Publication of McGrail Inquiry report delayed to next week over inquest concerns 

Publication of McGrail Inquiry report delayed to next week over inquest concerns 

15th December 2025

The McGrail Inquiry report will now be published early next week, the Gibraltar Government said on Monday, after the Deputy Coroner, Karl Tonna, raised concerns about its potential impact on an ongoing jury inquest.  The report had been due to be published on December 5 but was pushed back to this week after Chief Minister...

Inquest hears witness statement from RHIB survivor 

15th December 2025

The Coroner’s court has heard how an RGP vessel involved in a fatal collision at sea “came straight” towards the suspect vessel it was chasing and how, after the impact in which two men died and two others were injured, police officers “did nothing” and argued amongst themselves.   Nordin Dris Lahsen was a surviving occupant...

Weather advisory for heavy rain

15th December 2025

The Gibraltar Government has issued a weather advisory for the risk of heavy rain in Gibraltar from 8pm on Monday, December 15 to 7am on Tuesday, December 16. An active front to the northwest of the area is expected to move south-eastwards over the next few hours, bringing showery conditions and heavy bursts as it...

Government moves to regulate, not ban, PLETs on Gibraltar’s roads

15th December 2025

The Government of Gibraltar has announced the first measures to regulate the use of Personal Light Electric Transporters (PLETs), including electric scooters, on the public highway, confirming that the aim is to regulate rather than ban their use. The Minister for Transport, Dr John Cortes, confirmed that: “Government’s approach is to regulate, not ban, recognising...

More pavements planned as 25-year strategy signals ‘less road space’ for cars 

15th December 2025

Plans to extend pavements into areas where they currently do not exist are set out in a 25-year plan published by the Department of the Environment, Sustainability, Climate Change and Heritage, alongside an explicit warning that reallocating road space to pedestrians and cyclists will leave less room for vehicles.  In a section on Transport, the...

New restaurant proposed at ICC Irish Town entrance

15th December 2025

A planning application has been submitted to the Town Planner to convert a vacant ground-floor retail unit at the International Commercial Centre (ICC) into a new restaurant called ‘era’. The proposal, prepared by Gamma Architects and filed with the application on behalf of Barton Solutions Limited, seeks permission for a change of use of the...

RSM Gibraltar hosts University of Cadiz students

15th December 2025

RSM Gibraltar last week hosted a visit from 30 University of Cadiz students on business-related undergraduate and masters programmes at its offices in Engineer Lane. RSM chief executive, Moe Cohen, welcomed the students and their professors and delivered a presentation that included an overview of Gibraltar, its main business sectors, legal and regulatory framework and...

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

2nd December 2025

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...

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

2nd December 2025

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...

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

28th November 2025

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.  ...

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

28th November 2025

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...