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A 78-year-old driver was rushed to hospital yesterday after his car overturned when he took ill behind the wheel. Police said that the man lost control of the car on Headquarters Hill in Devonshire. He was pulled from his vehicle by a passer-by and f...

An event at the weekend will put police officers front and centre for Bermuda’s older residents, an organiser said yesterday. Constable Terry Paynter said the event was designed to serve as a “reassurance for the seniors”. She explained: “To let th...

At 88, Lois Johnson has earned a reputation as a troublemaker. It’s because she helps too much. At every one of her many senior citizens’ meetings she’s there preparing tea or lunch — having been told it’s someone else’s responsibility. “I’m a very ...

A proposed tax on rental income could cost people their homes, the finance minister has been warned. Curtis Dickinson was told that any new tax would hurt people who depended on income from an apartment to pay their mortgages. Paulette Robinson said:...

The Governor took to the dancefloor at a music therapy session for seniors. John Rankin was delighted to attend the event and see the difference it made in the lives of people living with dementia. He said: “As I saw for myself, music and song can be...

A surprise message from the Queen added a special touch to a 65th wedding anniversary celebration. Quinton and Marjorie Talbot were given the message from Buckingham Palace on Sunday night — the day before their anniversary. Mrs Talbot said she and ...

Over a 40-year career in photography, Gene Ray shot the movers and shakers of the world. He remembers boxer Muhammad Ali as “cool and calm” and television star Ed Sullivan as “nice”. But his beginnings were humble. He grew up on Hermitage Road, Devo...

There was an invisible line dividing Collin Simmons’s Pembroke neighbourhood in the 1950s. White people lived on one side of Happy Valley Road, and blacks on the other. Socially, their paths did not cross. Despite that, it was not until he was a teen...

Changes in the administration of payments to families of elderly war veterans were defended yesterday by the Ministry of Finance. Officials said a new system for the payments, which included processing of claims overseas, was introduced last year to ...

The Wright family joke is that 97-year-old Aileen waits for no one. It was certainly true last October when she wanted to visit her sister, Ianthe Pearman, who was ill. Her family offered to drive her to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital but she gre...

Red tape has delayed carers’ payments and caused hardship for war veterans’ families, a campaigner has claimed. Caregivers said a decision to send paperwork to the United States for processing had led to delays of up to three months in the payment of...

A blind veteran musician who left a home for the elderly after ten months to move into his own apartment said he was happy with the decision. Freeman “King” Trott, 87, moved out of Devonshire’s Serenity Palms Nursing Home last year because he was not...