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The “Queen of Soul” was a “mesmerising” artist who graced the stage in Bermuda just before she soared to international fame, an island musician said yesterday. Aretha Franklin, a multiple Grammy winner, died yesterday at her home in Detroit aged 76. ...

A senior has been dealt another blow in her legal effort to halt the sale of a family home. Elaine Charles had applied to stay the court-ordered sale of a cottage left to her by her mother, to pay legal fees over a longstanding family dispute over an...

A back to school uniform and supplies drive is being organised by the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Hamilton. The public has been asked to donate uniforms, shoes, sneakers and socks for schoolchildren of all ages to the appeal, set up by the Bermud...

Schoolchildren with asthma should start using their inhalers before the start of the new school term, a charity has warned. Open Airways cofounder Liz Boden said exposure to mould and viruses in schools was responsible for a sharp rise in asthma duri...

A Bermudian man has dedicated his life to helping the impoverished in Thailand. Keith Stuart, with Thai wife Pui, has founded churches, helped feed and educate the poor and offered shelter to children in need, many of whom have gone on to have famili...

US researchers have shone a light on Bermuda’s glow worms. Scientists at the American Museum of Natural History discovered the chemical that gives the Bermuda fireworms their glow is unique. The study published in PLOS One found that a “luciferase en...

Better contacts between industry and the Government will mimprove opportunities for the island’s workforce, the Upper House was told yesterday. Jason Hayward, a Progressive Labour Party senator, said that the engagement of employers and industry was...

A knife-wielding robber stole a chain from around the neck of a staff member at a livery cycle business yesterday. Police said a man went into Oleander Cycles in Southampton, near The Reefs hotel, and threatened an employee with a knife before a scuf...

The Government’s change of heart on plans for concessions at Shelly Bay “flies in the face” of its promise to back local businesses, the shadow tourism minister said yesterday. Leah Scott said: “The Progressive Labour Party government is promoting e...

Cordon bleu food is on the menu for Meals and Wheels clients, thanks to cooking classes from a top chef. Danai Hongwanishkul, executive chef at Marcus’ Restaurant at the Hamilton Princess & Beach Club, has conducted a monthly class at the charity’s P...