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19th December 2025
A jury in an inquest into the deaths at sea of two Spanish nationals during a collision in 2020 with a Royal Gibraltar Police patrol boat in Spanish waters was directed by Deputy Coroner Karl Tonna on Friday to return a verdict of accidental death. The two men - Mohamed Abdeslam Ahmed, 40, and Mustafa...
22nd December 2025
The Minister for the Environment, Dr John Cortes, last week presented certificates to next year’s cohort of lifeguards after they successfully completed their initial training. More specialised training will now continue until the start of the summer bathing season. The new lifeguards who received their certificates are: Ayman Haddad, David Khaidarov, Daniel Khaidarov, Islam Dahrouch,...
22nd December 2025
Certificates have been presented to Gibraltar Scholars, students from Gibraltar’s secondary schools who achieved Triple A grades or higher at A level this summer. Sixteen young people in total achieved Gibraltar Scholar status this year. The Minister for Education, Dr John Cortes, presented the certificates at a ceremony held at Westside School last week. In...
22nd December 2025
The Ministry of Transport has agreed arrangements with the Gibraltar Taxi Association to provide a 24-hour taxi service over the Christmas and New Year period. Seven private hire vehicles will operate around the clock from December 24, 2025 to January 6, 2026, each working three shifts a day. This will be in addition to the...
22nd December 2025
The Gibraltar Health Authority’s Mobile Health Unit administered around a third of the 3,834 flu vaccines given in the recent seasonal campaign, playing what the GHA described as a key role in protecting the community against influenza. As well as vaccinations, the unit carried out a series of wellbeing checks across Gibraltar, in line with...
22nd December 2025
RAF Gibraltar has continued its festive tradition of supporting former service personnel by distributing Christmas hampers to RAF veterans living on the Rock in the week leading up to Christmas. The initiative, funded by donations from the RAF Benevolent Fund, saw serving RAF personnel assemble the hampers, contact former aviators and deliver the packages in...
22nd December 2025
The Government of Gibraltar’s recently-published 25 Year Environment Plan sets out how it intends to support the development of a green economy, including commitments on sustainable finance, incentives, procurement, and leadership across the public sector and wider community. The document defines a green economy in terms of emissions, resource use and social inclusion. “It is...
19th December 2025
A jury in an inquest into the deaths at sea of two Spanish nationals during a collision in 2020 with a Royal Gibraltar Police patrol boat in Spanish waters was directed by Deputy Coroner Karl Tonna on Friday to return a verdict of accidental death. The two men - Mohamed Abdeslam Ahmed, 40, and Mustafa...
18th December 2025
By Anna Wise, Press Association Business Reporter The Bank of England has cut interest rates to the lowest level in nearly three years, as it said measures in the Budget will help bring down inflation quicker than previously thought. The Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted to reduce rates from 4% to 3.75%. Governor Andrew...
16th December 2025
Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper faced questions on the McGrail Inquiry in the House of Commons on Tuesday during an evidence session before the Foreign Affairs Committee on the work of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. Ms Cooper was quizzed on whether the full Inquiry would be published, as well as questions on progress with...
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...
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...
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