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ClimACT Schools Gibraltar 2025 marks a year of innovation and environmental leadership

School representatives gathered at Notre Dame Lower Primary School last Wednesday to celebrate the fourth edition of the ClimACT Schools Gibraltar Awards, joined by the Minister for Education, Dr John Cortes, Director for Education Keri Scott and project co-ordinator and Education Adviser Jackie Linares. This year’s awards highlighted environmental work carried out across Gibraltar’s schools...

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RGP staff recognised at annual awards and charity event

Royal Gibraltar Police officers and staff were recognised for their work and fundraising efforts at the force’s annual staff awards and charity presentations at the IPA Gibraltar Social Club on Thursday afternoon. The event, hosted by Commissioner of Police Owain Richards, was held in the presence of the Governor, Lieutenant General Sir Ben Bathurst, various...

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Severe weather warning issued for heavy seas this weekend

A severe weather warning for heavy seas has been issued in association with Storm Emilia from 9am on Saturday December 13 to 11am on Sunday December 14. Waves of around four metres (4m) are expected over the weekend. High tide will be at 10.06am and 10.34pm on Saturday December 13, and at 11.06am on Sunday...

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Airport fire service staff complete specialist training courses

Firefighting staff at all levels of the Airport Fire and Rescue Service have recently completed a range of specialist training courses in incident command and aircraft recovery. Station Officer Jamie Linares attended a two-day Incident Command Assessor (ICAT) course at the Fire Service College. The programme, accredited by Skills for Justice, focuses on training assessors...

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Loreto Convent Christmas carol concert raises £2,700 for Save the Children

Loreto Convent School joined forces with the Royal Gibraltar Regiment Band for a Christmas carol concert at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity that raised £2,700 for Save the Children. The annual event, held by kind permission of the Dean, Ian Tarrant, brought together families, friends and members of the public for an evening of...

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Inquest hears evidence on reality of high-speed pursuits 

A police marine instructor gave evidence on the risks of high-speed pursuits, procedures and use of navigational equipment on Thursday in the inquest examining the fatal collision at sea where two Spanish men died.   The court heard evidence from PC Robert McKnight, a senior coxswain and instructor at the RGP, over a week into the...

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Gale-force winds forecast for Gibraltar this weekend

A weather advisory has been issued warning of strong easterly winds in Gibraltar from 10am on Saturday December 13 to 7pm on Sunday December 14 as a low pressure system, Storm Emilia, tracks south west of the Iberian Peninsula. The Gibraltar Met Office said easterly winds of around 20–30 knots (37–56km/h) are expected, with frequent...

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Jury trials in UK to be scrapped in some cases in bid to tackle court backlog

By Anahita Hossein-Pour, Rhiannon James, Harry Taylor and George Thompson, Press Association Jury trials in some cases will be scrapped and so-called “swift courts” set up in England and Wales, the Justice Secretary has announced. Currently jury trials make up 3% of cases but this will be curbed further as David Lammy confirmed they would be reserved for...

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Britain must not shrink back from ‘chaotic world’, says Starmer

By Christopher McKeon, Press Association Political Correspondent Britain must not shrink back from a “chaotic world”, Sir Keir Starmer has said as he underlined his commitment to internationalism. In his annual Guildhall speech on foreign policy, the Prime Minister accused opposition politicians of offering a “corrosive, inward-looking attitude” on international affairs. Taking aim at those...

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Spanish court acquits man accused of murdering sacristan in Algeciras, but orders 30 years of psychiatric detention 

By Maria Jesus Corrales  Spain’s Audiencia Nacional has acquitted Yassine Kanjaa of murdering a sacristan in Algeciras on January 25, 2023, and injuring two other people, after finding he was exempt from criminal responsibility because of a psychiatric disorder.   The court ordered his detention in a prison psychiatric centre for up to 30 years.  ...

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UK gambling tax rise not designed to send a signal to betting sector, says UK Culture Secretary 

By Will Durrant, PA Political Staff  Increased gambling taxes were not designed to “send a signal” to the sector, the UK’s Culture Secretary has said.  Lisa Nandy defended the Chancellor’s decision to raise taxes on online gaming and betting, in a move set to raise £1.1 billion by 2029.  The remote gaming duty, which applies...