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Bluefin Tuna season closes

The Bluefin Tuna fishing season closed on October 14, with the Department of the Environment issuing a reminder of the closure to anglers.  Anglers are reminded that the capture and landing of any Bluefin Tuna is not allowed during the closed season.  The Department’s Environmental Protection and Research Unit, alongside other authorities, will be monitoring...

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Santos visits PATHS session run by EdYOUcation

The Minister with responsibility for Training, Apprenticeships and Skills, Christian Santos, visited a PATHS session run by Clare Francis from ‘EdYOUcation’.  Ms Francis has already delivered a first package of workshops under PATHS, the Professional Advancement through Holistic Skills.   This ongoing second package includes workshops on Mind-Mapping, Assistive Technology and Techniques into Practice.   Mr Santos...

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Christmas Wonderland set for late November

The Christmas Wonderland show will return this November with a spectacular over two days at Casemates, Gibraltar Cultural Services announced on behalf of the Ministry of Culture.   This year, GCS will be producing a Christmas spectacular at Casemates Square, over two days, on Friday and Saturday, November 22 and 23.   The decision has been made...

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Five applicants begin insurance work placements

Five successful young applicants have begun their work placements in the insurance industry as part of the Foundation in Insurance training (FIT) course.  The Minister with responsibility for Training, Apprenticeships and Skills, Christian Santos, met with trainees of the course at the start of their induction.  This programme, in collaboration with the Gibraltar Insurance Institute...

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Starmer: Gibraltar and Falkland Islands 'are British and will remain British'

By Rhiannon James, PA Political Staff, and Chronicle staff British sovereignty of Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands is not up for negotiation, Sir Keir Starmer has said, as he told MPs they “are British and will remain British”. He was addressing Opposition concerns after the UK Government announced its decision to relinquish sovereignty over the...

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Robert Jenrick and Kemi Badenoch to face off in final Tory leadership vote

By David Lynch and Helen Corbett, PA Robert Jenrick and Kemi Badenoch will go head-to-head in the final heat of the Conservative Party leadership contest, after James Cleverly was knocked out in the latest round of voting. Former home secretary Mr Cleverly was eliminated in Wednesday’s ballot of Tory MPs, following Tom Tugendhat who was...

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Lammy unequivocal in Commons: ‘Sovereignty of Gibraltar and Falklands is not up for negotiation’

The sovereignty of Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands “is not up for negotiation”, Foreign Secretary David Lammy told the House of Commons on Monday, as he faced questions on the UK’s decision to hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. Mauritius will assume sovereignty over the Indian Ocean archipelago while the joint US-UK military base remains...

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Sovereignty of Gibraltar and other OTs 'not up for negotiation' - Doughty

The UK is “resolutely committed” to all its Overseas Territories including Gibraltar, Europe Minister Stephen Doughty said, adding sovereignty of the territories is “not up for negotiation”. His statement came amid criticism that the UK’s decision to hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius weakened its strategic interests and should concern other overseas...