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Newport Bermuda Race organising committee chairman John Osmond has thanked all those involved in a medical emergency during this year’s 635-mile race.
Among a trio of boats that responded to a distress call to aid a sick crewman on board the double-h...
DATE: Jun 28, 2012
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News that two men with recent convictions for sex crimes are driving taxis on Bermuda’s roads prompted calls for answers last night.
Concerns were raised that the Public Service Vehicles Licensing Board may be “very lax” in procedures when it comes t...
DATE: Jun 28, 2012
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Government is leading Bermuda into a deep financial hole that it will take decades to get out of, said Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards in response to the Island’s credit rating downgrade by Fitch.
At a press conference staged yesterday by the op...
DATE: Jun 28, 2012
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Phillip Lamb, one of four black Bermudians who served in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, celebrates his 90th birthday today.
According to war historian Andrew Bermingham, Mr Lamb is one of the oldest living war veterans in Bermuda.
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DATE: Jun 28, 2012
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A YouTube video has been created to help raise money for a local man’s trip overseas to be fitted for a new wheelchair.
Omar Hayward has cerebral palsy, meaning he is unable to get around without a wheelchair. He is currently in Canada with his guard...
DATE: Jun 28, 2012
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Tropical Depression Debby is now regarded as a potential threat to the Island, according to the Bermuda Weather Service.
The BWS says that as of noon today Debby's closest point to Bermuda is scheduled to be at 11pm on Friday when she will be 159 nau...
DATE: Jun 27, 2012
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A 40ft admiral’s barge that was part of a US Navy cruiser-destroyer fleet and was more recently used for bell diving is up for sale.
The vessel, built in 1965, is believed to have been part of cruiser-destroyer group in the Atlantic based on items fo...
DATE: Jun 27, 2012
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A pair of Newport-Bermuda race participants ran into difficulties this week while returning to the United States.
A crew member aboard Convictus Maximus may have suffered a spinal injury, and the crew of the 41ft sloop Avenir were forced to abandon s...
DATE: Jun 27, 2012
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A golf cart was damaged and its occupants taken to hospital following an accident at Tucker’s Point.
A police spokesman said the golf cart collided with a wall, around 12pm on Monday.
The occupants were taken to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital; thr...
DATE: Jun 27, 2012
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Environmentalist Stuart Hayward has proposed that Southlands be given to a charity to protect it from future development.
The pristine 37-acre estate in Warwick became public property on Monday, after Government signed a deal exchanging it with three...
DATE: Jun 27, 2012
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