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Sobriety checkpoints will run in seven parishes across the island this weekend, police said today.
Officers will carry out the roadside checks from this evening.
A Bermuda Police Service spokesman sai…

Residents can “take comfort” that power company staff are prepared to tackle outages or damage caused by the impact of any storm, the president of Belco said today.
Wayne Caines added that people shou…

Tropical Storm Danielle is expected to become the first hurricane of the year later today, according to meteorologists at the US-based National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The storm – loca…

The Bermuda Government aims to raise the working population by 25 per cent over the next five years in an “aggressive” strategy to head off a rapidly ageing population, the economy and labour minister…

People interested in joining the Royal Bermuda Regiment’s defence or promotions boards have been invited to apply by Rena Lalgie, the Governor.
Ms Lalgie has called on “suitably qualified” candidates …

Ferry services will be scaled back during Monday’s Labour Day public holiday.
The Green Route between Rockaway, Cavello Bay and Watford Bridge, will be cancelled for the day, according according to a …

Bermuda faces a reckoning with a rising senior population overwhelming workers and hindering economic growth, the economy and labour minister announced this afternoon.
Boosting the island’s working po…

Golfers will tee off at an event this weekend to help people affected by substance use disorder.
Michaele Parfitt-Smith is staging the Smith-Hendrickson tournament at Belmont Hills on Saturday to mark…

An image of a boy preparing for his first Boxing Day Gombey performance is among the winning entries in the British Journal of Photography’s International Photography Award.
Meredith Andrews, the phot…

The Government is to spend $4.5 million on an extensive refit of one of the oldest vessels in its fleet of ferries and tenders.
The Bermudian tender began its journey to to the Gladding-Hearn shipyard…

Talks are being held to try and prevent a repeat of the scenes of passengers having to sleep on the floor of LF Wade International Airport after a transatlantic flight was diverted there.
The images o…

People interested in joining statutory bodies should step forward, Rena Lalgie, the Governor, has said.
Ms Lalgie called on those with the skills and knowledge required to make a contribution.
The Go…

A section of Berry Hill Road in Paget will be closed to traffic temporarily on Friday morning for tree trimming.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Public Works said the work would be carried out between…

The Lorraine Rest Home has been formally renamed the Lorraine Nursing Home as the facility celebrated its 60th anniversary.
Tinée Furbert, the Minister of Social Development and Seniors, said the faci…

The wait is over for lovers of local lobsters, as the 2022-23 season opens from tomorrow until the end of next March.
But a decline in numbers of the local Caribbean spiny lobster, whose population ha…

A contagious new variety of coronavirus has been identified in Bermuda as health officials this evening recorded a slim rise in the island’s Covid-19 numbers, with 141 active cases confirmed.
Seven pe…

An East End road lane closure for the Bermuda Land Development Company to finish trenching work has been extended to the end of September, according to the Ministry of Public Works.
Other closures in …

Residents should put their garbage out one day after their normal collection day next week because of Monday’s Labour Day holiday, the Ministry of Public Works has advised.
The week’s schedule for ga…

Everyone involved in Supreme Court hearings is now expected to attend in person, it was announced today.
A direction issued this morning said: “Whilst the courts have utilised Zoom to conduct remote h…

Meteorologists are watching three weather systems, any of which could become the fourth named storm of the year.
None of the systems are considered threats to the island as of this morning.
The US-bas…