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A 38-year-old father has denied punching his five-year-old son. The man, from Sandys, pleaded not guilty to an assault on the boy in Magistrates’ Court yesterday. The incident is alleged to have happened on April 6 last year. The defendant cannot be...

A 12-year-old schoolgirl will tackle the End-to-End walk tomorrow to raise funds for charity. Emily Orchard, a pupil at Somersfield Academy in Devonshire will walk 24km in the middle-to-end section of the 32nd Axa End-to-End fundraiser. She said: “I ...

Legal arguments in an action brought by the former chief executive of the Bermuda Health Council against her previous employer were heard behind closed doors yesterday. Tawanna Wedderburn said in March that she had asked for judicial review proceedin...

Bermuda’s public health sector is on a “guarded” alert after a resurgence of the measles virus in North America, the Caribbean and Europe, according to Cheryl Peek-Ball, the Chief Medical Officer. She cautioned that there had been no cases of measles...

A mother-and-daughter team are to compete at a world-renowned garden show in England. Floral artist Nicky Gurret and her daughter, Camille Chin-Gurret, will put together their first joint project for the Chelsea Flower Show in London. Ms Gurret, a 12...

A hike in premiums by a health insurance firm was done to boost profits, the health minister said yesterday. However, the president of BF&M hit back at Kim Wilson and said that the increases were due in part to proposed healthcare changes by the Gov...

Prison officers have accused the Government of a failure to act for two decades over safety, security and working conditions. The Prison Officers Association said yesterday that there had been “platitudes, no actions, just promises for 20 years” over...

A flock of Bermuda kites have been selected to decorate the new LF Wade International Airport terminal as part of a competition. Aecon and Skyport, who hosted the competition, said the 155 entries and more than 200 designs were submitted as part of t...

The Minister for the Cabinet Office said yesterday Bermuda was not in a recession. Wayne Furbert added the bulletin of statistics for the last quarter of 2018 showed “some positive growth”. He said retail sales had been down, but that could not be th...

Minister of Legal Affairs, Hon. Kathy Lynn Simmons, JP, today issued AML-ATF Advisory 1/2019 about the risks in a number of jurisdictions arising from inadequate systems and controls to combat money laundering and terrorist financing. The Proceeds o...