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An agreement for a new hospice has been signed between Bermuda Hospitals Board and Friends of Hospice. The memorandum of understanding allows the charity to proceed with building a hospice next to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, on Berry Hill Road...

Two prison officers were put behind bars in the space of a week for smuggling contraband into Westgate prison, The Royal Gazette can reveal. Art Simons, 43, was jailed for two years after he was convicted of taking cannabis and cannabis resin into We...

A teenage trio headed to Europe last night to represent the island at an international debating tournament. The school student team left for the Czech Republic, the host nation for the Heart of Europe competition, which starts today. Raina DeFontes, ...

Ross Perot, a billionaire part-time Bermuda resident and maverick former US presidential candidate, died yesterday at home in Dallas, Texas. Mr Perot, who had leukaemia diagnosed five months ago, was 89. He first visited the island in 1957 with his w...

A 38-year-old man pleaded guilty to a sex assault charge yesterday in the Supreme Court. Jah-Rome Hill, who appeared from custody, admitted assaulting a woman in Sandys on September 6 last year. The victim cannot be identified for legal reasons. Hill...

Jonathan Bell The Transport Control Department has closed for the rest of today. A Government spokesman said a problem with the water supply forced the centre, on North Street, Pembroke, to shut its doors just before noon. He added that “customers wi...

A six-man Wage Commission will include two ex officio members from the ministries responsible for labour and finance. The news came as legislation to set up the commission was tabled on Friday in the House of Assembly. Its main functions under the Em...

Local charities have reaped a surprise bonus from this year’s donations from the Bermuda End-to-End event. Four good causes were expected to get $30,000 each from the annual walk — but the figure was boosted to $45,000 apiece because of the high leve...

The white elephant flagship of the marine police has been sold at a knockdown price, The Royal Gazette can reveal. The Australian-built patrol boat MV Guardian was bought almost 13 years ago for $1.7 million. But, after it spent much of its career ti...

The build-up to a confrontation at a 2016 demonstration against the new airport plan outside the House of Assembly was outlined in evidence to a parliamentary joint select committee set up to look at the background of the clash. A police officer said...