Chopping for charity
Seven-year-old Sarah Bush (above) has kindly donated 10-inches of her own hair to “Locks of Love,” a charity that specialises in providing wigs and hairpieces for children who have lost their hair due to a medical condition. It was the…
$15,000 stolen in raid: Burglaries strike just yards from WB Police station
Daring thieves smashed their way into a store just yards from West Bay police station – stripping the business of about $15,000 in cash and goods. An employee who turned up to open Vidette’s Grocery at 6am yesterday discovered the…
David Boyd joins Appleby Fund Services
Appleby is pleased to announce the appointment of David Boyd as Head of Fund Services to manage this growing part of its Cayman operations. David specialises in providing fund administration services and directorships to investment funds and special purpose vehicles…
UK’s Cameron meets Medvedev, Putin in rare visit
MOSCOW (AP) — British Prime Minister David Cameron insisted Monday that Russia and Britain can overcome the sharp differences in their relations — even the 2006 poisoning death of a Kremlin critic in London — to seal new trading ties…
Police yet to move on alleged tax fugitive
Neither the Director of Public Prosecutions nor local police have received a request from US authorities to help find alleged tax fugitive and Grand Cayman resident William Millard, said to owe more than $100 million. According to US news reports,…
Pink Ladies volunteer as trolley dollies
Several students took time out of their school and university holidays this summer to volunteer with the Pink Ladies Trolley Service at the Cayman Islands Hospital. Eilidh Bridgeman, Ann Kinch, Courtenay Moon, Kia Macfee and Amy Whicker all took their…
Restaurant sues over ‘Carcass Removal’ listing
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana restaurant listed in the phone book under “Animal Carcass Removal” became the butt of a Jay Leno joke earlier this year, but it’s no laughing matter to the owner now suing the publishing company…
At least 61 Kenyans dead after pipeline explosion
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A leaking gasoline pipeline in Kenya’s capital exploded on Monday, turning part of a slum into an inferno in which at least 61 people were killed and more than 100 hurt. Flames leapt out from the…
Police recovery gun
Police have recovered a gun and bullets after a raid in George Town. At about 2.30pm on Friday officers responded to a report from members of the public of a man in possession of an unlicensed firearm at a central…
