Police are hunting two thugs who beat up a teenager and stole money and jewellery from him at the Ice Queen in Paget.

The pair approached the 17-year-old in the parking lot just before midnight on Saturday and accused him of attacking their friend.

When he denied this, they demanded he give them money to go away. One snatched a gold chain from his neck and punched him in the face, while the other took $50 from his wallet and a gold Seiko watch.

One of the suspects is six foot tall, 165 pounds, brown skinned and wearing a black jacket. The other is five foot 11 inches, 120 pounds, brown skinned and wearing a blue jacket.

And Police are seeking a dark brown skinned man in his mid-20's who is suspected of stealing a wallet containing $100 from the home of 71-year-old Smith's Parish man on Sunday morning.

The Clarendon Lane man said the thief, who weighs between 140 and 150 pounds, wearing a grey hooded jacket and grey track pants, stole the money between 10.20 and 10 25 a.m.

And a burglar stole jewellery from a house in North Shore Road, Pembroke, some time during the day on Friday.

A man was left with a gaping hole in his cheek following a baseball attack in Pembroke on Thursday night.

The victim said he was standing outside his aunt's home on Princess Street with another man when two others approached them.

Both suspects were allegedly armed with baseball bats, and one of them began to attack the victim's rental cycle. When he asked why he had done that, the attacker then began to hit out at him.

Police said: “The man hit the victim once on the right side of his face and once on the top of his head. As a result, the victim sustained a deep hole to his right cheek, exposing his cheek bone, and a one-inch cut to the top of his head.”

The victim was taken to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, where he received treatment for his injuries and was later released.

Inquiries are underway and anyone with information about the incident, which happened at about 9.15 p.m., should call Police on 295-0011.

Almost nine out of ten respondents to a Royal Gazette online poll believe Auditor General Larry Dennis should have conducted his controversial audit of the Berkeley Institute construction project.

The unscientific poll, which finished on Thursday, saw 89.5 percent of the 534 respondents say yes to the question: “Should the Auditor General have conducted his audit on Berkeley?”

Exactly six percent said “no” and 4.5 percent said “Don't Know”.

The Royal Gazette's next poll, “Does Bermuda give visitors value for money” begins today at www.theroyalgazette.com

A jet with 179 passengers on board diverted to Bermuda on Saturday night to make an emergency landing after smoke was spotted coming from an engine.

The Airport was on full emergency alert with fire crews on the runway after the pilot of the American Airlines Airbus jet asked permission to land.

The pilot thought the right engine was leaking fuel but it turned out to be hydraulic fluid, said Airport General Manager James Howes.

The plane, which was flying from Barbados to John F. Kennedy Airport, New York, touched down safely in Bermuda at 8.10 p.m.

American Airlines sent in a replacement jet to take the passengers to New York around midnight.