morning. The officers refused to escort prisoners from Westgate Correctional Facility to the daily session of plea court in Magistrates' Court and monthly arraignments in the Supreme Court. ---- Page 2 LIBRARY FACES FURTHER RENOVATION LIB Library faces further renovation The Bermuda National Library will undergo further construction after a member of the public was hurt climbing a shaky outer stairway to the porch. But the added work should not delay the facility's re-opening which is already three months behind schedule. ---- Page 2 MAN ADMITS WOUNDING CABBIE CTS Man admits wounding cabbie A man accused of robbing taxi driver Leon Trott and slashing his throat pleaded guilty in Supreme Court yesterday to two of the charges against him.

Co-defendant Vincent Burch, who stood in the dock with his alleged accomplice Stedman Clarke, changed his plea before the Acting Chief Justice. ---- Page 3 AUGUST IS METEORITE MONTH TOD SCI August is meteorite month August is the best month to see meteorites in Bermuda's night skies and on the nights of August 15 and 16 you could see up to 60 shooting stars per hour.

---- Today, Page 11 GOATER DUCKS CONTRACT OFFER SOC Goater ducks contract offer Bristol City are trying to tie top scorer Shawn Goater to a new contract, a year before the present one expires. But the Bermudian striker doesn't want to sign too soon in case the team fail to win promotion from the Second Division.

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