Spain and Gibraltar press for rival treaty proposals as EU border changes loom

Mental Health Festival focuses on youngsters’ relationship with tech

10th October 2024

Young people and the impact of technology on their wellbeing is the focus of a week-long Mental Health Festival which opened at the Garrison Library on Tuesday evening.  Two guest speakers from the UK, Dr Susie Davies and Ian Russell, are visiting local schools to give presentations and workshops to students on how to avoid...

BA passengers left stranded after Spanish border guards refuse entry

9th October 2024

The BA flight to London on Wednesday evening was cancelled after Spanish border guards refused to follow established protocols allowing passengers to transit to Malaga airport when their flight is diverted. The BA flight was diverted to the Spanish airport due to adverse weather conditions in Gibraltar. But when it emerged that Spanish Policia Nacional...

Iranian migrant fails in third bid for release from custody pending deportation

9th October 2024

The Magistrates’ Court refused a third application for the release from prison of an Iranian man who has been in custody since June pending his deportation from the Rock, raising concerns about the process of deporting migrants from Gibraltar.  Lawyers for the man, who has no fixed place of abode, said he should not be...

Guardian Angel Foundation donates to new learning support facility at St Joseph’s

8th October 2024

St Joseph's Lower Primary School has received a donation from the Guardian Angel Foundation, to fund the purchase of a wide range of essential resources for the school's brand-new Reception and Year 1 Learning Support Facility. “The funding from the Guardian Angel Foundation has enabled St Joseph’s Lower Primary School to equip the new facility...

Starmer: Gibraltar and Falkland Islands 'are British and will remain British'

9th October 2024

By Rhiannon James, PA Political Staff, and Chronicle staff British sovereignty of Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands is not up for negotiation, Sir Keir Starmer has said, as he told MPs they “are British and will remain British”. He was addressing Opposition concerns after the UK Government announced its decision to relinquish sovereignty over the...

Robert Jenrick and Kemi Badenoch to face off in final Tory leadership vote

9th October 2024

By David Lynch and Helen Corbett, PA Robert Jenrick and Kemi Badenoch will go head-to-head in the final heat of the Conservative Party leadership contest, after James Cleverly was knocked out in the latest round of voting. Former home secretary Mr Cleverly was eliminated in Wednesday’s ballot of Tory MPs, following Tom Tugendhat who was...

Lammy unequivocal in Commons: ‘Sovereignty of Gibraltar and Falklands is not up for negotiation’

7th October 2024

The sovereignty of Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands “is not up for negotiation”, Foreign Secretary David Lammy told the House of Commons on Monday, as he faced questions on the UK’s decision to hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. Mauritius will assume sovereignty over the Indian Ocean archipelago while the joint US-UK military base remains...

Sovereignty of Gibraltar and other OTs 'not up for negotiation' - Doughty

6th October 2024

The UK is “resolutely committed” to all its Overseas Territories including Gibraltar, Europe Minister Stephen Doughty said, adding sovereignty of the territories is “not up for negotiation”. His statement came amid criticism that the UK’s decision to hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius weakened its strategic interests and should concern other overseas...