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A knife-wielding robber gambled and lost when he tried to rob a bookmaker’s shop yesterday. For the man was confronted by a woman staff member and two other men helped wrestle him to the ground before he cut his losses and ran off empty-handed. A man...

A US conference will hear next week how Bermuda has become a beacon in the fight against child sexual abuse. Debi Ray-Rivers, the founder and executive director of Saving Children and Revealing Secrets, and Jon Brunson, the charity’s chairman, are to...

Schoolboy gangsters have been ignored by police after they launched a reign of terror in a residential area, local people claimed yesterday. Residents in Friswells Hill in Pembroke said a gun incident on Tuesday night was sparked by a gang, some as y...

A member of the public looking to provide police with information has reported a roadblock. The Royal Gazette was alerted last night that the Crime Stoppers telephone line was not in service. The information came from a woman who said she had unsuc...

The chief executive of the Bermuda Land Development Company will be out of his post this month under sweeping changes to Government quangos, the Minister of Public Works said yesterday. Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch added that a hiring freeze had a...

Police are reminding runners and walkers to remain vigilant and avoid dimly lit areas while exercising after an alleged incident yesterday morning. The advice this evening comes after an alleged encounter involving a female jogger near Trimingham ...

Technology has helped people with sight problems overcome their disability, the Bermuda Society for the Blind said yesterday. Vince Godber, a vision rehabilitation therapist, said a woman who was heartbroken that her deteriorating eyesight had stoppe...

An American cruise ship passenger was fined $4,000 yesterday after she admitted possession of cannabis and drug equipment. Magistrates’ Court heard Meghan George, 41, from Pennsylvania, George was caught with two bags of plantlike material in her pur...

Union workers at power firm Belco imposed a work-to-rule yesterday in the wake of controversial management departures. The Electricity Supply Trade Union has demanded the return of the four Bermudian non-unionised staff, and the removal of two top ma...

A two-way race for the deputy leadership of the ruling Progressive Labour Party is to be held. PLP officials confirmed an election will be held after Walter Roban, who has held the position for the past two years, and backbencher Scott Simmons were b...