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People are urged to get their skates on this weekend to help a baby boy with a rare genetic disorder.
Friends of the family of eight-month-old Iziah Freeman have stepped up to help the family raise funds for his care in a Florida hospital with a roll...
DATE: Nov 23, 2018
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Triplets presented to the Queen when she visited Bermuda 65 years ago shortly after she was crowned are being hunted by a British broadcaster to mark the anniversary.
Little Elizabeth, Margaret and Philippa — the names of the Queen, her sister and th...
DATE: Nov 23, 2018
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Superintendent Darrin Simons was appointed as the new deputy police commissioner yesterday.
Mr Simons, a 25-year veteran of the service, replaces Paul Wright, who retired at the start of this month.
The new second-in-command said that he was grateful...
DATE: Nov 23, 2018
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A campaigner called for two separate sex offender registers yesterday, so one could list only those who target children.
Debi Ray-Rivers said the root cause of the crime was different depending on the victim’s age.
She welcomed proposed legislation t...
DATE: Nov 23, 2018
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A Bermudian writer has penned a novel based on the real-life exploits of underwater treasure hunter Teddy Tucker.
Andrew Outerbridge’s book, The Vigilant, centres on the discovery of the wreck of a privateer’s ship loaded with riches and Robert Tucke...
DATE: Nov 23, 2018
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She became a passionate campaigner in the fight against child sexual abuse and devoted her irrepressible energy to helping those affected.
However, when Debi Ray-Rivers launched a charity to raise awareness of the problem in Bermuda, she had still to...
DATE: Nov 23, 2018
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Fiona McWhirter
A night of drink-driving checks by police ended with no arrests.
Roadside sobriety checkpoints are running this weekend in Hamilton Parish, Devonshire, Pembroke, Paget and Southampton.
A police spokesman said an operation from last night until early ...
DATE: Nov 23, 2018
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Fiona McWhirter
Clara Hallett, a historian, author and genealogist dubbed “the Index Queen”, has died. Ms Hallett was 92.
Known as “Keggie”, she worked on local historical records, along with her late husband, Archie Hallett, the first president of Bermuda College.
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DATE: Nov 22, 2018
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Jonathan Bell
Hamilton shops will jump the gun tonight on Black Friday and stay open late.
Gibbons Company and Sports ‘R’ Us will both open longer with discounts designed to attract shoppers.
Stores traditionally open earlier than usual on Black Friday and hold “d...
DATE: Nov 22, 2018
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A fuel company launched its annual charity fundraising campaign yesterday.
Rubis got under way with its Fuelling for a Cause charity drive for the third year in a row.
Graham Redford, Rubis managing director, said: “As part of Rubis’s tenth anniversa...
DATE: Nov 22, 2018
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Sarah Lagan