order to fly home to Canada to see her dying mother.

Lydia Madeiros, 35, admitted stealing a total of $250 on two separate occasions last November from Docksiders club on Front Street.

She said she stole the cash to help pay for an air ticket to Canada, and had every intention of returning it the following week.

The court heard how on November 13 last year, club owner Carl Thompson was in his office watching the security cameras when he saw the bartender hold on to money given to her by a customer and ring `no sale' into the cash till.

When he talked to her about it, Ms Madeiros, of Summit View Drive, Hamilton Parish, had $100 in her hand.

Two days earlier Ms Madeiros had taken $150 from the till.

She was arrested at her home and taken to the Police Station for questioning, where she admitted the thefts.

The money has since been repaid.

She told Magistrates Court yesterday: "I am very sorry that I have committed this foolish act.

"I took the money to pay for an air ticket to see my dying mother. Her condition had got quite worse and the doctor had told us to fly up as soon as possible.

"As it turned out, I got there a few days before she died. I had every intention of putting the money back the following week.'' Magistrate Ed King said he took into account the woman's guilty plea, the fact she had returned the cash, and her previous clean record, before passing a sentence of a conditional discharge for six months.

PLANNING PERMISSION GRANTED PLN Planning permission granted The Development and Applications Board (DAB) has approved further renovations to the Pearman Watlington Waterfront property on Pitts Bay Road in Pembroke.

In principle approval has been granted for boat storage re-organisation and relocation of the gas service station.

The application for final approval will need to include the approval of the Marine Resource Board, The Ministry of Works and Engineering (Highways and Estates) and the Department of Marine and Port Services.

The DAB also reserves for its final approval all details relating to the siting, design, parking and means of access to the site.

The application for final approval will have to include an environmental impact statement in accordance with the Bermuda Plan 1992 Planning Statement.

The environmental impact statement will include details of sewage treatment and pump-out stations, facilities to combat oil spillage and clean up in addition to waste oil recycling.

Also required are details relating to garbage storage facilities and details on debris collection, and details on any proposed dredging.

Pearman Watlington Chief Executive Officer, William Cox was unavailable for comment yesterday.

HOMES BROKEN INTO CRM Homes broken into Police attended a house on Parson's Lane in Devonshire after a report of a break-in.

At approximately 11.30 a.m. on Thursday the complainants noticed that the house had been entered by force, and they then found that the culprit had searched through the bedroom and removed a significant quantity of jewellery.

Later that same day, Police attend another residence on Parson's Lane after a report of a similar break-in.

This time the thief entered the residence during the morning hours, but Police found no signs of forced entry.

A cedar jewellery box was removed from an inside room, which was later recovered by the complainant outside the residence, along with some of the jewellery.

Police are making inquiries into both incidents.