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The number of teachers in Bermuda’s public primary schools cannot be cut if school rolls remained the same, a senior teachers’ union official warned yesterday. Mike Charles, the general secretary of the Bermuda Union of Teachers, was speaking after t...

Police last night appealed for help to trace a missing teenager. Jayvyn Iris was last seen around 5pm yesterday. He was said to be 5ft 8in tall of slim build with brown skin. He has black curly hair worn in a Mohawk, a goatee beard and a slight moust...

A new Railway Trail bridge over an inlet is still out of bounds, the parks department warned today. A spokesman said the part-completed footbridge over Flatts Inlet was still a construction site and the bridge had still to be completed. He added: “Th...

A Holiday Heartbeats concert went ahead at Hamilton’s City Hall despite Covid-19 restrictions. The lunchtime event featured musical performances by island artists. A spokeswoman for the Department of Community and Cultural Affairs said Covid-19 reg...

Three top artists will be honoured in the Bermuda Arts Council Awards 2020 tonight. Peter Nash, a singer, will get a Lifetime Achievement Award. Sharon Muhammad, formerly Wilson, an artist, and Wendell “Shine” Hayward, a musician, will be presented ...

Police tonight said that an image of what appeared to be armed police outside City Hall in Hamilton was fake. A spokesman added it was “not a police exercise and there was no involvement by the BPS or any of its officers”. He said it appeared the ima...

A total of 19 new cases of the coronavirus were reported yesterday, the health ministry announced. The infections were found in 1,271 test results returned to health officials. The news brought the island’s total number of cases to 516. One case cam...

Hopes for a busy last Friday before Christmas for shops and restaurants were dashed yesterday after the lights went out across the island. Karl Massam, the general manager of restaurant group Yellowfin, said he was “excited” on the way to work at the...

A man caught trying to sneak more than $67,000 out of Bermuda has lost a Supreme Court legal battle to get the cash back. Puisne Judge Sade Subair Williams ruled that, on the balance of probabilities, the cash was the proceeds of crime – specifically...

A fundraising drive to sell Christmas trees to help children in need has switched gear this year to help people affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Bermuda Xmas Trees, an annual appeal that donates sales proceeds to programmes set up to assist childre...