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The St George’s Club shut its doors yesterday after a quarter of a century in business. Sally-Anne Kyle, the president and chief executive of the club on Rose Hill Street in the Olde Towne, said yesterday that staff at the hotel had been made redunda...

Pest problems could lead to a shortage of bananas in the next few weeks. A spokeswoman for the Department of Environment and Natural Resources said yesterday that officials had worked with importers to tackle pest contaminations — and the expensive ...

A US boatyard has dropped its legal action against the charity that runs the sail training ship Spirit of Bermuda. The Bermuda Sloop Foundation said it paid almost $45,000 to Rockport Marine “under duress” days after the lawsuit was launched last Oct...

A flight from St Maarten to Montreal made an emergency landing in Bermuda after a medical crisis. A Skyport spokeswoman said the Sunwing flight diverted to Bermuda because a 64-year-old man needed medical attention. The spokeswoman said the aircraft ...

A man who admitted stealing a $90,000 boat was shown leniency in Magistrates’ Court. Wendelle Lightbourne, 29, was given a three-year conditional discharge — the maximum length — on the condition that he pay more than $14,000 in compensation. Lightbo...

A group designed to boost business development was announced in the House of Assembly yesterday. David Burt, the Premier, told MPs that Cabinet has approved the creation of an Economic Development Department. Mr Burt said: “Bermuda is at an economic ...

The acting chief executive of the Bermuda Health Council has been appointed to the role on a permanent basis. Ricky Brathwaite, who has held the top job at BHeC since the controversial dismissal of Tamara Wedderburn in December 2018, was confirmed in...

A statistician and antiracism campaigner has been appointed as chairman of a group which will pave the way for a living wage in Bermuda. Cordell Riley will lead the wage commission, community minister Lovitta Foggo announced in the House yesterday. M...

A Bermudian teenager said that being selected to star in a Polo Ralph Lauren campaign was “a relief — and exciting”. Sweden Bashir, 13, said that he had been nervous in the lead-up to landing the prestigious modelling job. He explained that while he...

A pet has returned to her family after five days missing. Juno, a five-year-old black Labrador, ran away from her new home in Devonshire last week just days after her owners moved in. The dog was not wearing a collar when she escaped on January 21, b...