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A decision to allow a quarry operation near a Bermuda National Trust reserve will be appealed, the charity said yesterday. A spokeswoman for the BNT said that the organisation had submitted an objection to the Development Applications Board over the ...

A Bermudian film-maker’s documentary about the lives of humpback whales has won an award at a conservation film festival in New York. Secret Lives of the Humpbacks, which examined the role that Bermuda plays in the lives of the animals, received the ...

Bermuda’s national bird has bounced back from the brink of extinction with a record-breaking breeding season. Jeremy Madeiros, the chief terrestrial conservation officer for the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, said in the Bermuda Aud...

Queen Elizabeth Park, Victoria Park and Fort Hamilton will remain locked throughout the weekend in the wake of Hurricane Humberto. Steven DeSilva, the parks superintendent for the City of Hamilton, said: “A full assessment of the parks and Fort Hamil...

More than a year has passed since Government promised to look at ways to develop Shelly Bay to improve access for older people and the disabled. Campaigners who put forward the plan, as an alternative to a Bermuda Tourism Authority proposal to house ...

To say that John Paul Skinner is immersed in his work would be an understatement. He is passionate about swimming, surfing, diving and pretty much “everything to do with the ocean”. Since 2001 he has been trying to get young people to feel the same ...

The latest group of graduates to complete the Parks Department’s skills development programme were honoured this week. The programme was designed to train Bermudians aged between 19 and 25 who were interested in learning about horticulture and the l...

A renewable energy company has predicted it will exceed expectations with a new solar farm on a disused airport runway. Saturn Solar Bermuda 1 explained its objectives in a string of documents submitted as part of a licence application posted on the ...

An international environmental group warned last night that the amount of plastic found in the Sargasso Sea off Bermuda was “much higher than expected”. Celia Ojeda-Martinez, of Greenpeace, was speaking as part of a nine-month expedition on the organ...

Greenpeace will team up with the Government for a forum on the oceans plastic crisis. The international environmental charity will highlight its research on plastics in the Sargasso Sea at Plastics Night Aboard the Esperanza on Monday. Home affairs...

The island’s parks and beaches opened yesterday for camping for the Cup Match holiday and weekend. Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the Minister of Public Works, said campers and picnickers were welcome to set up and that camping would be allowed unti...

The average person can hold their breath for two minutes; Beth Neale can hold hers for six. The South African plans to put the skill to use in September when she will attempt to free dive 164ft without fins, to raise $20,000 for the Bermuda Zoologica...