Chief Justice considers SOPO and potential error in sentencing in Busto case

Chief Justice considers SOPO and potential error in sentencing in Busto case

8th October 2026

The Chief Justice is considering a sexual offences prevention order and whether he has erred in a point of sentencing during the case against a convicted child sexual offender. The matter is related to Clayton Busto, 43, a former teacher and Scout leader who was convicted of 16 charges relating to child sexual abuse involving...

RGP and Defence Police update cooperation agreement

8th October 2026

The Royal Gibraltar Police and Gibraltar Defence Police have signed an updated agreement setting out how the two forces will support each other operationally when required. The Commissioner of Police, Owain Richards, and the Chief of Police of the Gibraltar Defence Police, John McVea, signed the Memorandum of Understanding at GDP headquarters on September 8....

Action for Housing questions seven year delay for Road to the Lines project

8th October 2026

Action for Housing has highlighted that the Road to the Lines project has remained undelivered seven years after it was first announced. The group said Deputy Chief Minister, Joseph Garcia, announced the development of Road to the Lines and how years later “this long-awaited and much-needed housing project has still not been delivered.” In a...

Affiliate events celebrate creativity ‘beyond the page’ at Literary Festival

8th October 2026

The Gibunco Gibraltar Literary Festival will continue to promote literature, creativity and artistic collaboration through a series of affiliate events taking place before and after the festival, bringing together writers, artists, performers, students and the wider community. Callarte organised from November 2 to 15, 2026 by Joseph Alecio and the Fine Arts Association, is an...

Cross-Frontier Group to ask Spain’s political parties for their positions on treaty

7th October 2026

The Cross Frontier Group said it will ask all Spanish political parties to clarify their position on the Gibraltar treaty ahead of Spain’s general election on November 29.  The group, which brings together business and labour organisations from both sides of the border, will hold a meeting next week to analyse the new political landscape...

Spain's Pedro Sanchez calls general election on November 29

5th October 2026

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has called a general election for November 29. Mr Sanchez made the announcement on Monday after his government was defeated in parliament on Friday in votes on two key housing decrees and against the backdrop of street protests in cities around Spain. The measures included protections against evictions and restrictions...

Spain - King and Queen of Spain to visit Ceuta and Melilla in October

5th October 2026

The King and Queen of Spain will visit the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla on October 13 and 14 in a visit agreed with the Spanish government, sources at Casa Real, the Spanish royal household, told the EFE news agency.  The schedule for Felipe VI and Letizia will be announced in the coming days. ...

Campo - Spain’s anti-smuggling campaign enters ninth year, nearly 34,500 arrests made since 2018

5th October 2026

The country’s sustained campaign against the illegal narcotics trade in the Campo de Gibraltar and further afield, now in its ninth year, has resulted in the arrest of 34,499 suspects and the seizures of 2,300 tonnes of drugs and 3,531 firearms.  Last week Pedro Fernández, the national government’s delegate to Andalucía reviewed Spain’s special policing...