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A Bermudian speaker delivered the opening prayer as America marked Martin Luther King Day.
Cindy Trimm gave the opening prayer at the annual ceremony to honour the famous civil rights leader in the church where he once preached.
Dr King, who was murd...
DATE: Jan 22, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A plan to create a dream kitchen turned into a nightmare, a homeowner has claimed.
Karen Cross said she had been left without proper cooking facilities for months after she signed up with Warwick-based home improvements firm Baptiste to remodel her k...
DATE: Jan 22, 2020
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Three distressed kittens found in a grocery bag dumped in a garden were saved after a house owner heard them meowing in his yard.
Troy Hassell rescued the litter of seven-week-olds and turned them over to charity Cats Bermuda. They were placed with a...
DATE: Jan 22, 2020
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A Bermudian schoolboy and his mom have featured in a story by the UK’s national broadcaster about a rise in racist abuse in English schools.
Carla Zuill, a former Bermudian journalist who now lives in Manchester, told the BBC she was called by his sc...
DATE: Jan 22, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An increase in flu cases has sparked a “medium alert” from health watchdogs.
The Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit at the Ministry of Health issued the warning after a rise in influenza and fever and respiratory symptoms.
A spokeswoman for the minis...
DATE: Jan 22, 2020
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
All ferries will be called off from tomorrow morning as gales and storm-force winds sweep across the island.
The decision was announced by the Department of Marine and Ports Services, and will remain in effect until conditions improve.
Ferry schedul...
DATE: Jan 22, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Almost 1,800 people were injured in road crashes last year — 54 more than in 2018.
The grim figures showed a steady increase over the past four years — although deaths on the roads dropped.
Statistics released by the Bermuda Hospitals Board showed 1,...
DATE: Jan 21, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man who tried to rob a stranger at knifepoint claimed he was “blacked out” from alcohol at the time.
Tahj Toussaint, 24, approached Cody Powell on Parliament Street in Hamilton as he walked to Front Street for a taxi, Magistrates’ Court heard yeste...
DATE: Jan 21, 2020
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Police warned yesterday of a “potential imminent risk” to a 14-year-old girl missing from a care home for 11 days.
Destiny Winters was thought to be with an older man when she was spotted last Sunday as she travelled in and out of St George’s by bus....
DATE: Jan 21, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A government MP has been sued for a half-million dollars over an alleged unpaid loan.
A writ lodged with the Supreme Court named Grant Forbes as the plaintiff and Scott Simmons, a Progressive Labour Party backbencher, as the defendant.
The writ, from...
DATE: Jan 21, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell