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A jazz veteran and accomplished bass guitarist from the heyday of the Bermudian entertainment scene has died. Quinton “Tiny” Burgess, a nephew of jazz trumpeter Vernon “Ghandi” Burgess, was 78. Although best-known for playing bass guitar, Mr Burgess ...

A teenage girl yesterday told Magistrates’ Court that an 81-year-old man who gave her lifts home after school grabbed her buttocks. The 17-year-old, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, said that she ran into the man while she was out for a st...

A man who decked out on his motorcycle has been sent to DUI Court after he admitted being impaired at the time. Gregory Dill, 58, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to having care and control of a vehicle while impaired. The court heard that police...

Police issued a warning today after social media messages highlighted a “paedophile frequenting the Fort Hamilton area” in Pembroke. The messages included a description of the person. The spokesman said acts of “vigilante justice – in relation to any...

More than one in four people in Bermuda have received at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine and 16 percent are fully immunised, the health ministry said last night. The news came as the ministry reported that a single coronavirus infection was de...

Tributes have been paid by the island’s teaching union to Dr Joseph Christopher, a former Commissioner of Education, who died earlier this week. In a statement, the Bermuda Union of Teachers described Dr Christopher as a “man of immense intellectual ...

The Bermuda Tourism Authority has won two top awards in recognition of its efforts to promote the island in the wake of Covid-19. Two BTA campaigns, which targeted the Afro-American market and encouraged people to work in Bermuda, were recognised at ...

It is a regular complaint that Christmas celebrations start earlier every year and that stores put up festive displays as soon as Thanksgiving is over. But it appeared the 2021 festive season had started even earlier after scores of people got Chris...

Government plans to eliminate single-use plastics have been applauded by an environmental campaign group. The Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce (BEST) said it welcomed the move and called for urgent action on the issue. Last week Walte...

The owners of the Fairmont Southampton expect to eventually make a trading profit of more than $32 million after the hotel is renovated, their agents have told potential investors. Bermuda’s largest resort – which contains about a quarter of the isla...