taking part in the robbery at the bank's Somerset branch last July. ---- Page 2 `NEW PARTNERSHIP' PLEDGE CON `New partnership' pledge LONDON -- Britain's pledge of a new partnership with its overseas possessions received a warm reception from Bermudian leaders and their allies yesterday. ---- Page 3 BPSA ELECTION TURNING DIRTY UNS BPSA election turning dirty The fight for the leadership of Bermuda's Civil Service union has turned dirty on the eve of elections. For a supporter of current president Leleath Bailey has asked rival candidate Betty Christopher to be reprimanded for "bringing the union into disrepute'' for using divisive tactics. ---- Page 5 LONGTAIL CLIFFS SET TO CLOSE TOU Longtail Cliffs set to close A south shore tourist accommodation is set to close its doors for good, it was revealed yesterday. The Longtail Cliffs, on South Road in Warwick, will cease operations on March 5. "After three years of suffering losses it is with regret that we have decided to take this step,'' said Longtail Cliffs' agent Barry Capuano. ---- Page 5 MAN `STAYED' WITH DRUG DEALER CTS Man `stayed' with drug dealer After denying importing more than $40,000 in cannabis, a 20-year-old man admitted he stayed with a suspected drug dealer in New York city. Jamaka Kamal Gibbons, who now lives on Parson's Road Pembroke, yesterday told a Supreme Court jury his American host did not have a "normal lifestyle''. ---- Page 7 EZEKIEL SOUNDS WARNING BUC Ezekiel sounds warning Bermuda's big business forecast storm clouds on the horizon if UK plans for tougher financial regulation in its colonies are allowed to cripple the Island's banking and offshore industries. ---- Business, Page 9 SUSPENSIONS BEING IGNORED SOC Suspensions being ignored Enforcing Island-wide bans for bad behaviour at football grounds is apparently a lot easier in theory than in practice. Offenders -- in four instances, players or ex-players -- have been seen at grounds this season after being slapped with suspensions, The Royal Gazette has learned. ---- Sport, Page 17