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As the American military pulled out of Afghanistan, Kabul fell with stunning speed to determined fighters with medieval desires about everything but the accoutrements of war. Taleban fighters with their long beards and long guns drove through the ci...

People often crane their necks as they drive past Robert ‘Ice Water’ Smith’s house on Vesey Street in Devonshire. They are not looking for him; they are checking out the clock on his balcony. It is not a particularly big clock, or a fancy one, but it...

A huge increase in cases of a deadly dog virus has led to special vaccination clinics being organised. The move came after cases of canine parvovirus, a gastrointestinal disease that can kill, more than tripled over the last month. As reported earlie...

A new chapter in Bermuda sailing history was written after the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club became the first to compete in a fitted dinghy race with an all-female crew. Adrianna Penruddocke, Emily Davis, Genevieve Lau, Laura Hupman, Millie Lewis and Nico...

About 300 residents have become immunised against Covid-19 in the last two weeks, the latest vaccination figures have revealed. The number of people who have had a second jab now stands at 64.6 per cent of the population – an increase of just 0.5 per...

Older people will suffer most from a drawn-out bus strike, a charity leader warned yesterday. Claudette Fleming, the executive director of Age Concern, said seniors depended more on public transport than other age groups and no bus service made thei...

Haitians are “crying out for help” from Bermudian charity Feed My Lambs Ministry following the devastating earthquake that shook their country on Saturday. Phillip Rego, the Bermudian who launched the charity in 2009 to serve the people of Haiti, i...

A plant to turn salt water into fresh water in the East End is planned by the Bermuda Land Development Company. The BLDC has advertised for a contractor to install and run a new reverse osmosis plant in St David’s. A notice from the quango said: “The...

A man who led police on a high-speed chase through north east Hamilton and caused an accident was yesterday jailed for more than four months. The court heard that police officers saw Perry Hayward riding a motorcycle along Court Street in Hamilton an...

A stretch of Harbour Road will be temporarily closed to traffic later this week as part of work to repair a damaged wall. A spokesman for the Ministry of Public Works said the section of Harbour Road between Highwood Lane and Lover’s Lane would be cl...

Two historical societies have received Government grants to fund education programmes. The St George’s Historical Society was presented with a $5,000 cheque while the Bermuda Historical Society received $6,000. A Government spokeswoman said: “Each ye...

Caitlyn Bobb’s debut at the World Athletics Under-20 Championships in Nairobi, Kenya, ended in huge disappointment this morning when she was disqualified from the 400 metres heats for stepping out of her lane. The 18-year-old Bermudian, who was drawn...