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A pressure group which fought to end marriage equality in Bermuda is still “absolutely” against same-sex weddings but no longer raises funds, its chairman said. Melvyn Bassett of Preserve Marriage and Family said the organisation – no longer a regist...

Two of Britain’s top barristers will battle it out in front of the Privy Council in London from tomorrow over whether same-sex marriage should be banned in Bermuda. The Government has hired Jonathan Crow QC – said by the Legal 500 ranking agency to b...

The Bermudian who launched the legal fight for marriage equality four years ago said he was optimistic about how it would end – and about the future for gay people on the island. Winston Godwin said: “There are always going to be pockets of people wh...

A warning against complacency after a slump in the number of coronavirus tests has been issued by the Government. Health officials said that people should take a test as the now-available vaccine was “not a cure” and that it could be “many months bef...

Firefighters and police were called to a boat fire in Warwick last night. A Bermuda Fire & Rescue Service spokesman said: “BFRS responded with one appliance from the Port Royal Station and a total of four firefighters. “Upon arrival, fire crews saw a...

The legal battle over marriage equality will be decided after a two-day virtual hearing which is due to start tomorrow in front of the Privy Council in London. A panel of five judges at Bermuda’s highest court of appeal will hear the Government’s arg...

Payment from the owners of the Fairmont Southampton to cover redundancy payments to staff by Government have been handed over, the finance minister confirmed today. Curtis Dickinson said the closure of the island’s biggest resort last October had cre...

The number of active Covid-19 cases has dropped by more than half, health officials said last night. The news came as one new case was recorded out 1,587 results received since last Friday. The number of active cases dropped from 26 to 12 after 15 pe...

An American author whose teenage years in Bermuda were marred by homophobia yesterday appealed to opponents of same-sex marriage to give in to progress. Kirkland Hamill, who married his same-sex partner two years ago in the United States, said: “Gay ...

Two Bermudians have put up funds to pay for an expensive legal battle to stop the outlawing of same-sex marriage on the island. The private citizens, neither gay, spoke to The Royal Gazette on condition of anonymity as the Privy Council in London pre...