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Bermuda Weather Service director Kimberley Zuill is to speak on this year’s hurricane season, plus the two storms that struck the Island last month, at the annual conference in Florida of the Federal Alliance for Safe Homes (FLASH).
Ms Zuill will tak...
DATE: Nov 06, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A local surgeon and former Road Safety Council chairman has denied a charge of using a hand-held device while driving — arguing that he only used his phone for a medical emergency.
While the law prohibits the use of any mobile electronic device while...
DATE: Nov 05, 2014
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Court
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A Southampton man who was impaired when he struck another car while overtaking a bus has been banned from driving.
Quinton Baisden, 27, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to driving while impaired last weekend.
The court heard that on Saturday morn...
DATE: Nov 05, 2014
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Nalton Brangman has quit the Senate to focus on his work for the Morgan’s Point resort.
The former Education Minister resigned yesterday, citing professional reasons.
Premier Michael Dunkley confirmed last night that Mr Brangman had stepped down a...
DATE: Nov 05, 2014
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Devastated work colleagues have paid tribute to a father of four who died after a motorbike accident.
Wayne Dears passed away last Thursday in hospital, two weeks after he was seriously injured in the crash.
Mr Dears, 51, had worked as the accounts a...
DATE: Nov 05, 2014
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A baby girl whom doctors believe was made seriously sick by contaminated water in Bermuda is unlikely to suffer any long-term ill effects, according to her parents.
The thankful couple, who asked not to be named, told The Royal Gazette that they fear...
DATE: Nov 05, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The Island’s diabetes epidemic demands swift preventive action, according to Debbie Jones, director of the Bermuda Diabetic Association, who commended St George’s Preparatory School for phasing out sugary drinks, in her Hamilton Rotary Club address y...
DATE: Nov 05, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Slashing two women’s faces with a broken beer bottle has ended in three years’ imprisonment for a 40-year-old Pembroke woman.
A tearful Cureka Caines, of Happy Valley Road, told Puisne Judge Carlisle Greaves she’d never intended to harm Donna Wooller...
DATE: Nov 05, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Bermudian man has been jailed for 16 years in Britain after being convicted of raping and repeatedly assaulting a woman over a three-day period.
Andrew Williams, 29, was found guilty in Snaresbrook Crown Court of rape and causing grievous bodily ha...
DATE: Nov 05, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Prepare for a show of strength like few others — the Island’s toughest residents will face off at the annual Kings of Construction Block Party.
Competitors will battle it out to discover who is the strongest, with challenges including pulling a truc...
DATE: Nov 05, 2014
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