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Kelly Cabral started piling on the pounds in her late teens. By the time she was 22, she knew she was overweight, but was too scared to find out just how much. “I’d been overweight since about the age of 18, when I graduated from high school,” she s...

After three decades championing the cause of cancer patients, Ann Smith Gordon is leaving PALS. The 79-year-old is ready to take a breather — she’ll walk away from the charity’s Point Finger Road offices as soon as a replacement is found. “I am not r...

It’s not always easy to find the right words to put into a Valentine’s Day card. Artist Joanna Stapff, 33, wants to help. She has released a line of specialty cards under her new brand, 1609 Design. “I felt like the Island was lacking cards which w...

If you’re in the market for a riding crop it might be better if you buy it before the weekend. EL James’s best-selling erotic novel Fifty Shades of Grey debuts in Bermuda on Friday. The movie is about a love affair between a couple who enjoy riding c...

Kelee Darrell needs a new kidney — and some financial help. For the past three years she has spent three days of every week in dialysis. It is a necessity for the 23-year-old. Her kidneys were badly damaged by lupus, a disease she learned she had at...

It seems a bit cruel. You get the all-clear from cancer, and along comes depression. About one-third of all people with cancer are significantly affected, according to radiation oncologist Robert Rutledge. The Canadian specialist believes if the situ...

A model gives birth to a baby. Three months later she’s wearing a swimsuit on the cover of a magazine or sporting lingerie on the catwalk. In real life, the story is usually dramatically different. Ashleigh Holland had her daughter Spencer Elizabeth...

Fifty years ago, Louise Wilson and her best friend left New York for Bermuda. It was a special trip for the 20-year-olds. They’d never been far away from home and they were travelling on the legendary Queen of Bermuda. Clark Gable, Shirley Temple, TS...

Teenagers on the Island were recently taught the dangers of watermelon, bubblegum and gummy bears. E-cigarettes are offered in those flavours — Damian O’Hara believes it’s a deliberate attempt to sell them to children. He travels the world to get peo...

If anyone can argue that age is just a number, it’s 90-year-old Olive Wilkinson. Her daily routine keeps her busy. She exercises, watches her favourite cooking shows and knits caps and sweaters for needy children in Uganda. And despite having diabet...