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GHA supports prostate cancer awareness event and urges men to know the signs

The Gibraltar Health Authority will support Prostate Cancer Gibraltar at an awareness event in John Mackintosh Square on Saturday, November 14, encouraging men to recognise possible symptoms and speak to their GP if they have concerns. The GHA Mobile Health Unit will be at the square from 9am to 2pm as part of Prostate Cancer...

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Feetham explores overseas prisons for convicted child sex offenders, alongside tougher laws 

The Minister for Justice, Nigel Feetham, is exploring whether convicted child sex offenders can be transferred to prisons in other countries to serve their sentences, with plans to initiate contact with Morocco, having already discussed the issue with authorities in El Salvador.  The move is in response to the rising number of cases and convictions...

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Azopardi says GSLP’s ‘dynastic succession’ seeks to retain ‘enormous influence’ for Picardo

Opposition leader Keith Azopardi accused Chief Minister Fabian Picardo of a “transparent political manoeuvre” to retain influence after leaving the GSLP leadership by clearing the way for Gemma Arias-Vasquez to succeed him as party leader. In a party-political broadcast on GBC on Monday night, Mr Azopardi said Mr Picardo had publicly identified Mrs Arias-Vasquez as...

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Rent and Repair Scheme Phase 2 properties announced

The Minister for Housing, Pat Orfila, has announced the properties identified for the second phase of the Rent and Repair Scheme. Housing applicants who have expressed an interest in the scheme will be able to attend open house viewings during the week beginning November 16. The properties will be open for viewing from November 16...

UK/Spain News

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CAMPO - La Línea council seeks seat on cross-border environment committee

La Línea city council has formally requested the Spanish government include a local representative on the cross-border committee dealing with environmental issues that was agreed in the EU-UK treaty.  The petition was submitted to the Spanish ministries of Exteriores and Transición Ecológica following the committee’s first meeting on October 26.  A La Línea city hall...

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CAMPO - November 11 general strike march scheduled to start at border

One of the marches planned to mark Spain's general strike on November 11 will begin on the La Línea side of the border at 6pm that day, timed to coincide with cross-border workers returning from work in Gibraltar.  Earlier, at noon, another demonstration will take place in Algeciras, starting from the Plaza Alta at the...

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Campo unemployment rises for third month, to 24,000 people

October’s unemployment figures for the Campo de Gibraltar showed numbers rising for a third month, an additional 196 people out of work bringing the total to 24,039.  The statistics show a pattern where the wider services sector, in fields such as hospitality and retail, accounted for the largest proportion of unemployment, with women and people...

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Double killer Grimson given extra 22 years for historical sexual attacks on four males

By Ben Mitchell, Press Association A judge has said a Royal Navy petty officer, who is serving life for the murder of two men, “remains a danger to the public” as he jailed him for a further 22 years for sexually assaulting three young naval recruits and a 14-year-old boy in the 1990s. Allan Grimson, ...