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4th May 2025
The Gibraltar Government has filed plans for a temporary facility for St Martin’s School on the site of the former Strength Factory on Glacis Road. The temporary site comes after years of increased demand for the school which saw the building at capacity just a year after it opened in September 2021. Earlier this year...
Sun 4th May, 2025
5th May 2025
HM Customs has seized 120kg of cocaine from the Panamanian-flagged bulk carrier M/V Great Zhou during an operation in Gibraltar waters last week. On the evening of April 30, officers from the HM Customs Marine Section, using an underwater drone, searched the vessel, which had arrived from Santos, Brazil, to take on bunkers in Gibraltar....
5th May 2025
Gibraltar Cultural Services (GCS) has recently delivered a series of training sessions aimed at developing staff skills in emotional intelligence, accessibility, and visual media. The sessions form part of GCS’s ongoing commitment to professional development on behalf of the Ministry for Culture, supporting high standards in service delivery across its activities. An emotional intelligence training...
5th May 2025
Students and staff from Bayside School’s Food Preparation and Nutrition Department have been recognised for their contribution to a food safety awareness campaign produced in collaboration with the Environmental Agency. The Minister for Education, Dr John Cortes, recently visited the department to present certificates to those involved, thanking them for their work on the project,...
5th May 2025
General Sir Patrick Sanders will take over as the Honorary Colonel of the Royal Gibraltar Regiment (RG) on May 8, succeeding Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) Francis Brancato, who has held the position for the past eight years. The appointment is for an initial period of three years and was approved by His Majesty The King following...
5th May 2025
After a childhood scarred by the financial devastation caused by gambling addiction, Stephanie White recently attended the Ethical Gambling Forum in Gibraltar in her mission to highlight gambling-related harm. Ms White grew up in Merseyside, UK, living with the damage gambling addiction wreaked on her family. Early memories of her father’s gambling addiction include bailiffs...
5th May 2025
The Hassan Centenary Terraces development has been completed following the conclusion of its second phase, the Government confirmed. Buyers from Phase 2 will be contacted in the coming days to be informed that Notices to Complete are now available. They will join 380 residents from the first stage of the project, who have already moved...
4th May 2025
The Gibraltar Government has filed plans for a temporary facility for St Martin’s School on the site of the former Strength Factory on Glacis Road. The temporary site comes after years of increased demand for the school which saw the building at capacity just a year after it opened in September 2021. Earlier this year...
2nd May 2025
A man who claimed he was tricked into carrying cocaine across the border was jailed for two years by the Supreme Court on Friday. Louis Borge, 43, had pleaded guilty to charges of possession and possession with intent to supply the cocaine, as well as one charge of importing it into Gibraltar. Borge had been...
5th May 2025
By Josh Payne, PA Chief Reporter Senior royals waved to thousands of people from the Buckingham Palace balcony as a Red Arrows flypast continued the commemorations marking the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe. The King and Queen, joined by the Prince and Princess of Wales and their children...
2nd May 2025
By Caitlin Doherty, Nina Lloyd, Helen Corbett, George Lithgow and Harry Stedman, PA Reform UK has swept to victory across more than half a dozen English councils, as Nigel Farage said his party had eaten “Labour for lunch” and “wiped out” the Conservatives in parts of England. The party has taken control of seven local...
28th April 2025
Spain and Portugal were hit by a major power outage on Monday that paralysed transport and telecommunications systems, causing widespread disruption. Eduardo Prieto, services director and Spanish utility Red Eléctrica, described the blackout as “exceptional and totally extraordinary”. Parts of France were also reportedly affected. The cause of the blackout was not yet clear on...
25th April 2025
By David Hughes and Rod Minchin, PA The Prime Minister has warned the world is in a “new era” of global insecurity and uncertainty as he visited the UK’s flagship aircraft carrier. Sir Keir Starmer met sailors, aviators, soldiers and Royal Marines onboard HMS Prince of Wales during an overnight stay as it heads towards...
24th April 2025
Spanish police officers at the La Linea border seized more than €50,000 in undeclared cash from two Moroccan nationals attempting to leave Spain in a vehicle with a Gibraltar licence plate. The operation was carried out during routine security checks at the border crossing, Spain’s Policia Nacional said in a statement. Officers identified the vehicle...
17th April 2025
By PA Reporters A court ruling on biological sex has been hailed a victory confirming “women are women and men are men”, but some have called it “incredibly worrying for the trans community”. Campaigners said the Supreme Court’s judgment could have far-reaching consequences for sports and single-sex spaces such as changing rooms and hospital wards....
8th April 2025
By Ben Mitchell, PA The Royal Navy’s flagship HMS Prince of Wales is making final preparations for a diplomatic and training mission of the other side of the world. The aircraft carrier will sail from Portsmouth Naval Base on April 22 as head of a carrier strike group made up of warships and supply ships...
2nd April 2025
By Harry Taylor and Rhiannon James, PA Political Staff The Government has refused to say when it believes the deal with Mauritius for the Chagos Islands will be completed despite Downing Street saying it was being “finalised”. Foreign Office minister Stephen Doughty said MPs would get the chance to vote on any agreement, as he...
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