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Nautilus team meets environmental activist Olivia Mandle in Plymouth

The Nautilus team, currently in Plymouth, has met with environmental activist Olivia Mandle to discuss shared concerns and ideas about the marine environment. The meeting brought together what were described as fellow thalassophiles and included an exchange of books between the two authors. Ms Mandle is expected to feature in an upcoming episode of the...

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Refurbishment works progressing at Europa Point

Staff from the Department of the Environment have been carrying out refurbishment works at Europa Point, with repairs and repainting across the area. The works include treating and repainting metal railings, which are prone to corrosion from salt spray at the exposed site, as well as wooden railings and other features. The interpretation centre at...

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‘Dignity, safety, and accessibility it deserves’ at heart of Cemetery Road changes

The Ministry of Transport has announced a package of traffic and parking changes on Cemetery Road, including resurfacing, new Pay and Display parking and accessibility upgrades, aimed at improving safety and convenience for visitors to North Front Cemetery and other users of the area. The works include a full resurfacing of Cemetery Road, which had...

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Military training exercise

A Military Training Exercise will be conducted on Thursday from 7am to 9am, during when soldiers will be conducting patrolling exercises from Devils Tower Camp via Dudley Ward Tunnel to Buffadero Training Centre, and from Devils Tower Camp via Winston Churchill Avenue to HM Naval Base. The public should be aware that the soldiers will...

UK/Spain News

UK/Spain News

Port of Algeciras becomes main entry route for contraband tobacco into Campo 

By Maria Jesus Corrales  The Port of Algeciras now accounts for 55% of the contraband tobacco seized in the Campo de Gibraltar, according to data presented by the Guardia Civil at the tenth Congress on Combating Contraband in La Línea last week.  The figures show that only 10% of illegal tobacco enters Spain through the...

UK/Spain News

Tax online betting games to reflect the harm they cause, UK MPs say

By Josie Clarke, PA Consumer Affairs Correspondent, and Chronicle staff The UK Government should not “cave in to industry scaremongering” and tax online betting games at a rate that reflects their harm, MPs have said in a report ahead of a UK budget statement later this month.  The report was met with disappointment in Gibraltar, amid concern a hike in UK...

UK/Spain News

Spanish police arrest fugitive wanted for murder as he tried to enter Gib

A Portuguese man wanted for murder and other serious offences was arrested by Spanish police in La Linea as he tried to cross the border into Gibraltar. Spain’s Policia Nacional said the man was the subject of four arrest warrants for murder, sexual abuse and wounding in different locations in Spain. The man was arrested...

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Spanish complaint over Eastside project sent back to La Linea court on appeal - report 

A criminal complaint lodged by Spain’s state environmental prosecution service over the Eastside project has been referred on appeal back to a La Linea court that had ruled it was outside its remit, according to Spanish press reports.   The complaint alleges that reclamation work for the Eastside project could constitute an offence under Spanish law. ...