Court sets date for ‘rolled-up’ hearing in CM’s claim for judicial review of Openshaw findings 

Gibraltar Baton Relay clean-up highlights plastic waste at Waterport

14th May 2026

A group of volunteers cleared a “considerable amount” of waste from the seafront at Waterport last weekend as part of the King’s Baton Relay programme on the Rock and in support of the Royal Commonwealth Society’s Commonwealth Clean Oceans Plastics Campaign. The clean-up brought together Bayside School students and teachers, the Department of the Environment’s...

Court sets date for ‘rolled-up’ hearing in CM’s claim for judicial review of Openshaw findings 

14th May 2026

The Chief Minister’s application for judicial review of critical findings of him made in the Openshaw Report has been listed for a “rolled-up” hearing starting on November 9, according to a directions order issued by the Supreme Court this week.  The order means the court will consider both permission to proceed with the judicial review and the substantive merits of the...

Heritage row over military sites and transparency 

14th May 2026

The Gibraltar Government and the GSD have traded criticism over the condition and management of Gibraltar’s WWII defence structures, with the Government defending its heritage work as part of a wider conservation strategy and the Opposition accusing it of neglect, mismanagement and a lack of transparency over related contracts and spending.   The row flared up after the...

Catalan Bay Road closures planned in ‘final push’ before bathing season, as Transport Lane reopening nears

13th May 2026

Beachgoers will be relieved to hear that road works at Transport Lane and on Catalan Bay Road are set to finish by next Thursday with no further disruptions expected until after the bathing season in September. At a press conference in No.6 Convent Place, the Minister for Transport, Dr John Cortes, confirmed that the long‑delayed...

Labour rift over Sir Keir Starmer’s fate deepens as four ministers quit

12th May 2026

By Sophie Wingate and Nina Lloyd, Press Association Political Staff Labour has descended into open division over Sir Keir Starmer’s future, as four ministers resigned and joined at least 80 MPs urging him to quit, while more than 100 others warned against a leadership contest. Prominent MP Jess Phillips and health minister Zubir Ahmed, an ally of...

Cabinet ministers back Keir Starmer after he vows to fight on

12th May 2026

By Sophie Wingate, Christopher McKeon and Nina Lloyd, Press Association Cabinet ministers came out of their meeting backing Sir Keir Starmer, after the Prime Minister vowed to fight on despite mounting calls for him to quit. Four senior ministers spoke out in support of the beleaguered Labour leader after he told his gathered Cabinet he...

PM vows to put UK ‘at heart of Europe’ as he seeks to repair elections damage

11th May 2026

By Will Meakin-Durrant, Rhiannon James and Christopher McKeon, Press Association Political Staff Sir Keir Starmer said his Labour Government would be defined by putting the UK at the “heart of Europe” – but he stopped short of promising to reverse Brexit. The Prime Minister vowed to set up “an ambitious youth experience scheme” as the centrepiece...

UK must take more risk to stay ahead of enemies, Navy chief warns

30th April 2026

By Nina Lloyd and David Hughes Britain must take more risk to stay ahead of its enemies and maintaining the status quo is “simply not good enough”, the head of the Navy has said. First Sea Lord General Sir Gwyn Jenkins warned the UK faces an “inflection point” and the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz during...