Calvin Trott, 51, of Smith’s, pleaded guilty in March to arson and wilful damage after setting fire to a car...

The oldest active Gombey troupe on the island is celebrating its 65th anniversary this year and plans to mark it with an electrifying performance at the Bermuda Day Parade tomorrow. Place’s Gombeys, formed on Boxing Day, 1957 by the late Reginald Pl...

The highly controversial Travel Authorisation form will stay in place even if all other emergency Covid measures are dropped because the Government needs the money it generates, a senator has said. Arianna Hodgson, junior health and finance minister,...

Another person has died from Covid-19 in the past week, bringing the total number of fatalities from the virus to 138. In a statement, Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, last night extended her condolences to the family and friends of the deceased, ...

The national security minister yesterday made a heartfelt plea to keep violence out of the Bermuda Holiday Weekend. Michael Weeks appealed to those “caught in the vicious cycle of retaliation and violence” to be mindful of the impact their actions co...

A teenaged man yesterday appeared in Magistrates’ Court to face charges in connection with a daytime firearms incident at Divots Bar and Grill in Warwick earlier this month. Josiah King, 18, was charged with possession on May 10 of a firearm – a Gene...

A flight from Ghana to the US had to divert to Bermuda on Monday after a passenger died on-board. The United Airlines 997 flight left Accra late on Sunday night, bound for Washington’s Dulles Airport. According to news reports, the passenger began st...

No cases of monkeypox have been reported in Bermuda despite outbreaks in other countries, the Ministry of Health said. Kim Wilson, the health minister, added that officials were ready to recognise the virus and to take “appropriate action”. She expla...

A man who got into an accident after driving while intoxicated was this week taken off the road for 18 months. Magistrates’ Court heard that Jonte Raynor, 29, lost control of his motorcycle and fell off his bike while riding near the Crow Lane juncti...

Traffic was temporarily divered from South Road in Hamilton Parish after a man suffered a “potentially serious” leg injury in a collision this afternoon. The collision happened near Hexham Drive at about 3.30pm. A police spokesman said: “Details are ...