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Store targeted in smash-and-grab raid

Police say thieves threw a cement block through the front door of Miles Market. Inside, they took an unspecified number of bottles.

Thieves took a colour television, microwave and Sanyo video cassette in a raid on a nursery at Brighton Hill, Devonshire. The culprits gained entry by smashing a window at the Schoolhouse nursery yesterday.

DELTA CELEBRATES FLY Delta celebrates One of the Island's main air carriers recently celebrated the 30th anniversary of its air connection to Atlanta and Boston.

Delta Airlines began serving Bermuda with a direct flight from Boston on March 14, 1969 with Boeing 727 and Douglas DC-8 aircraft.

Today, Delta flies 252-seat Boeing 767-300 aircraft on daily flights from Boston and Atlanta.

According to Air Transport World magazine, Delta and its partners and subsidiaries make it the world's most flown carrier.

More than 105 million passengers travelled on 5,211 flights to 353 cities in 56 countries last year.

Delta was also named Airline of the Year by the magazine.

Delta Station manager Jackie Zuill said: "Delta's relationship with the people of Bermuda has been a winning combination for the Country, for travellers, and for Delta.'' Ms Zuill added: "Thirty years have now passed and our goal of timely and courteous service has remained unchanged.'' STOLEN BIKE RECOVERED CRM Stolen bike recovered Marine Police recovered a stolen auxiliary cycle from its watery grave on Sunday.

A spokesman said the white Scarabeo cycle, valued at $1,700, was stolen from Front Street, Hamiltohn last Friday.

But the thief or thieves apparently later ditched the cycle in waters near Marginal Wharf, St. George's.

Marine Police also searched the car ship Pioneer Leader for stowaways after the vessel arrived from Port-au-Prince, Haiti, yesterday.

However, no stowaways were found.

VANDALS DAMAGE CAR CRM Vandals damage car Vandals extensively damaged a car by scratching the paintwork with a sharp object, Police said yesterday.

The purple Rover car was parked outside the owner's home on Barrack Street, St. George's.

Thirty compact discs worth $400 were also stolen from an unattended van on Reid Street, Pembroke this weekend.

And four public signs at Gibbs Hill Lighthouse in Southampton were ripped apart. They were worth $400.

STOVE CATCHES ALIGHT FIR Stove catches alight A stove-top fire caused $100 damage to a home on Cavendish Road, Pembroke, on Sunday night.

One truck and five firefighters attended the blaze which damaged a drawer and countertop.

YACHT TOWED TO SAFETY RES Yacht towed to safety A yacht was rescued after it lost power close to the shore at Admiralty House.

The 18ft New Testament fired a red flare at 3.15 p.m., three quarters of a mile north of Elbow Buoy.

It was disabled and the Hook and Cook came to its aid, towing it into Devonshire Dock.