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A drug mule in the biggest heroin importation case tried in Bermuda was jailed yesterday for 30 years. Josef Vlcek was caught trying to smuggle nearly three kilograms of the drug, worth $9.55 million, after he arrived on a flight from London in Septe...

A doctor who wanted to run a walk-in urgent care centre in the heart of Hamilton has claimed a freeze on applications for new services will be “potentially catastrophic”. JJ Soares said a moratorium on requests to provide treatment under the standard...

Senior magistrate Juan Wolffe spoke for the first time in public yesterday about who is responsible for vetting people who profit from Bermuda’s multimillion-dollar betting industry. Mr Wolffe, chairman of the Betting Licensing Authority, told a lice...

A sailor on a Taiwanese-registered fishing vessel was lost overboard 320 miles north-east of the island on Sunday night. An incident report said the Chen Hsing No1 reported that a 30-year-old crew member had fallen overboard at about 11pm. Rescue Co-...

A top dancer from Bermuda who now performs with the national ballet company of Wales is to hold a master class for youngsters this month. Krystal Lowe, who works for Ballet Cymru in Wales, will teach three hour-long classes at Somerset School of Danc...

Controversial legislation to turn Bermuda’s two municipalities into unelected quangos was passed by MPs this morning. The decision will bring to an end a combined total of almost 450 years of local government in Hamilton and St George’s. MPs voted 2...

A conservation group asked tonight for an extension to the public consultation period for the draft Bermuda Plan 2018 due to what it claimed were “significant errors” in maps. The Bermuda National Trust said it feared mistakes that related to its pro...

A cut of inheritance from homes that belonged to financial assistance claimants should be turned over to the Government to help fund the system, the Minister of Health told MPs. Kim Wilson said money should be recouped in cases where seniors passed p...

Legislation to increase the cost to import alcohol and tobacco has been tabled in the House of Assembly. The Customs Tariff Amendment (No 2) Act increases the cost of duty for a variety of alcohol and tobacco products. The cost to import beers, cider...

A home for seniors in the West End that suffered major damage in a 2003 hurricane is to close. The House of Assembly was told on Monday that Lefroy House would move from Ireland Island in Sandys to a new location in the Rockaway area of Southampton. ...