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The motorist who featured in a viral video of him driving backwards along North Shore Road has defended his actions, saying he was being a Good Samaritan. Leonard Wilson, 54, contacted The Royal Gazette after the Bermuda Road Safety Council condemned...

Police are on the lookout for a possible fraudster who has been asking for money at people’s homes. A police spokesman said that the female suspect visits residents and explains that her motorcycle has broken down, asking for money to fix the bike. ...

Bermuda’s voters remain evenly split on the issue of whether same-sex marriage should be legalised, according to a survey commissioned by The Royal Gazette. Respondents were asked in a telephone poll this month if same-sex marriage should be legalise...

Police officers have agreed to a pay freeze as part of a deal between the Bermuda Government and the Bermuda Police Association. According to Sergeant Andrew Harewood, the chairman of the Bermuda Police Association, the deal includes a pay and promot...

The Somerset Bridge Post Office could be reopened as a small refreshment shop. Planning documents propose that the majority of the building be turned into a business selling hot and cold drinks, packaged snacks and home-made baked goods. Mailboxes w...

Heavy rains soaked the island yesterday and caused flooding in some low-lying areas. The weather also temporarily knocked out power to about 1,000 Belco customers in Warwick after lightning struck two poles shortly after 8am. A spokeswoman said crews...

Michael Dunkley has said he hoped to see a reduction in “unnecessary criminalisation” as a result of an amendment to the Police and Criminal Evidence Act. The amendment, passed in the Senate last week, will permit the Director of Public Prosecutions...

The extended consultation window for the school reorganisation plan, Score, ends this Friday, as the Ministry of Education seeks further feedback to its strategy. So far, it has received more than 50 formal responses from students, parents, PTAs, pr...

A land snail thought to have been extinct for more than 40 years and an Atlantic turtle are two of more than 100 species which have been added to the Bermuda Protected Species list. A total of 203 species have been included in the Protected Species O...

The Swing Bridge in St George’s will undergo maintenance this morning, causing delays to traffic. A spokeswoman for the Ministry of Public Works said that, from 10am, the bridge on Mullet Bay Road will be opening and closing for inspection and struct...