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Police are to launch a fresh blitz on drink-drivers with a series of roadside breath-test checkpoints at the end of the month. A notice published in the Official Gazette yesterday said checkpoints would be set up between Friday, August 30 and Monday,...

An East End school has been given the green light for classes to go ahead after concerns about suspected asbestos, the Minister of Education said. Diallo Rabain apologised to parents of students at Clearwater Middle School for not alerting them to th...

Workers at a cleaning firm were urged to take any complaints to the Government’s Labour Relations section after it was claimed that some staff had not been paid for up to three months. Lovitta Foggo, the Minister of Labour, Community Affairs and Spor...

The Acting Minister of Health, the Hon. Neville Tyrrell, JP, MP has reiterated the Ministry of Health’s call for the public to review the proposals under the Bermuda Health Plan 2020. Calling the public input “essential” Minister Tyrrell today urged...

An autism spectrum disorder programme for preschool children will welcome its first pupils next month. The new programme at Prospect Preschool in Devonshire will open on September 10 — the first day of the new school term. Sherri Bucci, the assis...

Three students beat an outstanding field to net scholarships from a parish council. Katiya Gilbert, Veronica Swan-DeGraff and Gabrielle DeShields got their awards from Southampton Parish Council. Sakina Darrell, the council’s scholarship committee ch...

Police officers will hold an emergency meeting tomorrow to discuss an “impasse” in negotiations over conditions. Sergeant Andrew Harewood, the Bermuda Police Association chairman, said last night that some critical issues remained unresolved in talks...

James King, a former surgeon and political candidate who played key roles at some of the island’s top businesses, has died. Dr King was 80. Dr King spent the 1990s and 2000s as chairman of several boards, including Bermuda College, the Bermuda Teleph...

A former premier who appointed the Bermuda Independence Commission in 2005 has asked young people to turn out for tomorrow night’s special forum on the topic. Alex Scott, who served as premier from 2003 to 2006, said: “The political times here and in...

A seven-strong group of schoolchildren have attended an international leadership programme at a school in Atlanta. The pupils, from the 2018 Future Leaders programme, spent three weeks at the Global Leadership and Social Entrepreneurship event at Bra...