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A man was fined $300 yesterday after he admitted stealing a knife from a hardware store.
Dennis Richardson, 29, pleaded guilty to the theft at a virtual session of Magistrates’ Court.
The court heard that Richardson visited Gorham’s hardware store on...
DATE: Apr 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Three people were yesterday charged with Covid-19 curfew breaches.
Tyven Hayward-Fletcher, 40, was fined $1,500 after he admitted breaching the earlier midnight to 5am curfew.
But Hayward-Fletcher told Magistrates’ Court during the virtual session th...
DATE: Apr 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
The Government could ban some motorcycles as part of efforts to cut pollution, it was revealed yesterday.
A Government spokeswoman said a plan had been drawn up to reduce carbon emissions from vehicles over the next 15 years.
She said the strategy in...
DATE: Apr 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man was yesterday charged with a serious sex assault on a woman on her way to work.
The 38-year-old man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, appeared at a virtual Magistrates’ Court hearing charged with the incident.
He was not required to enter...
DATE: Apr 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Bermuda’s Covid-19 death toll has risen by two to 22 after two more people succumbed to the disease, it was revealed tonight.
The number of patients in intensive care also rose by two to eight since last night’s update.
Kim Wilson, the Minister of He...
DATE: Apr 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A gale warning has been issued tonight as forecasters say there is a potential for storm force gusts.
A spokeswoman for the Bermuda Weather Service (BWS) said the island was currently experiencing unsettled weather conditions.
“As a result the BWS ha...
DATE: Apr 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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An inquiry into last December’s island-wide power outage has submitted its findings to the Regulatory Authority.
But despite being given the all-clear to release it by regulators, the report has yet to be made public.
The island was hit by a day-long...
DATE: Apr 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A private school has asked for permission to expand its campus.
The application from Warwick Academy proposed the construction of two new classrooms on the west side of the Middle Road school.
Extra parking spaces would also be created near the new c...
DATE: Apr 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Importers were yesterday asked to pick up their cargo to help prevent congestion at Hamilton docks.
Warren Jones, the CEO of port operators Polaris Holdings, said that the latest stay at home order had meant a build-up of containers on the quayside.
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DATE: Apr 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The island’s private schools have announced the cancellation of this year’s IGCSE and International Baccalaureate exams in the face of ongoing restrictions against Covid-19.
Public schools earlier this month had the Cambridge Checkpoint exams called ...
DATE: Apr 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell