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Triple A Family Fun Day raises more than £3,000 for autism awareness

The annual Triple A Family Fun Day raised more than £3,000 while promoting autism awareness and inclusion in Gibraltar. The event, which took place at Casemates Square on May 31, brought together families, supporters and members of the community for a programme of entertainment, fundraising activities and demonstrations. Triple A, which stands for Awesome Autism...

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Charity jam session raises £150 for Little Smiles

The Musicians Association of Gibraltar presented a cheque for £150 to Little Smiles on Tuesday, June 9, following a charity jam session held in support of the organisation. Ernest Slade presented the cheque to Lesley Chadick of Little Smiles on behalf of the association. The funds were raised during an event at the MAG Club...

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Interruption to gas supply leaves Gib in the dark

An interruption to the gas supply at the North Mole power station triggered a Gibraltar-wide power cut on Thursday evening. The outage started at around 6pm and it was close to 9pm before power started to be restored. The outage hit businesses, bars and restaurants on a night when many were filled with football fans...

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Gaming diversification attracting emerging sectors to Rock, Feetham says

The Minister for Justice, Trade and Industry, Nigel Feetham, said Gibraltar's new Gambling Act is helping attract emerging sectors in gaming and technology, such as prediction markets, digital asset-related businesses and companies involved in stablecoins and digital payments infrastructure. Speaking at the KPMG Gaming Summit on the Sunborn on Wednesday, Mr Feetham said the legislation...

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La Linea plans three-stage redesign from border to town centre

La Linea City Council is progressing plans to redesign the route between the Gibraltar border and the town centre through a three-stage project. This project will include upgrades to Plaza de la Constitución, the current temporary market site and the commercial area closest to the frontier.  The first phase, centred on Plaza de la Constitución, has already been planned with a...

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Spanish police dismantle drug network using drones to smuggle drugs from Morocco 

Spanish police have dismantled a criminal organisation based in Cadiz province and Alava that allegedly used large fixed-wing drones to transport hashish and cocaine from Morocco across the Strait of Gibraltar before moving the drugs onward to France, the Policia Nacional said on Tuesday.  The operation, known as Operation Horus, began in 2025 and focused...

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PP still wants to govern alone despite losing majority in Sunday’s regional election 

The acting president of the regional government of Andalusia, the Partido Popular’s Juanma Moreno Bonilla, said on Monday that his aim was to govern alone following the Andalusian election on Sunday, in which his party lost its absolute majority.  The PP ended up with 53 seats in the regional parliament, down from 58 in 2022.  That left it two seats short of the 55-seat...

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Strait increasingly vulnerable to drug smuggling, Spanish security report says 

By Maria Jesus Corrales A report on Spain’s campaign against the illegal trade in narcotics has described the zone stretching from Cádiz to Málaga as one of “increasing vulnerability” to the narcotics trade, with as many as 600 drugs launches plying the Strait last year.  Published last week by Spain’s security services, the document comes at a turbulent time for Andalucía as it nears...