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The public will now have until the middle of August to weigh in on a proposal for the future of the island’s electricity supply. The Regulatory Authority of Bermuda has received approval from the Minister of Transport and Regulatory Affairs to extend...

A 72-year-old man yesterday admitted sexually assaulting a young girl more than 40 years ago. Bernard Marshall, of Smith’s, pleaded guilty to unlawfully and indecently assaulting a girl under the age of 14 in Magistrates’ Court. The incident took pl...

Health insurance premiums have spiked as much as 18.5 per cent, health minister Kim Wilson told MPs yesterday. In some cases this will mean residents having to pay an additional $100 a month, which Ms Wilson said “can’t be easy for most working famil...

Security has been stepped up at Westgate prison after an attempted breach of the perimeter fence. Wayne Caines, the Minister of National Security, said on Thursday that inmates involved in the attempt would be penalised. He said: “The Ministry can co...

Construction is under way to link long-separated portions of the Bermuda Railway Trail. Wooden frames have been installed around two pillars at the popular western Smith’s raft-up spot known as Police Beach, near Gibbet Island. The plan, given the g...

One of Bermuda’s favourite cocktails has won a few more admirers thanks to the drinking habits of an undercover spy. Lord Alexander Hawke, the protagonist in a series of novels by New York Times bestselling author Ted Bell, frequently visits Bermuda ...

Horseshoe Bay is a major hit on social-media site Instagram after more than 90,000 pictures of the beach were shared. TravelSupermarket said the South Shore, Southampton, beach was the third most shared beach in the world, behind Whitehaven Beach in ...

Legislators last night approved the introduction of police checkpoints to screen motorists for sobriety, in a bid to curtail drink-driving. Transport minister Walter Roban told the House of Assembly that while the Bill was “not the cure-all — but it...

Two Bermuda police officers posed as guests at the St Lucia National Bodybuilding competition. Marina Pierre-Wilkinson and Garwin Phillips performed a synchronised duet performance in the event on June 23. A Bermuda Police Service spokesman said: “Th...

Four people have reported ciguatera fish poisoning this year. The health ministry issues a warning about the illness which causes vomiting, diarrhoea and neurological issues such as tingling sensations and reversal of cold and hot sensations. It poin...