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A man who threw two block parties in breach of Covid-19 regulations was yesterday fined $2,500. Magistrates’ Court heard one of the “Pandemic Saturdays – Wet and Wild Edition“ parties had more than three times the maximum of 50 people present. Carl ...

A total of 13 new coronavirus cases were announced by health officials last night. There were ten cases that came in from overseas and three on-island transmissions that involved residents. Two of the three local cases were linked to known contacts a...

A major five-year effort is under way to protect Bermuda’s seagrass beds – and the species that rely on them to survive. Walter Roban, the Minister of Home Affairs, said the ministry launched a restoration project last summer and installed large mesh...

More rain fell last Saturday than on any January 16 in the books, forecasters have revealed . The daily rainfall record saw 2.48in of rain descend on the island in 24 hours – 2.39in of it in the four hours from 8pm to midnight. Gary Hall, a meteorol...

A lawyer for a 62-year-old man charged with sexual assault and intrusion on a woman told a court yesterday that the comments he was alleged to have made could not be considered offensive. Elizabeth Christopher said that the evidence against her clien...

A family yesterday accused a neighbouring landowner of taking a slice of their property – now owned by the Spanish Point Boat Club – at the Commission of Inquiry into Historic Land Losses. Brittany Robinson said her great-grandfather, Heman Smith, bo...

A deal between minibus operators and the Government to run a school bus service has been struck, it was revealed tonight. The move is expected to bring an end of shortages of buses on regular schedules – which led to about 50 cancellations a day. Bu...

Almost $75,000 was paid to a private law firm last year by the Ombudsman’s office to deal with a dispute with a fired senior employee. The sum was revealed in a notice published by the Ombudsman in the Official Gazette, which listed total spending of...

A father-of-three who spent nine days unconscious on life support after a major stroke woke up just in time to wish his wife a Merry Christmas, she revealed at the weekend. Joel Boyd, a 36-year-old accountant, was airlifted off the island on December...

“Covid passports” could soon become a reality, the Government’s expert on the coronavirus has warned. Carika Weldon, the head of the island’s coronavirus test programme, predicted at a Bermuda Tourism Authority webinar that a test and vaccination pas...