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A bid to protect the island’s small population of common terns has been launched. Boaters have been asked to avoid some islands and buoys to safeguard the nesting birds. Common terns — relatives of the island’s iconic longtails — are rare in Bermuda....

A special Cup Match concert to help farmers is to be held, it was announced yesterday. Richard Bascome, owner of Westover Farm, said the Farm Aid event would be “the beginning” of a movement to highlight the contribution of the agricultural sector to...

Work on new bridges in the East End is under way, the public works minister has said. Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch told the House that public presentations on the new Longbird and Swing bridges would be made soon. He told MPs last Friday: “Plans ar...

A perception of neglect at government properties has been traced to poor funding and “a lack of human resources and strategic planning”, according to Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch. Colonel Burch told the House that 59 vacant posts remained at the De...

More changes to the law on cannabis could be in the works, the Minister of Social Development and Sport has signalled. Michael Weeks said that more discussions on the island’s attitude to the drug would take place — with further liberalisation of the...

The life and work of a veteran campaigner for civil rights is to be celebrated tomorrow. Eva Hodgson will be honoured in the annual Dr Kenneth E. Robinson/Cyril Outerbridge Packwood Memorial lecture. Meredith Ebbin, one of the organisers, said that D...

A company poised to make tens of millions of dollars a year if it was awarded a controversial casinos deal has abandoned plans to be part of Bermuda’s gambling industry, The Royal Gazette can reveal. MM&I Holdings was at the centre of an agreement wi...

A car flipped over in a crash in Smith’s yesterday. This photograph was taken at the scene on St Mark’s Road. A police spokesman said that the crash was reported just before 10am but that no one was injured. The car, driven by a 19-year-old woman,...

Parents will be appointed for two-year terms to committees working closely with the school system. Education minister Diallo Rabain told the House a Parental Involvement Committee had been meeting monthly with the Commissioner of Education to improve...

The education minister backtracked yesterday on a claim that a schools safety report had yet to be completed. Diallo Rabain said that the preliminary inspection report had been provided to the Ministry of Public Works on January 23. Mr Rabain said ...