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A 29-year-old man who was “unaccounted for” at Westgate prison today is back in police custody.
The announcement this afternoon did not identify the inmate, but said police and Department of Corrections personnel conducted a joint search.
The man was...
DATE: Sep 30, 2019
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Jonathan Bell
Bermuda will today launch its new cybersecurity strategy, with a series of “lunch and learn” sessions scheduled throughout October.
Wayne Caines, Minister of National Security, said information technology has become critical for the island, and the G...
DATE: Sep 30, 2019
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Horseshoe Bay Beach has been closed to swimmers over safety concerns.
A Department of Parks spokeswoman said that the popular tourist spot had been closed “due to high surf conditions and severe rip currents”.
She added: “The double red flags to in...
DATE: Sep 30, 2019
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Power outages this afternoon affected hundreds of customers in the City of Hamilton, Pembroke and Devonshire along the North Shore.
Shortly after 2pm, the power cut put 739 customers in the dark in Pembroke and 545 in Devonshire.
The island contended...
DATE: Sep 29, 2019
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Jonathan Bell
Sir James Astwood, Bermuda’s trailblazing chief justice from 1977 to 1993 and the first black Bermudian to hold the office, has died, aged 95.
The lawyer, who trained in Canada and London, was a pragmatist who steered Bermuda’s courts to a new standa...
DATE: Sep 28, 2019
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The Grateful Bread programme served 160 meals to people in need of a helping hand on Thursday night.
Clothes, sheets, blankets, curtains and toiletries — as well as hundreds of avocados and grapefruits suddenly available after Hurricane Humberto — we...
DATE: Sep 28, 2019
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Sarah Lagan
An exhibit to commemorate the first moonwalk will include artefacts and memorabilia compiled by a local collector.
Scott Stallard believes the 50 Years of Space exhibit, which opened on Wednesday at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute, offe...
DATE: Sep 28, 2019
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An inventor pioneering a new “Superman” era in human aviation will fly over Bermuda in a jet suit this month.
Richard Browning is the founder and chief test pilot of the British company Gravity Industries, which creates the cutting-edge technology th...
DATE: Sep 28, 2019
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Sarah Lagan
Planning fees will be waived for repairs to properties damaged in Hurricane Humberto.
Straightforward repairs of windows, doors and roof slate will not require planning permission or a building permit, a spokeswoman for the Department of Planning sai...
DATE: Sep 28, 2019
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
An American actress and activist has promised Bermuda “I’ll be back” after she shared highlights of her trip to the island.
Yara Shahidi, of Black-ish and Grown-ish, visited with her family in June. She posted online a three-minute Instagram TV video...
DATE: Sep 28, 2019
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Fiona McWhirter
