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GHA seeks permission for temporary ambulance service building

The Gibraltar Health Authority (GHA) has filed an application with the Town Planner for a temporary two-storey modular building to provide administrative and staff facilities for the Ambulance Service at St Bernard’s Hospital. The proposed building is set to be located in an external area to the rear of the hospital’s main building and would...

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UK sixth formers complete first Nautilus Gold Residential Project in Gibraltar

Two UK sixth form students have become the first young people to complete a Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Gold Residential Project hosted by The Nautilus Project in Gibraltar.  Emma Burt and Arabella Singleton, both Lower Sixth students at Guilford High School, spent five days working alongside The Nautilus Project’s Youth Monitors on marine conservation...

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Dementia awareness campaign continues to grow through post box toppers

The fourth year of Gibraltar’s postbox topper campaign is under way, growing every year and bringing 27 decorated postboxes to communities across Gibraltar as part of efforts to raise awareness of dementia.  The campaign began in September 2023 under the Gibraltar National Dementia Strategy and has grown into a community collaboration involving the GHA, ERS, GADS, the Royal Gibraltar Post Office and members...

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Rosindell says Reform unlikely to endorse treaty but will respect Gibraltar’s decision 

Reform UK MP Andrew Rosindell said the party is unlikely to endorse the UK/EU treaty on Gibraltar but has not yet decided whether it will actively oppose the agreement during the UK ratification process, a position he will discuss with party leader Nigel Farage on his return to London.  Mr Rosindell, who was previously a...

UK/Spain News

UK/Spain News

Gibraltar and the Campo referenced in Spanish declassified intelligence reports 

There are references to Gibraltar and the Campo de Gibraltar in Spanish intelligence reports declassified following the row in Spain over whether Pedro Sanchez’s government was warned of the migrant surge of July 30/31 and if it could have prevented the crisis in Ceuta.  The official documents, seen by the Chronicle, specifically mention the removal...

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La Linea court reaffirms decision to close of Eastside reclamation case, prosecutor appeals

A judge in La Linea has issued a new court order confirming an earlier decision to shelve the Eastside reclamation case after rectifying a material error in an earlier ruling.  Investigating magistrate Alberto Carlos Lloreda issued the order on July 28, following an earlier decision to end the case in January.  The new ruling, seen by the...

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Second day of travel chaos as Nats boss to face Transport Secretary

By Sam Hall and Rosie Shead, Press Association The boss of the UK’s main air traffic control provider will face a grilling from the Transport Secretary on Wednesday as widespread disruption continues with hundreds of flights cancelled following a technical issue. Flight monitoring website Flightradar24 said 1,300 flights to and from UK airports were axed...

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Absurd and wrong for Israel to call Falklands occupied – Ed Miliband

By George Thompson, Press Association Political Staff Senior Israelis characterising the Falkland Islands as “occupied” Argentine territory are “absurd and wrong”, the Foreign Secretary has said. Ed Miliband said comments by Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel’s hardline public security minister, showed a “complete lack of understanding” and that Falkland Islanders want to be British. His comments came...