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The owner of an island perfumery is the new Honorary Consul of Canada. Isabelle Ramsay-Brackstone, the Canadian-born operator of Lili Bermuda, wants to use the position to strengthen the relationship between the two countries. She said: “It’s a great...

Schoolgirls became firefighters for the day when they toured Hamilton Fire Station yesterday. The Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service welcomed a group of 44 girls from the Bermuda High School, aged from 11 to 14, and taught them how to tackle fires and p...

The Bermuda Union of Teachers is as crucial today as when it was founded 100 years ago, its leader said yesterday. Shannon James, the president of the union, said the organisation was created to “ensure that Bermudian children received a quality edu...

The man who saved baseball team the San Francisco Giants for California was also a huge fan of Bermuda, it was revealed yesterday. Peter Magowan, the former head of the Safeway grocery chain and managing general partner of the Giants from 1993 to 200...

A repeat offender who was pepper-sprayed when he assaulted a police officer has been warned by a magistrate to change his ways. Senior magistrate Juan Wolffe told 55-year-old Marvin Woolridge: “You are not a spring chicken any more,” He added: “I was...

Three staff have been made redundant at the Bermuda Broadcasting Company, the firm announced last night. The Royal Gazette understands that departures include Jay Philpott, who goes by DJ Radigun and started on Power 95 in 2015. Also leaving is radio...

A man was treated in hospital yesterday after he suffered knife wounds in an attack by three other men. A police spokesman said the 25-year-old Warwick man’s injuries were not life-threatening. Three men, two aged 20 and one aged 57, were later arres...

A homeless man who became a well-known figure in Hamilton was remembered yesterday. Friends and family said Reginald “Sonny” Furbert, who was 70, was a talented tenpin bowler, an avid reader, a sharp dresser — and a kind and generous man. Moira Bean,...

A pedestrian who was struck by a car as he walked along North Shore Road two weeks ago is out of intensive care. A police spokesman said the 62-year-old man is stable and is on the general ward at the King Edward VII Hospital. The man was struck near...

A man injured in a fight with three other men yesterday has been released from hospital. A police spokesman said the 26-year-old man had been hit with a blunt object — although a knife was also brandished during the assault on Random Lane, Warwick. ...