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A proposed education authority must be free from government influence, a newly appointed independent senator said yesterday. Speaking during the Senate debate on the Throne Speech, John Wight said: “I am pleased to see the creation of an education a...

Hamilton dock-workers returned to work yesterday after the Government stepped in to bring six days of disruptions to an end. Staff were ordered to return to work on Tuesday night after Jason Hayward, the labour minister, referred the dispute to the L...

Two more coronavirus cases have been identified and, separately, children from a fourth school were told to quarantine, it emerged yesterday. Diallo Rabain, the Minister of Education, said that the Primary 5 class of West End Primary was asked to sta...

An Opposition senator questioned how many Bermuda College students on government scholarships had graduated. Marcus Jones, the Opposition Senate Leader, yesterday quizzed Owen Darrell, senator and Junior Minister for the Cabinet Office, Education, an...

Demand for ready cooked turkeys and Thanksgiving meals has jumped this year, according to the MarketPlace in Hamilton. In past years, the store has cooked hundreds of turkeys for their deli and for people to take home, but a store spokesperson specu...

A man who was found riding without a motorcycle helmet and later refused to take a breath test was fined $1,500 yesterday. Brydon Rutherford, 30, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to refusal to take the breath test. The court heard police spotted...

Police apologised tonight after a training exercise was mistaken for a gun attack. A spokeswoman said that the Bermuda Police Service were “aware of a message circulating on social media suggesting that there was a ʽshoot-out’ in the city area”. She ...

A man pleaded not guilty to possession of a prohibited weapon after he was accused of owning an air rifle. Romario Dill, 25, denied the charge today during Magistrates’ Court. The incident was alleged to have happened on September 10. Magistrate Maxa...

A man who almost collided with other drivers last month while on his way home was fined $1,500 yesterday after pleading guilty to drink-driving. Magistrates’ Court heard that police stationed on Middle Road in Southampton spotted Madagedara Gunasingh...

Part of a kitchen was left fire-damaged today after a blaze in a Southampton home. Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service crews were called to the property, where a fire alarm had gone off, shortly before 1pm. Eleven firefighters attended with three applian...