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Business group reviews impact of Treaty arrangements on trade

The Business Transition Advisory Group has reviewed trading conditions and the movement of goods almost four months after the provisional application of the UK-EU Treaty on Gibraltar. The Minister for Health, Care and Business, Gemma Arias Vasquez, and the Attorney General, Michael Llamas, co-chaired the meeting, which brought together senior officials from HM Customs and...

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Cortes meets Bayside developers over works coordination

The Minister for Technical Services, Dr John Cortes, met developers and contractors working in the Bayside area last week as part of ongoing efforts to coordinate works and minimise disruption to the public. The meeting also involved Gibraltar Government infrastructure departments and authorities. It focused on coordinating work programmes to avoid duplication and ensure projects...

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Defence Police officers commended for life-saving actions

Two Gibraltar Defence Police officers have received Highly Commended awards after their response to a medical emergency helped save a man’s life. Constable Garcia and Constable Ferrary were recognised during a presentation ceremony at Gibraltar Defence Police Headquarters on November 3, attended by Chief of Police John McVea, Peter Lombard and his daughter, Cora Lombard....

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GHA supports prostate cancer awareness event and urges men to know the signs

The Gibraltar Health Authority will support Prostate Cancer Gibraltar at an awareness event in John Mackintosh Square on Saturday, November 14, encouraging men to recognise possible symptoms and speak to their GP if they have concerns. The GHA Mobile Health Unit will be at the square from 9am to 2pm as part of Prostate Cancer...

UK/Spain News

UK/Spain News

CAMPO - La Línea council seeks seat on cross-border environment committee

La Línea city council has formally requested the Spanish government include a local representative on the cross-border committee dealing with environmental issues that was agreed in the EU-UK treaty.  The petition was submitted to the Spanish ministries of Exteriores and Transición Ecológica following the committee’s first meeting on October 26.  A La Línea city hall...

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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, ...