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A survey has revealed overwhelming support across demographic groups for a salute to Bermuda’s Olympic gold medal victor Flora Duffy.
Narrative Research Bermuda found 98 per cent of the population backed at least one way to commemorate the triathlete...
DATE: Oct 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A British MP and “friend to Bermuda” was yesterday killed in a knife attack at a church in his constituency.
Sir David Amess, a Conservative MP, was the chairman of the Britain-Bermuda All-Party Parliamentary Group.
Essex Police said they responded t...
DATE: Oct 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Schoolchildren will get a free hot and filling breakfast delivered to their homes as part of a one-day national campaign by a charity.
The Coalition for the Protection of Children launched its first National Breakfast Day and is scheduled to hand out...
DATE: Oct 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A road to be renamed in honour of Bermuda’s first Olympic gold medal winner will be closed for more than an hour next Monday for a photoshoot.
The Ministry of Public Works said that Corkscrew Hill in Devonshire would be used as a backdrop for photogr...
DATE: Oct 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Front Street received a rare visitor this week with the arrival of The World – the world’s largest residential yacht.
The ship arrived in Hamilton on Wednesday morning and was due to depart this afternoon after two nights at port.
The World mea...
DATE: Oct 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A swimmer put himself in harm’s way after he swam behind a ferry going astern last Sunday.
The Maritime Operations Centre said: “The ferry Georgia reported to Bermuda Radio that a swimmer had attempted to cross astern of the ferry as it was moving as...
DATE: Oct 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An official was yesterday suspended from the teachers’ union after he claimed the executive had violated its constitution.
Leonard Santucci, who was the Bermuda Union of Teachers representative at the Berkeley Institute, was told in a letter from Ant...
DATE: Oct 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Potential buyers for the stalled Caroline Bay resort have dropped out of the running, the finance minister said yesterday.
It was understood that buyers for the Morgan’s Point development were on track to sign a deal earlier this year.
But Curtis Di...
DATE: Oct 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A delivery service yesterday launched a social media bid to stamp out bad driving by staff.
Sargasso Sea, which started in 2019 as an app-based food delivery service and branched out into the retail sector, admitted in a Facebook post that some of it...
DATE: Oct 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
As Bermuda’s first Olympic gold medal winner, Flora Duffy has been described as “an inspiration” to future athletes – a role model to young Bermudians who will be inspired to achieve similar accomplishments on the sporting stage.
But Flora is also pr...
DATE: Oct 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan