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26th November 2025
Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced a steep increase in online gambling tax on Wednesday, targeting a sector she said was associated with the “highest levels of harm” to consumers. In a Budget statement, Ms Reeves said she was reforming gambling taxes in response to the rise in online gambling, announcing an increase in remote gaming duty...
Sun 23rd Nov, 2025
26th November 2025
Chronicle photographer Johnny Bugeja has won the Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s Cultural Awards for his dedication in capturing Gibraltar’s special moments in a career spanning decades. The award was a surprise for Mr Bugeja, who was covering the annual event for this newspaper. As he readied his camera to snap the shocked expression...
26th November 2025
The Gibraltar Betting and Gaming Association (GBGA) has warned that a sharp increase in UK remote gambling taxes will place “considerable pressure” on Gibraltar-based online operators and could drive customers towards unregulated markets. The association was reacting to the UK Government’s decision, announced in the Budget on Wednesday, to significantly increase Remote Gaming Duty and...
26th November 2025
By Brian Reyes and Maria Jesus Corrales Authorities on both sides of the border have launched investigations after drones spotted near Gibraltar’s runway caused disruption to flights on two consecutive days last weekend. Commercial flights departing from the Rock were delayed on Saturday and Sunday after drones were sighted near the runway, while an RAF...
26th November 2025
The academic session of the Spanish Royal Academy of Philately, the Real Academia Hispánica de Filatelia e Historia Postal, held on Saturday in Madrid, included a talk by Richard Garcia on the use of Spanish stamps in Gibraltar between 1850 and 1875. Mr Garcia explained that this period started with the issue of the first...
25th November 2025
Leaders and representatives from the UK Overseas Territories, including Gibraltar, are in London this week for the annual Joint Ministerial Council, where the UK government will restate its commitment to defending their sovereignty, security and right of self-determination. The Minister for Europe, North America and the Overseas Territories, Stephen Doughty, is hosting the talks, which...
24th November 2025
By Maria Jesus Corrales La Línea’s Mayor, Juan Franco, has ruled himself out as a candidate for 100x100 Unidos in Cádiz, even as he marks 10 years in office by driving the party’s expansion across the province as key to his city’s growth. Mr Franco said the new party aims to contest the next regional...
17th November 2025
By Maria Jesus Corrales The Port of Algeciras now accounts for 55% of the contraband tobacco seized in the Campo de Gibraltar, according to data presented by the Guardia Civil at the tenth Congress on Combating Contraband in La Línea last week. The figures show that only 10% of illegal tobacco enters Spain through the...
7th November 2025
By Josie Clarke, PA Consumer Affairs Correspondent, and Chronicle staff The UK Government should not “cave in to industry scaremongering” and tax online betting games at a rate that reflects their harm, MPs have said in a report ahead of a UK budget statement later this month. The report was met with disappointment in Gibraltar, amid concern a hike in UK...
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