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A 31-year-old man is behind bars today after being convicted of sexually assaulting a woman at knifepoint.
Kijon Baker was armed with the blade when he walked into the victim’s home in November last year and then subjected her to a terrifying sex att...
DATE: Oct 14, 2015
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An army captain who came to Bermuda at the beginning of the Second World War with the US Army has died at the age of 104.
Fred Clipper was posted to the Island to protect the country as well as the shipping supply convoys from enemy submarines lurkin...
DATE: Oct 14, 2015
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Bermuda’s young people have the potential to play a major role in local politics, a Progressive Labour Party open forum was told this week.
Addressing more than 200 people at the Bermuda Industrial Union Sweeting-Ball Memorial Hall on Monday, 23-year...
DATE: Oct 14, 2015
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Oracle skipper Jimmy Spithill says he has barely experienced any resistance from the community with regards to Bermuda hosting the America’s Cup and those few he has talked to with doubts soon warmed up to the idea.
The Australian yachtsman said he a...
DATE: Oct 14, 2015
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Two of the Island’s leading real estate agents have seen a “huge uptake” in business on the back of the America’s Cup.
Coldwell Banker Bermuda Realty has seen a 32 per cent increase in the number of properties in the first nine months of 2015 compar...
DATE: Oct 14, 2015
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Sarah Lagan
The recreational drug MDMA — known as ecstasy or molly — has undergone a resurgence in use on the Island, according to sources.
Despite its old associations with nightclubs and concerts, the drug, which runs the risk of containing any number of other...
DATE: Oct 14, 2015
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The key to improving children’s health is changing the behaviour of adults, according to nurse Laura Lynn Jackson.
Ms Jackson, of the Department of Health, who spoke at Hamilton Rotary Club yesterday, urged parents and other adults to play their role...
DATE: Oct 14, 2015
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A local taxi service is introducing an app for customers to book a cab via their phones.
Bermuda Island Taxi Service announced it is launching Mobile Transport, initially for Android phones and extending to other devices in the months ahead.
“Tourism...
DATE: Oct 14, 2015
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A new art project has been created by the Chewstick Foundation as part of the Corporation of Hamilton’s upcoming City Arts Festival.
The steps on Chancery Lane have been given a dash of colour and decorated with words of poetry ahead of the festival,...
DATE: Oct 14, 2015
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Sarah Lagan
Firearms officers will join a full complement of marine craft and Regiment soldiers to police the waters of the Great Sound for this weekend’s America’s Cup World Series Bermuda.
More than 20 policemen and women, including armed officers and doctors,...
DATE: Oct 14, 2015
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