GHA lab team highlights growing threat of antibiotic resistance

Military training exercise

19th November 2025

A Military Training Exercise will be conducted on Thursday from 7am to 9am, during when soldiers will be conducting patrolling exercises from Devils Tower Camp via Dudley Ward Tunnel to Buffadero Training Centre, and from Devils Tower Camp via Winston Churchill Avenue to HM Naval Base. The public should be aware that the soldiers will...

UK CBRN team delivers command training to Gibraltar emergency services

19th November 2025

A team from the UK’s Counter Terrorism Policing National CBRN Centre has completed a five-day CBRN (Operational and Tactical) Command course in Gibraltar aimed at strengthening the ability of the emergency services to respond to chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear incidents. The training, facilitated by the Office of Civil Contingencies and delivered at Bleak House...

Rucksack challenge highlights ‘burdens’ carried by men in Gibraltar

19th November 2025

The hidden struggles that many men in Gibraltar face were brought into focus during a 24-hour “rucksack challenge” organised by Jamie Burnett from Lottoland in aid of Men in Need Gibraltar. The event, held outside Leisure Island Business Centre in Ocean Village, invited participants to carry a heavy rucksack for at least an hour as...

GHA lab team highlights growing threat of antibiotic resistance

19th November 2025

The team in the GHA’s microbiology department is highlighting the growing challenge of antibiotic resistance and calling for greater public awareness during World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week (WAAW). Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites no longer respond to antimicrobial agents. As a result, antibiotics and other treatments become ineffective and infections...

Former HMS Calpe members mark 60 years since commissioning

19th November 2025

Tony Lima, the former Commanding Officer of HMS Calpe, reflected this week on an enduring legacy cherished by a dedicated few who last night marked the 60th anniversary of the naval reserve unit’s commissioning on the Rock. The reunion at Grand Battery marked not just a milestone in local naval history but rekindled pride in...

WASH project inaugurated at House of Hope Orphanage in Sierra Leone

19th November 2025

A new water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) project has been inaugurated at the House of Hope Orphanage in Rogberay, Newton, Sierra Leone, providing much-needed facilities for the 350 children and staff living there. Until recently, the orphanage had no latrines, resulting in significant hygiene issues, illness and injuries. The new project includes a block of...

Gibraltar Fire and Rescue Service completes intensive training programmes

18th November 2025

The Gibraltar Fire and Rescue Service has completed an intensive period of professional development, with personnel taking part in a range of training programmes both locally and at The Fire Service College. Recent activity has focused on skills development, operational readiness and supporting firefighters as they progress in their careers. Five firefighters have been promoted...

Port of Algeciras becomes main entry route for contraband tobacco into Campo 

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...

Tax online betting games to reflect the harm they cause, UK MPs say

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...

Spanish police arrest fugitive wanted for murder as he tried to enter Gib

4th November 2025

A Portuguese man wanted for murder and other serious offences was arrested by Spanish police in La Linea as he tried to cross the border into Gibraltar. Spain’s Policia Nacional said the man was the subject of four arrest warrants for murder, sexual abuse and wounding in different locations in Spain. The man was arrested...

Spanish complaint over Eastside project sent back to La Linea court on appeal - report 

4th November 2025

A criminal complaint lodged by Spain’s state environmental prosecution service over the Eastside project has been referred on appeal back to a La Linea court that had ruled it was outside its remit, according to Spanish press reports.   The complaint alleges that reclamation work for the Eastside project could constitute an offence under Spanish law. ...