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The possibility of an on-island centre to treat troubled children is under discussion, the legal affairs minister and Attorney-General has said. Kathy-Lynn Simmons said: “The ministry is consistently reviewing legislation and services to ensure Bermu...

A 54-year-old man pleaded not guilty to two counts of sexually assaulting a girl aged under 14 in Magistrates’ Court yesterday. Senior magistrate Juan Wolffe released the defendant, from Warwick, on $5,000 bail and adjourned the case until March 30. ...

Two inmates on a programme designed to rehabilitate prisoners with drug problems were rushed to hospital with a suspected overdose of fentanyl. A source close to the prison service said the latest incident of drug abuse at the Right Living House last...

A campaign manager for the Progressive Labour Party died suddenly at the weekend. Keita Wilson was 45. Ms Wilson helped Tinee Furbert’s successful campaign for the St George’s South seat in the 2017 General Election. Ms Furbert said: “I am heartbroke...

Work to replace East End bridges could start early next year, a public meeting heard last night. Austin Kenny, a senior structural engineer for the Department of Works and Engineering, told an audience at Penno’s Wharf in St George’s that the structu...

Defendants waited nearly twice as long to have their cases heard in the Supreme Court last year compared with 2018. Puisne Judge Charles-Etta Simmons said in the annual report of the judiciary, a lack of court space and trial judges had caused the wa...

The vice-president of the Bermuda Industrial Union and a veteran sportsman has died. Glen Simmons was 67. A spokeswoman for the BIU said yesterday: “The officers and members of the Bermuda Industrial Union are extremely saddened after learning of the...

The case of two people charged with a man’s murder will go to a jury today. Lawyers for Cleveland Rogers and Katrina Burgess told the Supreme Court on Friday that the evidence put forward by prosecutors could not support their “Lifetime movie” narrat...

A teenager who spent her childhood in foster care said the dedication of social workers and foster families helped her turn her life around. Tylasha DeSilva, 18, added that the kindness she had experienced had fuelled her desire to work in social ser...

Police received reports of gunshots last night but found no evidence that a firearm was discharged. The reports were made in the Jones Village area of Warwick at about 10.30pm. Officers conducted extensive door-to-door enquiries in the surrounding ar...