GHA to buy and operate Rooke facility for elderly care 

GHA to buy and operate Rooke facility for elderly care 

1st September 2026

The Gibraltar Health Authority will purchase the Rooke modular building and turn it into a publicly-run elderly residential and nursing care facility, with residents from Mount Alvernia, as well as long-stay patients at St Bernard’s Hospital and those in Cochrane Ward, expected to move there before the end of the year.  The Minister for Health, Care and...

Dame Prue Leith to headline Gibraltar Literary Festival

1st September 2026

Dame Prue Leith, the restaurateur, broadcaster and writer best known for her role as a judge on The Great British Bake Off, will headline this year’s Gibunco Gibraltar Literary Festival. Dame Prue, who retired from The Great British Bake Off this year after nine seasons, has written both fiction and non-fiction, including novels, cookbooks and...

Rooke announcement to set out ‘one of the most significant’ investments in Gib’s elderly care 

31st August 2026

The Gibraltar Government is expected to make “a detailed announcement” on the future of the Rooke building on Tuesday, adding it will represent “one of the most significant investments in elderly care that Gibraltar has ever made”.  The announcement will be made at a press conference scheduled for late Tuesday afternoon by the Minister for...

Timothy Cummings wins Our Gibraltar Competition

30th August 2026

Timothy Cumming won the top prize at the Our Gibraltar competition with his photo ‘At Home En El Qwari’.  Mr Cumming was awarded the prize during a presentation led by Gibraltar Cultural Services Chief Cultural Officer Seamus Byrne and Forty Azzopardi from the SDGG at the opening of the annual exhibition held at the Fine Arts Gallery.  Mr Cumming...

La Línea and Algeciras plan demos in solidarity with Ceuta

31st August 2026

This article has been updated on Monday, August 31. Public gatherings will be held in Algeciras and La Línea on September 2 following a call from an organisation representing Spanish local government bodies. The demonstrations will aim to signal solidarity with Ceuta and the migrant crisis it faces, coinciding with that city’s festival day. The...

Businesses and workers report positive first month under new border arrangements

18th August 2026

Businesses, workers and institutions in La Linea and the Campo have given a generally positive assessment of the first month of Treaty implementation, although they expect a clearer picture to emerge around September.  The fluidity of movement is being seen as offsetting queues and initial adjustments at the commercial customs border, particularly during La Línea’s fair days.  La Línea...

A charity convoy crosses from Algeciras to Ceuta

10th August 2026

The Catalan association Border Resistance has organised a convoy from different parts of Spain to deliver three vans of aid to NGOs working with migrants in Ceuta.  The organisation's spokesperson, Shadi, said Border Resistance had worked with associations in Barcelona, the Basque Country, Madrid, Cádiz, Málaga and Algeciras.  In Algeciras, three vans were loaded with...

Spain restores border checks for travellers from Italy

7th August 2026

Spain will temporarily reinstate border controls for travellers arriving from Italy from Saturday after a diplomatic dispute over the Ceuta migrant crisis and the application of the Schengen agreement escalated. The Spanish Government said the temporary measures will apply at ports and airports from 12am on August 8 until 12am on September 7, "unless changing...