24-hour Eastside works could bring completion forward by 11 weeks

24-hour Eastside works could bring completion forward by 11 weeks

24th September 2026

The Development and Planning Commission approved 24hour working for the main marine breakwater at the Eastside reclamation project, in a move officials say is aimed at shortening disruption ahead of future bathing seasons. The application was top of the agenda for discussion during Thursday’s meeting, which was plagued with technical issues. It was nearly an...

Gibraltar wins Best Stand at Liberal Democrat conference as students take centre stage  

24th September 2026

The Gibraltar Government stand has been named Best Stand at the Liberal Democrat party conference in Brighton.   In presenting the award, the organisers singled out the Gibraltarian students who volunteered on the stand throughout the conference, and the welcome they gave to visitors.   The students are taking part in the Government's conference programme for university...

Last Chief Minister’s questions this year as Parliament timeline set out

24th September 2026

Chief Minister Fabian Picardo roughly set out the timeline for Parliament for the remainder of the year and the last CMQs with him at the helm. Parliament sat for around half an hour on Wednesday afternoon, squeezing in a session between party conference season in the UK. Mr Picardo told Parliament this would be his...

Access to Spanish-European vehicle databases sought to recover unpaid foreign fines

24th September 2026

The lack of access into Spanish-European vehicle databases has meant that non-payments of fixed penalty notices has remained historically outstanding, the Minister for Justice, Trade and Industry, Nigel Feetham, told Parliament as he detailed that around two thirds of fines are paid in full. Some 939 foreign vehicles were issued with a fixed penalty notice...

Britain should ‘rejoin EU within a decade’ says report by Blair think tank 

24th September 2026

By Harry Taylor, Press Association Political Staff  Britain should commit to rejoining the European Union within a decade, according to the think tank chaired by Sir Tony Blair, as the former Labour prime minister said the country needed a “new approach” to post-Brexit relations.  Sir Tony, who left office in 2007, said Andy Burnham’s Government...

Burnham insists UK will ‘stand firm’ over threats to Falkland Islands

23rd September 2026

By David Hughes, Press Association Political Editor in New York Andy Burnham said the UK “will stand firm in the face of any threats” to the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands after Argentina’s president Javier Milei escalated tensions over the South Atlantic archipelago. The Prime Minister raised the issue with US President Donald Trump, an...

Chagos agreement ‘a terrible deal’, Trump tells Burnham

22nd September 2026

Donald Trump told Prime Minister Andy Burnham the UK’s agreement with Mauritius to hand over the Chagos Islands is a “terrible deal” and “ridiculous”. Asked by reporters about the deal after a bilateral meeting on the fringes of the United Nations General Assembly, the US president said: “I don’t support it. I think it’s a...

Cross-border worker Seila Pavón to stand as PSOE candidate for La Línea

21st September 2026

Cross-border worker Seila Pavón Guerrero will be the PSOE candidate for La Línea in the municipal elections due to be held in May 2027. The PSOE Provincial Executive Committee in Cádiz approved her nomination on Monday morning. Ms Pavón is a law graduate from the University of Cádiz and is living in La Línea since...