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Firefighters fought a motorcycle fire this morning.
They received a report of the fire on Euclid Avenue in Pembroke just after 8am.
The firefighters put out the fire and the cause is under investigation.
DATE: Aug 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
“Scandalous” material should be removed from a statement sworn by a policeman who is suing the Commissioner of Police and the senior magistrate, a court heard this week.
Sergeant Mark Monk and his wife Tricia have asked for a judicial review of a dec...
DATE: Aug 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
A taxi driver caught drink driving on the night of his birthday was yesterday sent to DUI Court.
Magistrates’ Court heard that police stopped a taxi cab near Longford Road in Warwick after they saw it overtake other vehicles in a dangerous manner.
El...
DATE: Aug 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Campaigners who fought for LGBT equality were this month honoured as “Pride Pioneers” by a bank.
Mark Anderson, Adrian Hartnett-Beasley, Winston Godwin and Greg DeRoche were honoured by HSBC to highlight this month’s Pride celebrations.
Mr Anderson s...
DATE: Aug 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Campaigns
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
The Bermuda Health Council and Final Steps Bermuda will hold a Facebook Live workshop on end of life care next Wednesday, September 1.
The event will start at 12.30pm and questions can be submitted to healthcouncil@bhec.bm
The session can be found a...
DATE: Aug 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The “Queen of Bermuda” is to organise two events around a beach party to celebrate Bermuda’s LGBT people.
Mark Anderson, the man behind Sybil Barrington, will put on drag performances tonight – either side of Pride Bermuda’s celebration at Cooper’s ...
DATE: Aug 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Entertainment
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A union call for a two-day work stoppage next week was struck a blow yesterday after a sister union said it would not support the action.
The blue collar Bermuda Industrial Union announced the strike – due to start next Monday – last weekend and app...
DATE: Aug 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A brother and sister from the US said yesterday they had to “jump through hoops” to come to Bermuda on the cruise ship Crystal Symphony – but that it was worth it in the end.
Dill and Patrice Worcester, from Florida, were among about 180 passengers ...
DATE: Aug 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Proposals for massive five-figure fines and up to two years behind bars for people caught with illegal plants and animals have been slammed as excessive.
One user wrote on Government forums: “Whilst a fine is plausible, the amount is unjust. Also imp...
DATE: Aug 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda’s other national drink has been given a major boost from Formula 1 superstar Sir Lewis Hamilton.
For the winning formula of Barritt’s Ginger Beer has tantalised Sir Lewis’s taste buds and given the brand international exposure after a social ...
DATE: Aug 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
