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Two armed robbers who shot a Bermudian-based businessman in his English home have been jailed.
Charlie Simms was jailed for 20 years at Chelmsford Crown Court this week, and Christopher Bergin for 14 years, for the raid on Timothy Mardon’s Essex mans...
DATE: Jan 26, 2017
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Court
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Bermuda Police Service has failed in a bid to stop a doctor from pursuing a civil lawsuit for unlawful arrest after an early-morning raid on his home.
Mahesh Reddy, chief medical officer at a clinic owned by former Premier Ewart Brown, launched the p...
DATE: Jan 26, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Police have urged witnesses to come forward after Terry Simmons became the first road crash fatality this month.
The 62-year-old motorcyclist died when he crashed on North Shore Road in Hamilton Parish near the junction with Radnor Road in the early...
DATE: Jan 26, 2017
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Other
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The General Consent form will be applicable in all departments at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital from next Monday.
The form, which was introduced in some departments last August, ensures all patients expressly consent to their care before receivin...
DATE: Jan 26, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A Devonshire man has been sentenced to 30 days in prison after taking a motorcycle without the permission of its owner.
Magistrates’ court heard Omar Young, 43, took the cycle on January 14 and was seen on CCTV camera grabbing the handlebars, breakin...
DATE: Jan 26, 2017
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Preventing lifestyle related health problems was the focus of yesterday’s annual Well Bermuda Partnership meeting.
Organisations working to improve health and wellness in the community met to share progress and reflect on the successes and challenges...
DATE: Jan 26, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The senior military representative at the British Embassy in Washington has paid a flying visit to the Royal Bermuda Regiment’s latest recruits.
According to a press release, Brigadier James Carr-Smith, Military Attaché in the United States capital, ...
DATE: Jan 26, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The Bermuda Government is contemplating “a ground-breaking proposal for partnership” with the online home-sharing vacation network Airbnb, according to tourism minister Senator Michael Fahy.
The news was welcomed by the Progressive Labour Party, whic...
DATE: Jan 26, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Progressive Labour Party plans an array of town hall meetings to pitch its proposals to the island’s public, including judicial, immigration and educational reform, according to David Burt, the Leader of the Opposition.
“We will lay out all our p...
DATE: Jan 25, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Department of Transport is to work with a local taxi dispatching firm to try to identify a cab driver said to have verbally attacked a group of Filipino women when caught attempting to overcharge them.
According to one of the four passengers, the...
DATE: Jan 25, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan