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Post offices will close tomorrow at 1pm for a mandatory staff meeting to hear of “proposed plans for the evolution of services” from Lovitta Foggo, the government reform minister. The main office and all sub offices will resume service at regular hou...

Ross Webber, the chief executive officer of the Bermuda Business Development Agency, has been placed on administrative leave. The reason for the decision has not been made public. The BDA, and its chairman Paul Scope, declined to elaborate on the mov...

Tributes have been paid in Parliament to Eunice Butterfield, a “matriarch of St George’s” and beautician for generations in the East End. Lovitta Foggo, the Minister of Government Reform, said that Ms Butterfield, who died last month at the age of 93...

A truck driver was taken to hospital yesterday after his vehicle crashed through a wall and down an embankment. The victim’s injuries were not believed to be life-threatening after the incident on Harrington Sound Road, near the junction with Quarry ...

Flora Duffy and Clarance “Nicky” Saunders got a heroes’ welcome from thousands of supporters yesterday. Crowds came out in force for a motorcade through Hamilton to mark their gold medals at the Commonwealth Games — 28 years apart. Duffy, who won gol...

Young Flora Duffy was not the fastest runner, her former PE teacher revealed yesterday. But Mark Thorne, head of physical education at Warwick Academy, said the teenage athlete was dedicated and focused — although he admitted he never dreamt she was ...

The Ministry of Home Affairs is to release interim reports concerning immigration reform, it was announced yesterday. A spokeswoman said public meetings would also be held as “specific milestones” were reached. It came after pressure group Supporting...

Flora Duffy’s parents received a spontaneous standing ovation on Front Street after the athlete romped home in the World Triathlon Bermuda at the weekend. Maria, Duffy’s mother, said: “We were walking back to the car and as we walked past Port O Call...

Up to five people a day still visit the hospital’s emergency ward because of asthma attacks. Liz Boden, co-founder of Open Airways, said that while numbers had fallen over the past two decades Bermuda still had a “huge” problem with asthma. Ms Boden...

The airport reopened last night after a small private aircraft crashed on the runway yesterday afternoon. Aaron Adderley, president of Skyport, confirmed that LF Wade International Airport had reopened at about 9.15pm. Mr Adderley said: “The pilot w...