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The commanding officer of the Royal Bermuda Regiment is absent from his job, but John Rankin, the Governor, has refused to reveal the reason why. Government House confirmed to The Royal Gazette that Lieutenant-Colonel David Curley was “currently on l...

The island’s psychiatric hospital failed to do enough to help a schizophrenic son, his mother has claimed. Carol Burrows, 65, said that the Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute did little to help her look after 28-year-old Eric Richardson, who she had to...

The president of the Azores regional government today flew out of Bermuda after taking part in celebrations for the 170th anniversary of the first arrival of Portuguese immigrants. Vasco Cordeiro met David Burt, the Premier, as well as the Cabinet, b...

Two men appeared in Magistrates’ Court yesterday charged in connection with a weekend fight in a Front Street bar that left two people with stab wounds. Keedai Astwood, 26, of Rivera Road, Southampton and Collin Hendrickson Jr, 28, of Dundonald Stree...

A newlywed senator was unveiled yesterday as the One Bermuda Alliance candidate for the Pembroke Central by-election. Opposition leader Craig Cannonier announced that Dwayne Robinson will run for Constituency 17 against Jason Hayward on November 21....

A school building is to be turned into a centre for pupil “interventions”, Government has announced. A spokeswoman for the Ministry of Education said the move came after a need was identified “for a location for students that required additional int...

A sex offender jailed for 25 years for the rape of an elderly woman will be released from prison this week, it was revealed yesterday. Kathy Lynn Simmons, the Attorney-General and legal affairs minister, said Heman Ledrew Viera, 52, was still consid...

The mother of a man with psychiatric and drug problems called for sheltered housing options for people with mental illness. Carol Burrows, 65, added that mental health units on the island should be equipped to care for people who face more than one m...

Police have seized ammunition and drugs in a raid on a house, it was revealed yesterday. The search at a Southampton house netted 20 rounds of ammunition, heroin, as well cannabis and cannabis resin. A police spokesman did not reveal the weight of th...

Proposed changes to healthcare coverage could breach the Constitution, a top island lawyer has claimed. Mark Diel, of law firm Marshall Diel & Myers, said that changes to Bermuda’s healthcare system could raise “serious issues”. He explained: “I thi...