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Nine students have been awarded a special scholarship to help fund their studies. The students all won scholarships set up in the name of Barbara Ball, a pioneer woman doctor and fighter for social justice. Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, said: “...

The Transport Control Department advised that its satellite Rockaway Examination and Testing Facility will be closed from 9:30am until 2pm today. It apologised for any inconvenience to customers.

Changes to the management of sex offenders in prison are working, the Attorney-General and Minister of Legal Affairs said this morning. Kathy Lynn Simmons told the Senate: “Sex offenders who do not complete the required programmes during incarceratio...

A 20-year-old man has denied a charge of attempted murder in connection with a shooting. Zachary Fox, 21, pleaded not guilty in Supreme Court to attempting to murder Richard Steede on Happy Valley Road, Pembroke, on November 28. He also denied an alt...

Young people who want social change should “try and convince people mentally and not physically”, one of the quiet heroes who ended segregation in theatres said yesterday. The Reverend Erskine Simmons, of Bright Temple African Methodist Episcopal Chu...

A man was charged with punching a 13-year-old boy during a robbery and sex assault on the child’s mother. The 42-year-old man, from Southampton, pleaded guilty yesterday in Magistrates’ Court to the robbery charge, but not guilty to the assault and s...

An attempt to improve communication over bus cancellations has been launched, the Ombudsman of Bermuda has revealed. Victoria Pearman said that the investigation was in the public interest “given the number of people impacted and the cumulative effec...

A computing tycoon’s widow is “in limbo” because of uncertainty over a government decision on her application to own the island she shared with her husband, a court heard yesterday. Michael Fordham, an English QC, told the civil division of Supreme C...

The island’s white-collar union is to hold a forum for expatriate workers to discuss problems with racism and xenophobia. Jason Hayward, the president of the Bermuda Public Services Union, said: “In a recent survey conducted by one of Bermuda’s large...

Bermuda should have an annual celebration of the anniversary of the Theatre Boycott, one of the activists who ended segregation in cinemas and other public places 60 years ago said yesterday. Vera Commissiong, one of the quiet heroes who campaigned a...