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Protesters march up Main Street over reclamation projects, pollution and data centre 

Around 400 protesters gathered in Casemates on Saturday morning, airing their concerns over the proposed Pelagos Data Centre, reclamation projects, pollution, sewage and the sale of government land to private entities.  The demonstrators chanted “no data centre” as they marched down Main Street to No.6 Convent Place, where they were greeted by Government minister Sir...

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Governor urges focus on police reform after RGP apology to Levy

The Governor, Lieutenant General Sir Ben Bathurst, has welcomed the joint statement issued by the Royal Gibraltar Police and James Levy, KC, on Friday night, adding the focus should now be on the reform of police governance. In a statement, Sir Ben expressed full confidence in the RGP and its leadership, and said the agreement...

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RGP apologises to James Levy for ‘procedurally flawed’ Op Delhi search warrants

The Royal Gibraltar Police has apologised to Hassans senior partner James Levy, KC, for causing him “personal and professional embarrassment” through the “procedurally flawed” manner in which it applied for warrants to search his office and home on May 6, 2020. The apology and its context were set out in a joint statement issued on...

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Armistice Day ceremony to mark 108th anniversary

Gibraltar will mark the 108th anniversary of Armistice Day with a ceremony at Parliament House on November 11. The event will commemorate the signing of the Armistice on November 11, 1918, which brought an end to World War One. The ceremony will take place in the Lobby of Parliament House, with a two-minute silence marked...

UK/Spain News

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CAMPO - November 11 general strike march scheduled to start at border

One of the marches planned to mark Spain's general strike on November 11 will begin on the La Línea side of the border at 6pm that day, timed to coincide with cross-border workers returning from work in Gibraltar.  Earlier, at noon, another demonstration will take place in Algeciras, starting from the Plaza Alta at the...

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Campo unemployment rises for third month, to 24,000 people

October’s unemployment figures for the Campo de Gibraltar showed numbers rising for a third month, an additional 196 people out of work bringing the total to 24,039.  The statistics show a pattern where the wider services sector, in fields such as hospitality and retail, accounted for the largest proportion of unemployment, with women and people...

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Double killer Grimson given extra 22 years for historical sexual attacks on four males

By Ben Mitchell, Press Association A judge has said a Royal Navy petty officer, who is serving life for the murder of two men, “remains a danger to the public” as he jailed him for a further 22 years for sexually assaulting three young naval recruits and a 14-year-old boy in the 1990s. Allan Grimson, ...

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Ruiz Boix accuses PP of threatening Campo stability over treaty

Juan Carlos Ruiz Boix, the Mayor of San Roque and PSOE Senate candidate for Cadiz province in Spain’s November 29 general election, accused the Partido Popular of threatening stability in the Campo de Gibraltar with its stance on the Gibraltar treaty, warning that cross-border workers must not become hostages to electoral tactics. Writing on X,...