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David Burt has joined campaigners in welcoming a plan to correct a legal anomaly which has prevented hundreds of people from obtaining British citizenship, even though they were born to a parent from a British Overseas Territory.
The change in the la...
DATE: Apr 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
A popular Pembroke bakery where armed robbers struck on the eve of Good Friday stood strong over the Easter weekend.
Owners of the Cake Shop on Curving Avenue shared via social media that they would be open for business on Saturday regardless, adding...
DATE: Apr 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Warwick Academy primary student gave up birthday presents this year in favour of helping people in need.
Sommer Barclay asked friends and family to give her toiletries for her eighth birthday which she could donate to the charity, the Grateful Bre...
DATE: Apr 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Two people succumbed to Covid-19 over the weekend, bringing Bermuda’s death toll from the illness to 14.
Kim Wilson, the health minister, said she was “deeply saddened” to report the first deaths from the coronavirus since one person in early Januar...
DATE: Apr 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Cabinet Office tonight provided an update on the government services impacted by the current coronavirus outbreak.
A Cabinet Office spokesperson stated: “Today the Government is providing an update on the departments and services that are impacted by...
DATE: Apr 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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A threatening video aimed at members of the public, including police officers, is under investigation.
A police spokesman said the clip, circulating on social media, was being treated “seriously” and advised anyone receiving the video to delete it in...
DATE: Apr 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A hospital patient who went missing yesterday from King Edward VII Memorial Hospital has been found safe and well.
Police this morning thanked the public for their assistance is locating Donna, Richardson, 62.
DATE: Apr 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A former senior Anglican priest who was paralysed as a result of a fall last summer has died.
Norman Lynas, the former Canon Residentiary at the Anglican Cathedral in Hamilton, fell down a set of steps in Bermuda last July. He was later airlifted to ...
DATE: Apr 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Artist Abigail Kempe is determined to keep one island tradition alive – the art of kite making.
Ms Kempe, 34, said she learnt the craft from her father.
And for this Easter Good Friday, she made a giant 4ft kite, incorporating a Gombey design.
It to...
DATE: Apr 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A lifelong farmer from the West End who carried on a proud family tradition of living off the land has died at 85.
Richard Bascome was a dairy farmer who tended Westover Farm in Sandys.
He recalled delivering milk as a child with his father, also Ric...
DATE: Apr 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer