PRIME Minister Lester Bird conceded defeat yesterday in a general election marked by corruption charges, ending a family dynasty that has dominated Antigua for half a century.

Prime minister Lester Bird conceded defeat today in a general election that toppled the family dynasty that has dominated Antigua and Barbuda for more than half a century.

Voters stood in long lines to choose a new parliament as corruption charges and scandals linked to sex and drugs threatened to topple the family dynasty that has governed Antigua and Barbuda for nearly three decades.