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5th August 2026
By Eli Brenig (Schools 6 to 7 - Runner-up) The power went out five minutes before the first bell. At Beechridge Secondary, that should have meant chaos. Instead, the building held its breath. Emergency lights glowed along the corridor, and the usual noise of lockers and laughter faded into a cautious hush. Mina stood by...
5th August 2026
Young children and babies with families were among the 60,000 who entered Ceuta from Morocco last week. Dripping wet and shivering, many arrived on the shores of the Spanish enclave with the promise of a better life only to be repatriated by the authorities the following day. News reports earlier this week stated some 88...
5th August 2026
By Helena Baczynska (School Years 6 to 7 - winner) They were in the courtyard after lunch. Phones out everyone laughing, daring her to try the vape. I froze. My chest felt to light. My stomach knotted. I could feel the heat in my face, my fngers trembling even as they stayed by my sides. ...
4th August 2026
For those of us living in Gibraltar and the Campo, the middle part of July 2026 held enough excitement to last a generation or more. Far from being ‘a perfect storm’ there was a serendipitous convergence where the stars aligned. Excited? You bet! And I wasn’t even lucky enough to get invited to the ‘exclusive’ Red & White party; I don’t think...
2nd August 2026
Last week, as tens of thousands of migrants entered Ceuta and right-wing politicians across Europe issued warnings about the consequences, Conservative Shadow Foreign Secretary Priti Patel wrote an urgent open letter to Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband suggesting some would “inevitably” try to reach the UK. As France tightened border controls and Italy said it would conduct immigration checks on non-EU nationals arriving from fellow...
23rd July 2026
There is a certain kind of consistency that links us all throughout our lives to the Alameda Gardens - Gibraltar's Botanical Gardens. For many years it has retained its familiar structure, twirling and hilly paths. Its colouring and smells along its flower and plant beds. Its trees. Its concrete and wooden benches. Its playing areas....
23rd July 2026
By Professor Daniella Tilbury Recently, as I listened to the Gibraltar Parliament debate the Budget, one message came through loud and clear: artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer something on the horizon. Ministers referred to it repeatedly, not as a distant possibility but as a force already reshaping government, education and the economy. As I...
23rd July 2026
By Lewis Stagnetto Patella ferruginea, the Mediterranean ridged limpet, is the rarest big shellfish on the rocky coasts of the western Mediterranean. It has vanished from most of Europe over the last hundred years or so. A few strongholds are left around the Alboran Sea, and Gibraltar is one of the rare spots where the...
21st July 2026
Immigration controls being lifted at the frontier last week has been the source of much talk on social media and in social circles. Many people were down at the frontier on Tuesday night, awaiting midnight so that they could cross into Spain without the need for passports and ID cards for the first time. Many...
21st July 2026
As the old saying goes, never mix sport with politics, but when it comes to the FIFA World Cup the exact reverse sentiment seems to be the order of the day. In fact, bring on the politicians and give them a podium of their own to pontificate from. If you thought Qatar 2022 was controversial...
16th July 2026
This year - 2026 - is a very significant year in the ever-evolving story of the Gibraltar Neanderthals. A story that keeps on giving. Firstly, it is the 100th anniversary of the Neanderthal child skull discovery in Devil’s Tower Road by archaeologist Dorothy Garrod in 1926 - a child we know today as Flint. His...
15th July 2026
by Chief Minister Fabian Picardo I remember the morning of the 24th June 2016 as if it were yesterday. The night before, Gibraltar had spoken with one voice. By 96 per cent, we voted to remain in the European Union. We were the first to declare in the entire referendum. No community voted more decisively....
15th July 2026
It certainly is, if everything goes to plan on this special day of the 15th of July, 2026 – a date not to be forgotten in a hurry, just like the date of the closing of this landmark, now disappeared, fence. Yes, it was 1969. Just like we remember the Referendum, National Day, oh, and...
15th July 2026
From the outset, the four parties negotiating the treaty were clear it was about people. Brexit, which only a handful of us voted for, had left Gibraltar in the lurch. In the process, it had dropped the Campo in it too, La Linea in particular. Much as it might rankle with some people on both sides of...