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The Minister of National Security said today she was “disturbed” by threats to neighbourhood safety after an East End incident that involved a gun. Renee Ming spoke after events in St George’s, which included a reported home invasion and two vehicle ...

Younger pupils at Somersfield Academy switched to remote learning today after a possible exposure at the school to someone who tested positive for the coronavirus. They joined secondary students who moved to virtual classes at the beginning of this w...

An insurance company has closed its doors to walk-in customers after two staff members tested positive for the coronavirus. CG Insurance’s Reid Street office will be shut until December 29. A spokeswoman said: “It has come to our attention that two C...

A crew member from a British Airways flight was among 11 new cases of Covid-19 reported last night by the Ministry of Health. The BA crew member was one of three cases that came in from overseas. The other two were residents, one of whom arrived on ...

Firefighters yesterday battled a third vehicle fire in two days – two of them in the same St George’s neighbourhood. Crews responded to reports of a car explosion on Pain Lane, St George’s just before 4.30am. Residents in a nearby apartment were at ...

Two children’s advocates have condemned a suspended sentence handed down in the Supreme Court to a man who admitted accessing thousands of items of child pornography. Wong Li Shan, 43, was spared prison last week with a ten-month suspended sentence a...

The US Congress last week hailed the 150th anniversary of a former Bermuda barber who became the first black person to win a seat in the US House of Representatives. Joseph Rainey – who ran a barber shop in St George’s – became a member of the US Hou...

Schoolchildren made up packages of food and gifts to help others in the run-up to Christmas. Saltus Grammar School pupils created the gift packages, which were donated to charities. A spokeswoman explained: “Each student contributed one non-perishabl...

A new strain of the coronavirus linked to increases in Covid-19 has appeared in Britain. But Carika Weldon, a Bermudian genetics researcher on the front line of the island’s fight against Covid-19, said it was unlikely to be linked with the recent su...

Shipping and courier companies have been hit by the Covid-19 pandemic at their traditional busiest time of the year. Customs officials yesterday asked the public to be patient as they processed “record numbers” of parcels. Courier company operations ...