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1st June 2025
Action for Housing said the Rooke facility should be used as Government rental stock to provide homes for people living in “slums and inhumane conditions”. The group was reacting following news that the long-delayed modular building, originally announced as an elderly care facility, should finally be completed by July and would not be used to...
Tue 27th May, 2025
1st June 2025
A Royal Navy Astute-class nuclear powered submarine is pictured arriving in Gibraltar on Saturday. The submarine sailed into port under the protection of the Royal Navy's Gibraltar Squadron and the Gibraltar Defence Police. It is believed to be the same submarine that sailed from Gibraltar earlier this week after carrying out logistical operations at berth,...
1st June 2025
The Gibraltar Government on Friday defended its position in the row over the GHA’s dispute resolution procedure, accusing the GSD of seeking to “aggravate and escalate” matters for political gain. The Government was responding after the GSD questioned whether the Minister for Health, Gemma Arias-Vasquez, was properly addressing concerns about the GHA’s handling of grievances...
1st June 2025
The Gibraltar Government and the GHA have called on Unite to “reframe” a claim by Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) into a wider review of its Agenda for Change framework, arguing the issues raised by this staff group could impact hundreds of other GHA workers across multiple disciplines. Unite said its AHP members in the GHA...
1st June 2025
Action for Housing said the Rooke facility should be used as Government rental stock to provide homes for people living in “slums and inhumane conditions”. The group was reacting following news that the long-delayed modular building, originally announced as an elderly care facility, should finally be completed by July and would not be used to...
31st May 2025
Miss Gibraltar 2024 Shania Ballester will compete in the Miss World final today at the HITEX Exhibition Centre in Telangana, India. After a month of activities, culture, and challenges across Telangana, 108 contestants from around the world will compete for the Miss World crown. “It’s honestly been incredible,” Miss Ballester told the Chronicle. “From the...
31st May 2025
The 27th annual Mediterranean Studies Association (MSA) International Congress opened at the University of Gibraltar this week. The congress brings together academics from across the globe to share their research on various areas and included some Gibraltar-specific talks. The congress was opened University of Gibraltar Vice Chancellor Prof Catherine Bachleda, the Minister with responsibility of...
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...
1st June 2025
By Helen Corbett and Will Durrant, PA Political Staff Sir Keir Starmer has pledged a wave of new investments to turn the armed forces into a “formidable, integrated fighting machine” as part of the Government’s defence review. The Prime Minister said he would invest in a military that is “more integrated, more ready, more lethal...
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...
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