Border staff, teachers join one day UK strike
LONDON (AP) — Airline passengers arriving in Britain escaped chaos early yesterday despite dire predictions of long waits, as border staff joined teachers, hospital workers and weather forecasters in the country’s largest strike in decades. The one-day strike has been…
More than 200 arrested in Occupy LA raid
LOS ANGELES (AP) — In a massive show of force, 1,400 police officers, some in riot gear stormed the Occupy Los Angeles camp early Wednesday, driving protesters from the park and arresting more than 200 who defied orders to leave….
Face wanted for Yellow Pages
Cayman Islands Yellow Pages is launching an online talent search via Facebook and Twitter in support of the company’s new “Find and Discover” marketing initiative. Do you have what it takes to become the next face of Cayman Islands Yellow…
Zebras get loose from Va. zoo, roam neighborhood
LEESBURG, Va. (AP) — Two zebras from a zoo in a Washington, D.C., suburb escaped and briefly wandered through a residential neighborhood before being captured. No one was injured. The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office says it received calls Monday afternoon…
Flying squirrel invades New Jersey emergency room
RAHWAY, N.J. (AP) — Firefighters were needed stat after a flying squirrel went nuts in a New Jersey hospital’s emergency room. The squirrel kept launching itself from an 8-foot-high wall-mounted lamp into a glass wall after becoming trapped in a…
Dart delay welcomed by protestors
Both West Bay’s Concerned Citizens group and Bodden Town’s anti-dump coalition have welcomed the delay of the Dart-government final agreement, hoping to boost their fight against construction proposals in their districts. At the same time, property developer, project manager for…
Surfers rescued
Two surfers who took to the waves in high seas had to be rescued with a full scale police operation. Officers were called with reports a man and a woman had gotten into difficulties off South Sound cemetery just after…
Investigation launched into police dog death
Misty, one of the newly recruited RCIPS Belgian Malinois dogs, has died. About 3.00 am on Sunday, 27 November 2011, the body of the dog was found on the East / West arterial route in Newlands. A postmortem examination, which…
Road closures
Thursday 1 December – Cardinal Ave to facilitate World Aids Day function and Island Companies function, from 10am – 10pm. Thursday 1 December – Northbound lane of Elgin Ave to facilitate March for World Aids Day, from 3:30pm – 5pm. Friday…
One dead after head-on smash
UPDATE: Police have now named the victim of the crash as Richard Martin, 52, who is originally Pennsylvania but now lives in Cayman. A man has died after a car crash on the Esterley Tibbetts Highway in the early…