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Samuel Paynter will tell you he started playing cricket as soon as he figured out how to throw a ball. According to the 90-year-old it was something everybody did then — or at least anybody who didn’t play football. “Even the women played cricket,” h...

Asthma charity Open Airways has warned parents and pupils of an annual September spike in asthma attacks as it tackled concerns about Covid-19. A spokeswoman said that well-controlled asthma was the best defence. She added: “During these challenging ...

Dear Sir, The Premier has had to apologise to the taxpayers of Bermuda for allowing himself and Jamahl Simmons to be duped into handing over $800,000 to a person of dubious character. Despite what he says, we have to wonder how much research was rea...

A top businessman and behind the scenes strategist when the former United Bermuda Party governed the island has died. Edgar Wilkinson was 90. Mr Wilkinson was also a board member at the Bermuda Monetary Authority in the 1980s. His businesses included...

Brian Wellman’s name has found a permanent home at the National Stadium after the four-times Olympic triple jumper had the jump runway named after him. Norbert Simons, the director of youth and sports, whose idea it was to honour Wellman, explained t...

The island’s top police officer said he was disgusted that women were now gang targets after a woman was shot and killed. Commissioner of Police Stephen Corbishley added that the 32-year-old woman died after a lone gunman shot her three times after a...

The Progressive Labour Party branded attacks over a loan to a United States music promoter a “desperate” election tactic. A party spokeswoman said Anthony Blakey, who disappeared after taking a $800,000 loan in April 2018 to set up a music studio at ...

The Free Democratic Movement has promised to use green energy to reduce the cost of living in its General Election platform. The FDM said: “Energy costs in Bermuda are prohibitive and will remain high as long as we are trapped by our dependency on fo...

A teenager who admitted taking a knife to school was sentenced to two years’ probation. Malachi Fox, 18, also pleaded guilty to handling $800 worth of stolen goods at Magistrates’ Court on Monday. The court heard Fox was at the Berkeley Institute on ...

Dear Sir, There is a good reason we made our first air-travel trip since early March to Bermuda last month. My partner Susan and I, like many people confined to home for six months, decided it was time to get out and test the waters (literally!) and ...

When Earlena Ingham and niece Kaurie Daniels took over space in Hamilton in February they thought their new health food store would be open within the month. They did not anticipate all the renovation needed, plumbing, electricity, flooring, and they...

Pupils won praise for their artwork and helped win cash prizes for their schools. More than 70 pieces of artwork were entered into the Annual Art and Digital Competition, organised by the Mirrors Alumni & Friends Association and Masterworks Museum of...