Police officer tells Coroner’s court ‘I thought I was going to die’ after collision at sea

Police officer tells Coroner’s court ‘I thought I was going to die’ after collision at sea

10th December 2025

A police officer described on Wednesday how he feared for his life after the RGP vessel he had been assigned to despite no marine training became involved in a high-speed nighttime chase that ended in a fatal collision in which two Spanish men died. The Coroner’s court was hearing evidence from the third police officer...

British Forces Gibraltar to host Christmas carol service at Kings Chapel

10th December 2025

British Forces Gibraltar will host a Christmas carol service at the Kings Chapel on Sunday December 14 at 5.30pm. The service will feature live music from the Royal Gibraltar Regiment band. No prior booking is required, with entry free on a first-come-first-seated basis. Refreshments will be served afterwards in the music room.

Very 80s Christmas concert postponed to New Year’s Eve

10th December 2025

Gibraltar Cultural Services has postponed the “A Very 80s Christmas with Jetstream” event scheduled for this Saturday at Casemates due to the forecast of heavy rain. The 80s-themed concert, featuring Jetstream and DJ Harper, will now take place as part of the daytime New Year’s Eve festivities on December 31, 2025. The revised schedule for...

GFSB launches Brexit AI Q+A to answer members’ treaty questions

10th December 2025

The Gibraltar Federation of Small Businesses (GFSB) has launched an AI-powered Brexit Q+A to help its members find information on Gibraltar’s Brexit agreement. The Brexit AI Q+A, available at brexit.gfsb.gi, functions as an information centre that can answer members’ questions on the agreement using an AI-driven interface. The decision to publish the resource reflects continued...

Hassans Charitable Trust donates £5,000 to Cancer Relief Gibraltar

10th December 2025

Hassans Charitable Trust has donated £5,000 to Cancer Relief Gibraltar, presented during a thank-you lunch hosted at Hassans for representatives of the charity. On Tuesday, December 9, representatives from Cancer Relief Gibraltar were presented with the cheque while attending a thank-you lunch hosted by Hassans’ managing partner, Javier Chincotta, and Line Group CEO, Mark Okes-Voysey....

AI conference to help ‘future-proof’ Gibraltar’s leadership

10th December 2025

The Government of Gibraltar is partnering with strategic consultancy Numero Partners and global learning organisation Hyper Island to host a one-day AI conference in January aimed at helping senior leaders navigate artificial intelligence “responsibly and at speed”. Future-Proofing Gibraltar: The AI Futures and Foresight Conference will take place on January 21, 2026, bringing together around...

Gib’s ‘manageable emissions’ fall to lowest level since 2015 as Net Zero Board eyes further cuts

10th December 2025

The Government of Gibraltar’s Net Zero Delivery Board met on Tuesday to review the latest emissions data, noting that “manageable emissions” in 2023 were at their lowest since 2015, with a 25% overall reduction driven largely by cleaner energy production from the LNG power station and a 28% drop in road transport emissions. Key challenges...

Jury trials in UK to be scrapped in some cases in bid to tackle court backlog

2nd December 2025

By Anahita Hossein-Pour, Rhiannon James, Harry Taylor and George Thompson, Press Association Jury trials in some cases will be scrapped and so-called “swift courts” set up in England and Wales, the Justice Secretary has announced. Currently jury trials make up 3% of cases but this will be curbed further as David Lammy confirmed they would be reserved for...

Britain must not shrink back from ‘chaotic world’, says Starmer

2nd December 2025

By Christopher McKeon, Press Association Political Correspondent Britain must not shrink back from a “chaotic world”, Sir Keir Starmer has said as he underlined his commitment to internationalism. In his annual Guildhall speech on foreign policy, the Prime Minister accused opposition politicians of offering a “corrosive, inward-looking attitude” on international affairs. Taking aim at those...

Spanish court acquits man accused of murdering sacristan in Algeciras, but orders 30 years of psychiatric detention 

28th November 2025

By Maria Jesus Corrales  Spain’s Audiencia Nacional has acquitted Yassine Kanjaa of murdering a sacristan in Algeciras on January 25, 2023, and injuring two other people, after finding he was exempt from criminal responsibility because of a psychiatric disorder.   The court ordered his detention in a prison psychiatric centre for up to 30 years.  ...

UK gambling tax rise not designed to send a signal to betting sector, says UK Culture Secretary 

28th November 2025

By Will Durrant, PA Political Staff  Increased gambling taxes were not designed to “send a signal” to the sector, the UK’s Culture Secretary has said.  Lisa Nandy defended the Chancellor’s decision to raise taxes on online gaming and betting, in a move set to raise £1.1 billion by 2029.  The remote gaming duty, which applies...