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29th May 2025
Unite the Union has called for urgent action and responses from the Gibraltar Government to address issues of UK and GHA pay parity for the Allied Healthcare Professionals (AHP) employed in the health authority and Elderly Residential Services. To underscore the strength of feeling over the claim, the Union and its affected healthcare members will...
Tue 27th May, 2025
29th May 2025
The Gibraltar Government is introducing new rules aimed at improving standards in the growing food delivery sector and ensuring all drivers are legally employed. The measures, which draw on input from officials at the Ministry for Transport and the Director of Employment, were set out during a press conference by Transport Minister Dr John Cortes...
29th May 2025
The GSD has questioned whether the Minister for Health, Gemma Arias-Vasquez, is properly addressing concerns about the GHA’s handling of grievances and dispute resolution. In a statement, the Opposition said it was receiving claims that complaints of “bullying and mismanagement” at the GHA that were being “swept under the carpet”. It followed exchanges between the...
29th May 2025
A number of planning applications gained approval during Thursday’s meeting of the Development and Planning Commission (DPC), including for the Northern Defences and Road to the Lines. The Road to the Lines application was the first on the agenda, with the discussion focused on revised plans incorporating pitched roofs, pastel colours and traditional features that...
29th May 2025
Former Conservative minister Sir Liam Fox launched the Gibraltar chapter of the UK Abraham Accords Group at Hassans International Law Firm on Thursday afternoon, which aims to promote peace and economic prosperity in the Middle East. The local chapter forms part of global expansion efforts with the aim to fundraise £100m after this first year,...
29th May 2025
Unite the Union has called for urgent action and responses from the Gibraltar Government to address issues of UK and GHA pay parity for the Allied Healthcare Professionals (AHP) employed in the health authority and Elderly Residential Services. To underscore the strength of feeling over the claim, the Union and its affected healthcare members will...
29th May 2025
News that the long-delayed Rooke Elderly Care Facility will be ready by July has “sparked more confusion than confidence”, the GSD said on Thursday. The Opposition was reacting after GBC reported that the project would be completed by July and that two UK companies had expressed interest in purchasing or renting the facility. The final...
29th May 2025
A person is most likely to practice first aid on someone they love, the Lord Prior of the Order of St John, Mark Compton, said as he underscored the importance of training within the community. Mr Compton’s key message during his two-day visit to Gibraltar was to highlight how crucial first aid is in saving...
28th May 2025
A man who sexually assaulted two young girls was jailed for seven years on Wednesday. Zakaria Laaraj, 35, was convicted by a jury earlier this year of 13 sexual offences against children. The Supreme Court heard Laaraj had taken advantage of the complainants and sexually touched and kissed them on numerous occasions between 2015 and...
19th May 2025
The Policia Nacional inspector in charge at the border is facing a fresh disciplinary case for allegedly ordering his officers to stamp the Chief Minister’s passport, as well as disobeying orders from the police commissioner in La Linea, according to Campo newspaper Europa Sur. The inspector, who is currently suspended for five and half months...
13th May 2025
By PA Political Staff Sir Keir Starmer said high net migration figures had caused “incalculable” damage to British society as he set out a series of measures aimed at reducing the number of people coming to the UK. The Prime Minister, who said the country risks becoming an “island of strangers” without better integration, said...
8th May 2025
By Anna Wise and Henry Saker-Clark, PA Business Reporters The Bank of England has cut interest rates to 4.25% after a slowdown in inflation, as the central Bank’s chief welcomed an expected UK-US trade deal. Interest rates were cut from 4.5% to their lowest level since May 2023, in their fourth reduction over the past...
8th May 2025
By Christopher McKeon, David Hughes, Caitlin Doherty, David Lynch and George Lithgow, PA A “historic” UK-US trade deal will save thousands of jobs in the car and steel industry which had been threatened by Donald Trump’s tariffs, Sir Keir Starmer said. The trade agreement was confirmed in a call between the Prime Minister and the...
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...
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