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The Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service yesterday highlighted the safe use of barbecues over the summer. Reginald Burchall, chief fire officer, said: “Our goal is to raise awareness on safety by the delivery of monthly messages to the public throughout t...

Education is the key to democracy and economic development, the former head of the global teachers’ body Education International has said. Fred Van Leeuwen, the group’s past general secretary, added education was “an individual and collective right”....

A man who tried to flee customs at LF Wade International Airport was last night in police custody on suspicion of drugs importation. A police spokesman said the 37-year-old visitor was caught on the Causeway and arrested. He added: “It appears that a...

A life coach accused of stealing more than $56,000 from an elderly member of the Trimingham department store family told police she only ever acted in the senior’s best interest, Supreme Court heard yesterday. Melissa Burton, 53, told officers: “Ever...

Ball hockey teams from around the world are to face off in Bermuda when the island hosts the International Street & Ball Hockey Federation’s World Masters Championships later this year. Around 600 players, support crew, family and friends are expecte...

A cricket club president insisted last night an early-morning attack near the home of his organisation had nothing to do with the sport. Vashun Blanchette said it was unfortunate that the incident, which left a man in hospital, happened outside the g...

New recruits to the Royal Bermuda Regiment yesterday marked the halfway mark of their basic training with a gruelling race around the Warwick Camp assault course. The three sections in the first summer Recruit Camp competed against each other in a cr...

The island’s top dairy business said it was watching developments over a closure-threatened farm that provides around a quarter of Bermuda’s milk. Stephen Dunkley, the general manager of Dunkley’s Dairy, said he was “in a holding pattern” over the po...

Tropical Storm Chris is predicted to become a hurricane by this afternoon, according to the Bermuda Weather Service. The storm, which has lingered to the west of Bermuda, is forecast to come within 347 miles of the island at 1pm on Wednesday, it’s cl...

The Deputy Speaker of the House has appealed to the Governor to help a government employee who he said was sacked after her friend was charged with a drugs offence. Derrick Burgess told MPs during Friday’s Motion to Adjourn that the employee was not ...