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Dear Sir, My husband, who is a wheelchair user, and I recently returned to the island to visit family and friends, and to attend a number of appointments in Hamilton. We have been aware for many years that, unlike similarly developed communities, the...

The Department of Marine and Ports Services has announced the winter ferry schedule The new schedule will run from Monday, October 29. Winter ferry schedules will be available at the Hamilton Ferry Terminal from Thursday and can also be viewed onlin...

A flight was forced to return to the island after a large crack appeared on the aircraft’s windscreen on Saturday night. The American Airlines flight to Philadelphia turned around about 45 minutes into its journey and reduced its speed because of con...

Dear Sir, Earlier this month there was an article in The Times in London headed “Take off for the world’s longest flight”, describing Singapore Airlines’ new route, nonstop from Singapore to New York, using the brand-new Airbus A350-900. After readin...

Two seniors were brought to Bermuda in separate ship medical evacuations yesterday. A 67-year-old crewman on the US-registered bulk grain carrier Liberty Grace was suffering from unexplained dizziness. The vessel was travelling from Galveston, Texas,...

Bermuda’s new Oleander cargo ship has been launched at a shipyard in China, Bermuda Container Line said yesterday. John Wight, the chairman of BCL, said the ship slid down Jiangsu Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Group’s slipway in Jingjiang on the Yangtze R...

Disney Cruise Lines marked its first trip to Bermuda with a plaque and key ceremony. The Disney Magic stayed in Dockyard on last Saturday night, with 2,399 guests and 1,024 crew on board, after its arrival from New York City. It was the first of five...

No checks are made to ensure taxis are on the roads for the required 16 hours a day, the Transport Control Department has admitted. The department confirmed that it had not kept records since 2010 as a result of “a policy decision”. A TCD spokeswoma...

Bermuda hosted its first Disney Cruise Line vessel at the weekend. Disney Magic docked at Kings Wharf, on its way from New York to the Bahamas. The 966ft vessel brought with it about 2,376 passengers and 945 crew. A special run of the ferry from Dock...

Cab drivers are forced off the roads at night because of fears about drunken passengers and security problems, the head of the industry’s trade body said yesterday. But David Frost, president of the Bermuda Taxi Operators Association, said the indus...

Bermuda’s poor taxi service is costing the island money, a business consultant and non-executive director of the Bermuda Tourism Authority has warned. Peter Everson said that an Uber-style ride-sharing service could take up the slack without killing ...

An international private jet charter firm has announced the opening of its Bermuda office in Hamilton. New York-based Star Jets International, Inc, will set up its operation in Melbourne House, on Parliament Street. Marc Bean will lead the operation...