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Bayside and Westside hail solid grades and student resilience

Headteachers from Westside and Bayside schools praised this year’s GCSE students on their results, highlighting not just consistent academic performance but also the progress of those who overcame personal challenges. Both schools emphasised that success was measured not only by grades – students in both schools achieved an overall pass rate of 99% - but...

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Lifelong learning highlighted as diverse College cohort achieve strong results

Staff and students at the Gibraltar College celebrated the GCSE results on Thursday with music, nibbles and squash to mark the achievements of the diverse cohort of students that sat the exams. Among these were full-time and part-time students in adult education, as well as the traditional 16 to 19-year-old group and one doing a...

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Prior Park headteacher says success rooted in nurturing individual progress

Hugs, tears of joy, squeals of delight and pats on the back filled the playground at Prior Park as the young students received their GCSE results on Thursday morning. The celebratory atmosphere was warranted as the school achieved a 99.7% pass rate, with 91.4% of students achieving grades 9-4 and 52% achieving grades 7-9, including...

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Educational needs outweigh objections as DPC approves plan for new college

Plans for a new College of Further Education at Europa Point were approved by the Development and Planning Commission on Thursday, with Gibraltar’s educational needs trumping concerns over the height of the building. The proposal envisages construction of a five-storey building on Harding’s Road, on the site of the playground at the old St Christopher’s...

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Sightings of poisonous ‘blue dragons’ in La Linea put beachgoers on alert 

La Linea’s Santa Barbara beach was closed on Sunday after six poisonous ‘blue dragons’ were found washed up on the shore.  The sightings prompted authorities in Gibraltar to issue an alert to raise awareness and urge bathers to exercise caution.   Blue dragons are sea slugs that normally live on the open sea, where they...

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Another wildfire near Tarifa triggers emergency response 

Another wildfire broke out near Tarifa on Monday afternoon, forcing evacuations and causing disruption less than a week after the last major summer blaze on the popular stretch of coastline.  The fire started at around 2pm in the Sierra de la Plata, close to Punta Camarinal between the busy beach at Bolonia and nearby Playa...

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Sanchez to meet Starmer in Downing Street on September 3

Spain’s Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, will meet his UK counterpart Sir Keir Starmer in No.10 Downing Street on September 3 during an official visit to the UK . The meeting, Mr Sanchez’ first to No.10, will come as work continues to finalise the legal text of a UK/EU treaty on Gibraltar following the announcement of...

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Airlines left battling to recover operations after air traffic control glitch

By Neil Lancefield, PA Transport Correspondent, and Chronicle staff Airlines were yesterday evening attempting to recover their flight operations after a UK air traffic control (ATC) fault caused major disruption on Wednesday afternoon, including the cancellation of the evening service between Gibraltar and Gatwick. ATC provider Nats said its engineers had “restored the system that...