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Govt liaises with UK authorities after train accident in Spain

The Gibraltar Government is liaising with UK authorities to establish whether any Gibraltarians or Gibraltar residents were affected by a fatal train accident in Spain. The accident involved two trains travelling between Seville and Madrid and occurred during the school mid-term break, when many Gibraltar families travel to Spain. The Gibraltar Government said it had...

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GSD questions Govt’s change to procurement rules 

The GSD has called on the Government to explain whether it intends to award a concession without tender following changes to procurement rules, and to identify who would benefit.  The Opposition questioned the purpose of a Government amendment to procurement rules to allow concession contracts to be negotiated in specified circumstances without prior publication of...

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St Paul’s Reception pupils meet people who help the community

Reception pupils at St Paul’s School met a range of professionals on Monday as part of their People Who Help Us topic.  The children met lifeguards, a paramedic team, a dentist and dental nurse, postal workers, a lollipop lady, a hairdresser, a photographer and the GBC crew.  During the visits, pupils learned about the different...

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Loreto pupils help Action4Schools complete 123rd water well in Sierra Leone

Local charity Action4Schools Sierra Leone has completed its 123rd water well since 2013, providing clean drinking water to more than 800 residents in a village in Sierra Leone.  The latest project, in the village of Sackai in the Moyamba District, was delivered in partnership with UK charity WellFound and funded through money raised by pupils...

UK/Spain News

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CAMPO - Jacinto Muñoz sworn in as Algeciras mayor after vote of no confidence in Landaluce

Jacinto Muñoz Madrid has been sworn in as mayor of Algeciras after a motion of no confidence in his predecessor, Jose Ignacio Landaluce, and proposing Mr Muñoz successfully passed throught the council legislature.  Mr Muñoz secured 15 votes in favour, including 12 from councillors of the Partido Popular (PP) and three from Vox, with PSOE...

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CAMPO - First phase of La Línea’s Princesa Sofía park refurbishment complete

La Línea city council has signed off on the first phase of the Princesa Sofía park this week, with councillor for infrastructure Yolanda Fernández making a final inspection tour before work began on phase two.  The park now boasts a perimeter fence and gates, two ponds, a new children’s play area and the planting of...

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Campo - Eighteen arrested on charges of smuggling cocaine through Algeciras port

Spain’s Guardia Civil reports dismantling a criminal network suspected of smuggling cocaine into Spain through the port of Algeciras with the assistance of dockworkers.  Eighteen people have been arrested, including eight port employees, in connection with four cocaine seizures totalling 139.28kg at the port.  The report describes the suspects as well organised, with some specialising...

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Algeciras mayor Landaluce to resign on October 25

Mayor of Algeciras Jose Ignacio Landaluce has announced that he will resign on October 25, bringing an end to 15 years of his leadership of the city council. Mr Landaluce made his statement via a Facebook video after receiving a summons to appear in court on October 23 to answer two allegations of sexual assault....