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Swimmers hit the water at the weekend to raise cash for research into multiple sclerosis. Fundraisers for the The Multiple Sclerosis Society of Bermuda’s Swimathon gathered at the National Sports Centre in Devonshire to mark the start of a month dedi...

Women who helped transform Bermuda are to be honoured with a tree-planting drive, part of several events in the run-up to International Women’s Day this weekend. Women’s solidarity will be celebrated today on the steps of Hamilton City Hall from 12.1...

A life’s work behind the scenes with the troubled and marginalised was recognised at a ceremony yesterday. Pastor Leroy Bean, the island’s gang violence reduction co-ordinator, was presented with a community impact award by Trevor Lindsay of TNN News...

The new lead volunteer of a group fighting children’s cancer has vowed to raise $150,000 this year for life-saving research. Cheyra Bell, who has taken over as the volunteer chairwoman of the Bermuda event organising committee at St Baldrick’s and wh...

The Covid-19 virus has not yet appeared in Bermuda — but it has already disrupted travel plans. Newlyweds Erica Morandi and Gregory Beek said they had to cancel their honeymoon twice because of the spread of the virus. Italian-born Ms Morandi and Mr ...

A dedicated volunteer for the cancer charity Pals has died at 78. Janet Grayston backed charities such as Meals on Wheels, but supported Pals for decades, especially after she lost her husband, Peter, to cancer. The annual Peter Grayston Memorial Wal...

Bermuda newest police recruits have raised money from a carwash event for a young Bermudian hospitalised in the US. Funds raised from the carwash, held on Saturday at the Rubis Warwick gas station on South Road, will to go 27-year-old Dandre Outerbri...

Floral artist Nicky Gurret received first place in her class at the World Association Flower Artists (WAFA) show in Jaipur, India. Ms Gurret said, « I am thrilled to receive first place and acknowledged on the world stage as one of the best Floral A...

Families whose loved ones suffer from rare medical syndromes recognised their solidarity for Rare Disease Day. Tanya Dyer, who last year called for the day to be recognised nationally, said that she was “overwhelmed” to watch her rare disease group g...

It’s not easy being born on February 29. Lucas Amaral, a leap-year baby, is eight years old today, but it is only the second time he has celebrated on the right day. The Warwick Academy pupil said: “I’m a two-year-old trapped in an eight-year-old’s ...

My beloved mother, who is 82 years old, started having memory problems several years ago. At first, she began to forget where she had put certain things. Then it became more obvious. For me, the most heartbreaking moment was when we looked at a phot...

Quinton DeShield moved to Angola to start a business, but soon got distracted by a cause. Bothered by the piles of trash on the beaches outside Luanda, the capital city of the southern African nation, he decided to put “planet over profit”. With the...