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Plans filed for 150-room Marriott hotel

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Jail for teenager equipped for stealing

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Senior officer investigating McGrail sexual assault allegations had ‘absolutely no concerns’ about whistleblower protection for complainant

John McVea, the senior officer leading the investigation into allegations that former police Commissioner Ian McGrail sexually assaulted a female officer in 2018, told the Magistrates Court on Wednesday that whistleblower protection offered by the Gibraltar Government to the complainant in the case caused him “absolutely no concerns”. Mr McVea, a retired Detective Chief Superintendent...

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Spring Festival 2023 Short Story Competition winners announced

Amy Marie Montegriffo has won the Ministry of Culture award and £1,000 at this year’s annual spring festival short story competition for her piece ‘Walking to School’. Gibraltar Cultural Services announced the winners of this year’s Spring Festival Short Story Competition at John Mackintosh Hall on Wednesday afternoon. Organised in conjunction with this newspaper, the...

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GFSC set to raise funds for Prostate Cancer Gibraltar with its annual FreeTheKnee campaign

The Gibraltar Financial Services Commission (GFSC) are holding its annual Free the Knee corporate tournament on Saturday, July 8 with all proceeds going to Prostate Cancer Gibraltar. This year it will be a padel tournament and the GFSC has collaborated with the Gibraltar Padel Tennis Association which will be held from 9am in the MUGA...

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5 (Gibraltar 1779-83) Battery Royal Artillery on the Rock for training

A parade through Main Street will take place this Saturday at 12 noon by 5 (Gibraltar 1779-83) Battery Royal Artillery (RA) who have arrived in Gibraltar to conduct several weeks training to represent the Royal Artillery as a whole in exercising its freedom of the City of Gibraltar. “The Battery will be making the most...

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UK ‘steadfast’ in support for Gib and commitment to treaty, Commons told

The UK Government remains “steadfast” in its support for Gibraltar and committed to concluding an EU/UK treaty for the Rock “as soon as possible”, Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden told the House of Commons on Wednesday. Mr Dowden, who was standing in for Rishi Sunak during Prime Minister’s Questions, was responding to Conservative MP Sir...

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Children’s doctors call for ban on disposable vapes

By Jane Kirby, PA Health Editor Paediatricians have warned that “youth vaping is fast becoming an epidemic among children” as they called on the Government to ban disposable vapes. In response to the Government consultation on e-cigarettes, which closes on Tuesday, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) warned that e-cigarettes “are not...

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Blood test to detect 50 different types of cancer shows promise in NHS trial

By Nilima Marshall, PA Science Reporter A blood test that can detect more than 50 different types of cancer has shown promise in a trial involving thousands of NHS patients, scientists have said. The Galleri test, which is currently available in the US, is also able to pinpoint where in the body the disease is...

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La Linea’s Juan Franco ‘concerned’ about changing political landscape in Spain

by Maria Jesus Corrales The mayor of La Linea, Juan Franco, expressed "concern" yesterday about the political landscape in Spain following municipal and regional elections on Sunday and the snap general election called by Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez following bruising results for the Socialists as support for the PP and Vox surged. Referring to the...