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7th July 2025
Warning letters have been sent by the chairman of the McGrail Inquiry, Sir Peter Openshaw, to individuals and organisations likely to face criticism in his final report. The process, known as ‘Maxwellisation’, allows anyone facing potential criticism to respond to the chairman prior to publication of the report. The chairman will then consider those responses...
Mon 7th Jul, 2025
7th July 2025
The Opposition is “disjunctive” in its policies which represent “austerity, job cuts, and tax rises,” Chief Minister Fabian Picardo told Parliament on Monday, as he described a Budget address from the Leader of the Opposition as “chloroform for the mind”. For around four hours on Monday, Mr Picardo set out his Budget response after a...
7th July 2025
Elderly Residential Services are currently managing an outbreak of norovirus, believed to have originated from a visitor displaying symptoms. Norovirus is a gastrointestinal illness that poses increased risks to individuals with underlying health conditions. Members of the public are urged not to visit the Gibraltar Health Authority or Elderly Residential Services if they are experiencing...
7th July 2025
Warning letters have been sent by the chairman of the McGrail Inquiry, Sir Peter Openshaw, to individuals and organisations likely to face criticism in his final report. The process, known as ‘Maxwellisation’, allows anyone facing potential criticism to respond to the chairman prior to publication of the report. The chairman will then consider those responses...
7th July 2025
The Ministry of Justice has hosted a three-day sanctions preparedness training in Gibraltar, delivered by UK-based specialists Sanctions SOS. The tabletop exercise brought together key public sector agencies including the Gibraltar Financial Intelligence Unit, Gibraltar Port Authority, Borders and Coastguard Agency, HM Customs, Royal Gibraltar Police, Gibraltar Maritime Administration, Civil Status and Registration Office, Civil...
7th July 2025
The Gibraltar Health Authority has reported a recent increase in salmonella food poisoning cases within the community. Two individuals with salmonella and one with campylobacter have required hospital treatment. All three have since made a good recovery. The Gibraltar Health Authority, Public Health and the Environmental Agency are working closely to investigate the cases, aiming...
7th July 2025
The Minister for the Environment, Dr John Cortes, recently met with three University of Gibraltar Master’s students whose studies focus on subjects related to nature and the environment. Emma Ocaña is researching the colonisation of Gibraltar’s coastline by the invasive Atlantic blue crab Callinectes sapidus. Her project involves locating specimens, examining their habitats and assessing...
7th July 2025
Shadow Minister for Education Edwin Reyes raised concerns about underfunding in key areas of Gibraltar’s education system, predicting significant shortfalls in the 2025/26 financial year. Speaking during the budget debate, he raised questions for example about the estimate of £285,000 allocated to Facilities Management, which falls below the previous year’s expenditure of nearly £400,000. Mr...
25th June 2025
Seven crew members escaped unhurt after a harbour vessel operating from Algeciras port caught fire on Wednesday afternoon while delivering supplies to a container ship anchored at the northwest corner of the Bay of Gibraltar. The Ceutamar Cinco, a catamaran operated by Maritima Velum, was consumed by flames and a thick plume of black smoke...
25th June 2025
By David Lynch, Rhiannon James, David Hughes and Harry Taylor, PA The UK must actively prepare for a “wartime scenario” on British soil “for the first time in many years”, the Government has warned. In the national security strategy published on Tuesday, ministers said the UK now finds itself in “an era in which we...
24th June 2025
Steelworkers brought traffic on key Campo roads to a standstill during the morning rush hour on Tuesday, setting up roadblocks on the access road to La Linea. As Spain’s Guardia Civil set up diversions, commuters heading into Gibraltar faced lengthy delays and queues stretching kilometres. This was the second consecutive day of disruption as workers...
19th June 2025
The Mayor of La Línea, Juan Franco, has announced plans to publish a strategy document addressing the city’s future after the UK/EU treaty on Gibraltar’s post-Brexit relations with bloc is ratified. The document, which is not public yet, will be formally submitted to Spain’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs on Monday, but was outlined by Mr...
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