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Reasonable adjustments announced for Christmas Festival of Lights 2025

Gibraltar Cultural Services, in collaboration with the Supported Needs and Disability Office for the Ministry of Equality, has announced a series of reasonable adjustments for persons with supported needs and disabilities at this year’s Christmas Festival of Lights. The event will take place on Friday November 21 and will feature two identical performances, scheduled from...

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Forgotten 18th-century defensive tower uncovered during City Under Siege restoration

Ongoing restoration works at Old Willis’s Magazine, known as the City Under Siege exhibition, have led to the identification of an 18th-century defensive tower that once formed part of the site's southern fortifications. The discovery was made by Wright Tech Ltd in collaboration with restoration specialist and project curator Manuel Jaén. The team identified the...

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Heritage street names project completed in collaboration with Multilingual Gibraltar

The Government of Gibraltar has completed its heritage street names project in collaboration with the local organisation Multilingual Gibraltar. The initiative, which has been carried out jointly with the Ministry for Heritage, aims to preserve and promote Gibraltar’s multilingual identity by recovering historical street names once used by earlier generations. A spokesperson for Multilingual Gibraltar...

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McGrail Inquiry to deliver report to Government today

The McGrail Inquiry report will be delivered to the Gibraltar Government at 4pm today, November 6, 2025. The report will be delivered to No.6 Convent Place by the Secretary to the Inquiry, Maurice Turnock. It will also be sent to the Attorney General Michael Llamas, KC, via email by the Solicitor to the Inquiry, Charles...

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Unanimous support for electricity infrastructure legislation, with Opposition caveats

New legislation allowing for hefty fines on contractors who damage cable infrastructure was passed unanimously by Parliament on Wednesday, although Opposition support was caveated with criticism of the Government’s “reactive” approach to the issue. The Electricity Infrastructure (Damage) Bill 2025 was debated in Parliament under powers for urgent legislation following two recent incidents in which...

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Structured settlement to former Media Director was lawful, CM tells Parliament

A payment of £664,000 to the then Director of Media, flagged by the former Principal Auditor in his 2018/19 report, was rooted in contractual obligations and lawful, Chief Minister Fabian Picardo told Parliament, describing the criticism in the report as “jaundiced, partial and legally flawed”. The former auditor said in the report that the payment...

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Gibraltar census shows sharp rise in over 65s as population ages and grows to 37,936

The number of residents aged over 65 on the Rock has increased by more than a third, Gibraltar’s 2022 census has found, highlighting the challenge for the delivery of public services as people live longer lives. The 528-page census was laid in Parliament on Wednesday morning detailing Gibraltar’s population growth and density changes, as well...

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Spanish police arrest fugitive wanted for murder as he tried to enter Gib

A Portuguese man wanted for murder and other serious offences was arrested by Spanish police in La Linea as he tried to cross the border into Gibraltar. Spain’s Policia Nacional said the man was the subject of four arrest warrants for murder, sexual abuse and wounding in different locations in Spain. The man was arrested...

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Spanish complaint over Eastside project sent back to La Linea court on appeal - report 

A criminal complaint lodged by Spain’s state environmental prosecution service over the Eastside project has been referred on appeal back to a La Linea court that had ruled it was outside its remit, according to Spanish press reports.   The complaint alleges that reclamation work for the Eastside project could constitute an offence under Spanish law. ...

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Gib-reg vehicle in Campo police chase leading to accidents and gridlock 

A high-speed police chase involving a Gibraltar-registered vehicle caused significant disruption on the A-7 motorway on Thursday morning, leading to two separate accidents and major delays near Guadacorte, in the municipality of Los Barrios, according to Spanish media reports.  The incident reportedly began at around 4.30am when the vehicle fled from the Policia Nacional at...

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Spain’s Policia Nacional investigate shooting and suspected drug-related assault in La Línea

Spain’s Police Nacional has launched an investigation into the assault and shooting of a 26-year-old man in the early hours of Monday morning in the El Zabal area of La Línea de la Concepción. The victim sustained a gunshot wound to the neck and was taken to La Línea University Hospital, according to Spanish press...