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23rd May 2025
The GHA will carry out a comprehensive review of its dispute resolution procedures including the grievance process after Unite the Union raised concerns earlier this week. The review will consider processes for both collective and individual procedures and will involve Unite to ensure “to ensure shared understanding of current policies and practices”. The GHA will...
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23rd May 2025
The wait to see a clinical psychologist at the GHA can take up to eight months, but conversely, some 169 appointments with the mental health services have been missed since the beginning of the year, Parliament heard this week. The Minister for Health, Gemma Arias-Vasquez, was probed on matters such as the waiting time, employment...
23rd May 2025
Bed shortages at St Bernard’s Hospital are a “thing of the past”, Minister for Health and Care, Gemma Arias-Vasquez, told Parliament, and bed capacity is “a jigsaw puzzle which is actively managed by a team on a daily basis”. Fielding a question on bed shortages put forward by the GSD’s Joelle Ladislaus, Ms Arias-Vasquez said...
23rd May 2025
Parcel post customers are experiencing delays in receiving their goods due to staffing issues within the unit, the Government has confirmed. Residents who are tracking their parcels have recently seen their items clear customs weeks before the collection slip is placed in their letterbox. The Government told the Chronicle that “operational delays are, at times,...
23rd May 2025
The latest search in the case of missing Royal Navy Rating Simon Parkes concluded this week with no new evidence found to advance an investigation spanning more than three decades. Officers from Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary, working with the Royal Gibraltar Police, conducted excavation work at North Pavilion near Scud Hill during the...
23rd May 2025
The GHA will carry out a comprehensive review of its dispute resolution procedures including the grievance process after Unite the Union raised concerns earlier this week. The review will consider processes for both collective and individual procedures and will involve Unite to ensure “to ensure shared understanding of current policies and practices”. The GHA will...
23rd May 2025
Members from Gibraltar’s four youth clubs recently attended a live session of the Gibraltar Parliament as part of an initiative to promote active citizenship among young people. The visit was organised under the framework of the Youth Strategy, which aims to empower young individuals and encourage participation in civic life. The initiative aligns with the...
23rd May 2025
The Minister for the Environment and for relations with the Kingdom of Morocco, Dr John Cortes, has visited the Gibraltar representative office of Banque Populaire, located at College Lane. Dr Cortes was received by Imane El Haraki, Manager of the Gibraltar office of the Moroccan bank. Discussions focused on areas of mutual interest, including how...
23rd May 2025
In the lead-up to Nautilus Blue Week, which runs from June 2 to 8, the charity Nautilus has organised two beach clean-ups at Catalan Bay and Sandy Bay. Students from St Bernard’s and St Mary’s Lower Primary Schools took part, helping to remove a total of 160kg of litter from the coastline. The next clean-up...
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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