Gibraltar students celebrate A-level results and university places

Gibraltar students celebrate A-level results and university places

13th August 2026

Students hugged, cheered and celebrated on Thursday morning as they received their A-level results, with an overall pass rate of 92% recorded across Gibraltar’s three Government schools. This year’s students secured a collective 660 pass grades, including 585 passes across 25 traditionally assessed subjects and a further 75 passes in six vocational qualifications. There were...

Prior Park students achieve strong A Level and BTEC results

13th August 2026

Prior Park School Gibraltar is celebrating a 100% pass rate in this year’s A Level and BTEC Level 3 results, with 48% of grades awarded at A* to A and 89% at A* to C. Prior Park said the results were above its forecasted targets set by UK education data company Fischer Family Trust (FFT),...

GHA launches MenB catch-up vaccination programme for students studying abroad

13th August 2026

Public Health Gibraltar and the Gibraltar Health Authority (GHA) have launched a Meningitis B catch-up vaccination programme for university students aged 18 to 24 who will be travelling overseas for further education from September. The programme is open to students travelling abroad to start university or another recognised place of study, as well as existing...

Sharon Graham re-elected as Unite general secretary

13th August 2026

Sharon Graham has been re-elected general secretary of the Unite union. She won 68,694 votes compared with 31,130 for the only other candidate, Unite official Simon Dubbins. Ms Graham said: “It’s an honour to be re-elected by Unite members to serve as their general secretary. “This decisive victory is a powerful mandate to continue change....

A charity convoy crosses from Algeciras to Ceuta

10th August 2026

The Catalan association Border Resistance has organised a convoy from different parts of Spain to deliver three vans of aid to NGOs working with migrants in Ceuta.  The organisation's spokesperson, Shadi, said Border Resistance had worked with associations in Barcelona, the Basque Country, Madrid, Cádiz, Málaga and Algeciras.  In Algeciras, three vans were loaded with...

Spain restores border checks for travellers from Italy

7th August 2026

Spain will temporarily reinstate border controls for travellers arriving from Italy from Saturday after a diplomatic dispute over the Ceuta migrant crisis and the application of the Schengen agreement escalated. The Spanish Government said the temporary measures will apply at ports and airports from 12am on August 8 until 12am on September 7, "unless changing...

Spain urges Italy to lift border controls before Monday

7th August 2026

Spain has urged Italy to lift border controls introduced after the migrant crisis in Ceuta and restore normal Schengen arrangements before Monday, warning it will take "proper measures to protect the interests and dignity of its citizens" if no action is taken. In a statement issued on Friday, the Spanish Government called on Italy to...

Spain says Schengen ‘was never at risk’ after Ceuta migrant crisis

5th August 2026

Spain's minister of Interior Fernando Grande-Marlaska said on Tuesday that the recent migrant crisis in Ceuta had never placed the Schengen area at risk as he called on Italy to reconsider its decision to suspend the free movement agreement for travellers arriving from Spain.  Speaking after a special meeting of EU interior ministers, Mr Grande-Marlaska...