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The education budget has been cut by more than $9 million – but the minister yesterday vowed major services would still be funded. Diallo Rabain said: “Although this figure may seem large, it is important to note that all primary programmes and servi...

The number of road accidents at the start of the year has dropped, the latest statistics have revealed. A total of 96 road accidents were reported for January, compared to 112 in the same month last year and 115 for the start of 2019. But the number ...

A wine expert who claimed to be on his way home from a tasting when he was arrested on suspicion of drink driving was banned from the roads for 18 months and fined yesterday. Arne Schwarz, 57, a sommelier, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to refu...

A severe weather warning was today issued by forecasters. The Bermuda Weather Service said a thunderstorm advisory was also in force and that gusts of up to 60mph between 3am and 6am could be expected. The weather service said: “The active weather p...

A curfew is to be reintroduced after a spike in coronavirus cases, the health minister announced last night. Kim Wilson said the move was made after the island suffered an “emerging outbreak” of Covid-19 which may be be linked to the virulent UK stra...

Employees have been encouraged to return to their offices rather than work from home in a bid to boost the economy. David Burt, the Premier, spoke out after Hamilton restaurants, coffee shops and stores reported a dip in daytime trade – fuelled in pa...

One Bermuda Alliance senators will vote against legislation to licence cannabis production at today’s session of the Upper House, The Royal Gazette can reveal. Ben Smith, the Opposition senate leader, said the Government Bill did not set out what it...

The Government is to boost performance artists hit by Covid-19 restrictions with a string of free open-air concerts, senators were told today. Ernest Peets, the youth culture and sport minister, said a lunchtime Creatives Live! concert series from th...

Jobs will be lost at the Bermuda Tourism Authority as the organisation grapples with a second year of Covid-19, the body’s interim CEO said yesterday. Glenn Jones said: “Like any travel industry business struggling into a second year of the pandemic,...

A film tribute to a young father who died in a crash at the start of the year will be shown tonight to mark what would have been his 29th birthday. Oronde Wilson Jr was devoted to his daughters Kiley, aged 7, and Lila Burt-Wilson, aged 3. The two wer...