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Gibraltar marks Remembrance Sunday

The Governor, Lieutenant-General Sir Benjamin Bathurst, led the Rock in honouring the war dead on Remembrance Sunday. Wreaths were laid during a service at the Cross of Sacrifice on Winston Churchill Avenue. The traditional two-minute silence was observed at midday on Sunday, followed by the Governor, Chief Minister Fabian Picardo, Leader of the Opposition Keith...

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Heritage Trust welcomes Devil’s Tongue works and calls for wider restoration

The Gibraltar Heritage Trust has welcomed plans for conservation works at Devil’s Tongue Battery and called for the project to form part of a wider long-term restoration of the historic site. The Trust said the planned clearance of vegetation, assessment of surviving historic fabric and subsequent conservation programme were necessary steps towards safeguarding the battery,...

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Cortes represents Gibraltar at Remembrance Sunday ceremony in Tangier

The Minister for the Environment and Climate Change, Dr John Cortes, represented the Gibraltar Government at the annual Remembrance Sunday ceremony at St Andrew's Church in Tangier on November 8. The service was officiated by the Reverend Dr David Jacks and attended by diplomatic and military representatives, members of the British community and other guests....

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Beyond Equality returns to Gibraltar for International Men's Day programme

The Ministry of Equality will mark International Men's Day with a programme of sessions led by UK-based non-profit organisation Beyond Equality, focusing on masculinity, relationships, emotional wellbeing and gender stereotypes. The programme will include tailored sessions across community, educational and custodial settings. Beyond Equality works with men and boys to rethink masculinities, challenge harmful stereotypes...

UK/Spain News

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CAMPO - La Línea council seeks seat on cross-border environment committee

La Línea city council has formally requested the Spanish government include a local representative on the cross-border committee dealing with environmental issues that was agreed in the EU-UK treaty.  The petition was submitted to the Spanish ministries of Exteriores and Transición Ecológica following the committee’s first meeting on October 26.  A La Línea city hall...

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CAMPO - November 11 general strike march scheduled to start at border

One of the marches planned to mark Spain's general strike on November 11 will begin on the La Línea side of the border at 6pm that day, timed to coincide with cross-border workers returning from work in Gibraltar.  Earlier, at noon, another demonstration will take place in Algeciras, starting from the Plaza Alta at the...

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Campo unemployment rises for third month, to 24,000 people

October’s unemployment figures for the Campo de Gibraltar showed numbers rising for a third month, an additional 196 people out of work bringing the total to 24,039.  The statistics show a pattern where the wider services sector, in fields such as hospitality and retail, accounted for the largest proportion of unemployment, with women and people...

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Double killer Grimson given extra 22 years for historical sexual attacks on four males

By Ben Mitchell, Press Association A judge has said a Royal Navy petty officer, who is serving life for the murder of two men, “remains a danger to the public” as he jailed him for a further 22 years for sexually assaulting three young naval recruits and a 14-year-old boy in the 1990s. Allan Grimson, ...