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Two veterans of the Second World War have helped kick-start the Bermuda Legion’s annual fundraising Poppy Appeal campaign by presenting poppies to Governor George Fergusson.
Betty Vincent, who served in the Royal Navy, and Canon Thomas Nisbett of the...
DATE: Oct 30, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
More than 1,300 Islanders took advantage of a $10 “drive-through” flu shot from the Department of Health.
The Flu Express travelled to St George’s, Warwick, Sandys and Hamilton earlier this month to give people aged ten and above a convenient way to ...
DATE: Oct 30, 2013
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A personal trainer was banned from driving for a year after she admitted driving while impaired.
Lori Rye, 37, from Hamilton Parish, was stopped by Police on October 25 on Middle Road in Paget after officers on mobile patrol saw her swerving in the r...
DATE: Oct 30, 2013
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A proposed development on the site of the ‘Queen of the East’ has been revised because the initial plan was “unworkable, unrealistic and not functional.”
The revised plan still calls for the demolition of the historic former brothel on Crow Lane in f...
DATE: Oct 30, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Former United Bermuda Party leader Kim Swan has praised Opposition leader Marc Bean for acknowledging that his party made mistakes while in Government.
Speaking at the Progressive Labour Party’s annual conference on Saturday night, Mr Bean said that ...
DATE: Oct 30, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Area MP for Pembroke East Central Michael Weeks has hailed steady progress at Victor Scott School as a shining example of success against the odds.
After more than three years of taking Cambridge Exams, students “matched or surpassed the Bermuda aver...
DATE: Oct 30, 2013
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Education
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A grandmother visiting her family in Bermuda was barred from entering the Island by “heavy-handed” Immigration officials who treated her “like a common criminal”.
And Anne Robinson has now written to Governor George Fergusson to complain about her “h...
DATE: Oct 30, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Bermuda’s firefighters are in the pink after deciding on an eye-catching change of uniform.
The rugged men of the Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service, tasked with the difficult, dangerous and often dirty job of putting out fires, usually wear drab, pract...
DATE: Oct 30, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A Southampton man was fined $300 in Magistrates’ Court for stealing “water enhancers” costing less than $11.
Frederick Talbot, 66, pleaded guilty to stealing two bottles of Mio Water Enhancer from Heron Bay MarketPlace on October 1.
At around 5.45pm ...
DATE: Oct 30, 2013
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Department of Health has apologised to grieving mother Lynn Spencer for taking more than a year to complete a postmortem drug test on her late son.
But it has failed to explain why the Government Lab has taken so long to analyse blood, urine and ...
DATE: Oct 30, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
