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A man who claimed asthma prevented him from taking a police breath test has had his conviction for refusal to comply upheld. Michael Richardson was found guilty in Magistrates’ Court after officers said he used a “stop and start” approach to the brea...

The Bermuda Road Safety Council has said it plans to reduce road collisions and deaths in 2022. Dennis Lister III, the council’s chairman, issued a statement yesterday saying its goal would take all road users doing their part. “We want the communi...

A teenager who admitted causing a traffic accident could be sentenced to community service instead of fined. Magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo said a community service order could be considered for unemployed Nazye Matthie, 19, after he pleaded guilty to ca...

Almost 5,000 tickets have been handed out to road users since the launch of a crackdown on driving offences, police said today. A Bermuda Police Service spokesman said that 341 tickets were issued as part of Operation Vega in the last two weeks alone...

Police yesterday issued 34 traffic tickets and made one arrest today after they mounted a speed checkpoint in the wake of an appeal for officers to help cut down dangerous driving. Officers were stationed along Middle Road, Southampton, near Five Sta...

Police are to set up roadside breath test checkpoints across the island next weekend. A notice in the Official Gazette said checkpoints would be in operation on January 21, 22 and 23 in seven of the island’s nine parishes, with only St George’s and ...

A new campaign yesterday appealed to the public to wear blue on Friday to commemorate people who have lost their lives on the roads. Pain Into Purpose Bermuda and the Kijani Dream Charity, set up by the family of schoolboy Kijani Burgess after he die...

I was thinking of some flowery words to write for the end of 2021, and none came to mind. Then I thought of some other flowery words for the beginning of 2022, and none came to mind. As a matter of fact, there may be more than enough flowery words be...

It was a summer of discontent as a row between the Bermuda Industrial Union and the Government over decertification votes in the workplace heated up. Chris Furbert, the Bermuda Industrial Union president, insisted at the start of the month the union ...

A Royal Bermuda Regiment soldier and a civilian suffered serious facial injuries after their motorbikes were in collision in the West End last night. Police said a man leaving the RBR Coast Guard headquarters in Sandys and a man on a motorcycle trave...

There have been no drink-driving arrests or collisions reported from a Christmas clampdown so far, it was revealed yesterday. Chief Inspector Robert Cardwell said the news could mean that the do “not drink and drive” message had at last got through t...

Dear Sir, Accidents on our roads are caused by bad driving, whether it’s bikes, cars, taxis or buses, and it is caused by the people operating these vehicles — sober or not. This is not a news bulletin by any means. Yes, you have to stop at stop sig...