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Today is the 17th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks on the United States that claimed the lives of three former pupils at Bermuda schools among the near 3,000 dead.
The names of Saltus Grammar School former pupil Boyd Gatton and Wa...
DATE: Sep 11, 2018
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Hurricane Florence is expected to pass to the south of the island tonight as it heads for the US East Coast.
The Bermuda Weather Service said the Category 4 hurricane is expected to pass 353 miles to the island’s south-southwest at 9pm.
A spokesman s...
DATE: Sep 11, 2018
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A United States veteran called for more testing to determine if toxic chemical Agent Orange was burnt at the Kindley Field Air Force Base.
Ronald Slater, from Washington, said outcry in the United States about the use of “burn pits” has given him hop...
DATE: Sep 10, 2018
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Phillip Every, a longstanding police officer who presided over Bermuda’s marine police division, has died at age 69.
The British former chief inspector, who served in Bermuda for 30 years, died on September 1 in Horsham, Sussex.
Mr Every was “a very ...
DATE: Sep 10, 2018
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Warwick Preschool is set to open today as scheduled, despite a fire on the property yesterday morning.
But the Ministry of Health announced that the Warwick Health Centre — located in the same building — would not be open for baby clinic services tod...
DATE: Sep 10, 2018
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An updated school bus schedule was released online yesterday on the eve of public schools reopening across the island.
The schedule lists the bus routes servicing 22 schools, broken down by parish.
Walter Roban, the Minister of Transport and Regulato...
DATE: Sep 10, 2018
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All government services will remain in operation today as Hurricane Florence passes to the south of the island.
This morning the storm grew to Category 4 strength, and was predicted to intensify — but Florence was sticking to a course that would send...
DATE: Sep 10, 2018
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A motorcyclist suffered serious injuries in a crash with two cars and a wall in Hamilton Parish last night.
The incident happened on North Shore Road, near Shelly Bay, at about 9.10pm.
Police said the rider, a 40-year-old man, was travelling east wh...
DATE: Sep 10, 2018
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A talented and hardworking teenager has used her artistic skills to beautify her former school.
Yukia Hall, 14, has volunteered her time to paint a student walkway at Somerset Primary for the past few weeks.
The CedarBridge Academy student, who sta...
DATE: Sep 10, 2018
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A motorcycle rider was rushed to hospital on Friday night after he was involved in a collision with a car.
The 28-year-old Sandys man suffered facial injuries in the incident on Harbour Road, Paget, near the junction with Lovers Lane, at about 11pm.
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DATE: Sep 10, 2018
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