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Almost 30 years ago, a part-time bartender at Waterloo House leaped into an electrified swimming pool, risking his life to save ten-year-old visitor Steve Aggett.
Now Mr Aggett is asking for the public’s help to find the man who saved him — Ian Willi...
DATE: Nov 03, 2015
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
New environmental regulations for superyachts could spell “doomsday” for the industry, according to reports from the British press.
However, Mark Soares, a leading figure from Bermuda’s yachting sector, has said he is yet to witness any panic result...
DATE: Nov 03, 2015
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Restrictions on tobacco and e-cigarettes are soon to go through Parliament despite vendors’ hopes for amendments.
The news was welcomed by the asthma charity Open Airways as the latest government statistics show that nearly half of Bermuda’s smokers ...
DATE: Nov 03, 2015
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Jonathan Bell
Avid sailor and devoted family man John Randolph-Swainson has died at the age of 89.
Mr Randolph-Swainson, who finished his business career as the vice-president of American International Group (AIG), passed away in his Boston home at the end of last...
DATE: Nov 03, 2015
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The Bermuda Heroes Weekend launch event is to be celebrated with performances by soca artist Ricardo Drue and a black-tie gala this year.
The weekend is due to be held on November 20 and 21 at the Hamilton Princess and Beach Club in the Harbourview ...
DATE: Nov 03, 2015
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Sarah Lagan
Greenrock’s new executive director Jonathan Starling has said that social and economic sustainability will be an important factor in ensuring a healthy environment for future generations.
Mr Starling, a former aquarist with the Department of Conserv...
DATE: Nov 03, 2015
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Sarah Lagan
As Bermuda celebrated the 50th birthday of the Royal Bermuda Regiment at last month’s Tattoo, visitors caught a glimpse of another anniversary.
From 1915 to 1916, the 38th Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Force was stationed on the Island before trav...
DATE: Nov 03, 2015
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Delayed garbage collection may have led to concern among many residents — but sustainable development organisation Greenrock has found a silver lining to the cloud.
Group member Abbie Caldas said she is glad waste was allowed to mount, if only to mak...
DATE: Nov 03, 2015
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A man brandishing what he claimed to be a firearm raided the Southside Pizza House on Friday, threatening staff and demanding cash.
While manager Roberto Mescarenhes said the suspect was able to escape with a few hundred dollars, the situation could ...
DATE: Nov 03, 2015
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Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A high-risk sex offender will be supervised in the community for three years when he is released from prison after a landmark Court of Appeal ruling.
Merrick Seaman, now 30, was jailed for eight years for subjecting a five-year-old girl to a serious ...
DATE: Nov 03, 2015
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