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Albuoy’s Point will be closed to traffic today and tomorrow as the Corporation of Hamilton carries out roadwork.
According to a recently published notice, the street will be closed off from 6am today until 6pm tomorrow for “essential repaving works”....
DATE: Apr 24, 2014
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A teenager who told Supreme Court she watched a group of men rape and grope her 14-year-old friend has denied lying to the jury about the evening of the attack.
The witness had previously told the court that she didn’t know they were being taken to t...
DATE: Apr 24, 2014
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Former Bermuda High School Head Girl Aliyyah Ahad has been named as Bermuda’s 2014 Rhodes Scholar.
“It is an absolute honour,” an elated Ms Ahad told The Royal Gazette last night, adding that it had also come as a surprise to learn that she’d been su...
DATE: Apr 24, 2014
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The Ministry of Health and Environment has instituted a raft of prevention measures in the wake of bad press over the Island’s sewage dumping at sea.
The discharge from the Seabright outfall on South Shore caused the US Consul to warn bathers to chec...
DATE: Apr 24, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A convicted cocaine importer has been charged with having drugs at Westgate.
Jahni Bean, 31, appeared in Magistrates’ Court yesterday to answer a charge of possessing cannabis in the prison — an increased penalty zone — on October 24 last year.
He de...
DATE: Apr 24, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A 29-year-old man was shot dead in Southampton last night.
He has been identified by Police as Erin Lee Richardson, who lived with family members in Riviera Crescent, Southampton.
According to Detective Chief Inspector Nicholas Pedro, the shooting t...
DATE: Apr 24, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s bus service has been changed today in order to accommodate those who want to visit the Agricultural Show which opened this morning.
As from today and through to the end of the Show on Saturday afternoon, all route 8 buses will be rerouted t...
DATE: Apr 24, 2014
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The People’s Campaign for Equality, Jobs and Justice, a new movement launched last week, is planning a May Day rally following a series of Island-wide meetings.
According to campaign leaders, the group is “a coalition of concerned people who have joi...
DATE: Apr 23, 2014
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A five-foot Galapagos shark named Desmond has been released back into the ocean by staff at the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo.
The animal had developed a lesion on his nose in the North Rock Tank, where he had lived for two years, a sign that he w...
DATE: Apr 23, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Murder victim Stefan Burgess was an “amazing” father who wanted to turn his life around following the birth of his daughter, a Supreme Court jury has been told.
Mr Burgess, 24, from Frog Lane, Devonshire, was gunned down while attending a birthday pa...
DATE: Apr 23, 2014
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan