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All-female team from Digital Skills Academy wins place in CyberCenturion final

The Gibraltar Digital Skills Academy announced that one of its CyberCenturion teams has reached the Grand Finals due to take place in April in the UK. CyberCenturion is a national cybersecurity education initiative for 12 to 18 year olds in the UK and UK Overseas Territories and is organised by STEM Learning. The team, BG...

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Pedestrians cleared for runway crossing as tunnel set to open in days

The Government of Gibraltar and the Ministry of Defence have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that will allow pedestrians access across the runway at Winston Churchill Avenue after the opening of the new airport tunnel. This includes cyclists, scooter/e-scooter riders and mobility scooter users as well. “The MoU also allows for the runway crossing to...

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GCC to consider Tik Tok ban on Gibraltar Government phones after UK move

By Brian Reyes and PA The Gibraltar Contingency Council, which coordinates Gibraltar’s response to civil emergencies and security threats, will consider whether the Gibraltar Government should follow the UK’s lead and ban the Chinese social media app Tik Tok from government phones. Earlier this month, the UK Government banned TikTok from government phones with immediate...

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McGrail confident investigators will find he did nothing wrong, lawyer says

Former police Commissioner Ian McGrail expressed confidence on Friday that UK investigators will soon find he has not committed any of the suspected offences for which he was arrested earlier this week. In a statement through his lawyer, Charles Gomez, Mr McGrail expressed hope too that developments this week would not derail the timetable of...

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Humza Yousaf says he is ‘luckiest man in the world’ after being named SNP leader

By Katrine Bussey, PA Scotland Political Editor Humza Yousaf said he felt like the “luckiest man in the world” after being elected as the new SNP leader. Mr Yousaf, who has been Scottish Health Secretary since 2021, succeeds Nicola Sturgeon in that role, and will now be formally elected by MSPs as Scotland’s sixth first...

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Spanish police arrest seventh man in connection with Eastern Beach incident

A seventh man was arrested by Spanish police in La Linea on Thursday in connection with a violent incident on Eastern Beach last month in which two Spanish customs officers sustained injuries during an attack by suspected smugglers. The individual was suspected to be the person who filmed the attack on Eastern Beach, with the...

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Johnson’s political career in peril after combative partygate inquiry hearing

By Sophie Wingate and Sam Blewett, PA Political Staff Boris Johnson is fighting for his political future after MPs investigating his partygate denials denounced the “flimsy” assurances they were based on. In at times short-tempered testimony lasting more than three hours, the former prime minister insisted there was not a “shred of evidence” to show...

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Spanish police arrest six in La Linea over Eastern Beach smuggling incident

Spanish police in La Linea have arrested six people in connection with a violent incident on Eastern Beach last month in which Spanish customs officers were attacked by a group of suspected smugglers. The incident caused diplomatic tension at the time after the Spanish officers appeared to fire warning shots as they were pelted with...