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Govt begins sale of personalised vehicle registration plates costing up to £500,000

Personalised vehicle registration plates costing up to £500,000 are currently being sold, with a special ‘G1B’ plate set to be auctioned for the GBC Open Day. For the past few days Gibraltarians have been snapping up their chosen licence plates featuring special dates and names. The registration plates were unveiled by the Gibraltar Government on...

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Unite’s GHA industrial members to protest at Europort and No.6, as further disputes loom

Unite industrial members at the Gibraltar Health Authority [GHA], including domestics and labourers, will protest outside the Health Ministry and No.6 Convent Place this week as a continuation of their ongoing picket outside St Bernard’s Hospital. A strike over pay and conditions commenced outside the hospital at 8am on Friday morning and will continue until...

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RGP launches Christmas Drink Driving Campaign

The RGP’s Roads Policing Unit launched its Christmas Drink Driving Campaign with increased patrols, roadside checks, and operations to deter and address impaired driving, aiming to ensure safer roads during the festive season. The initiative aims to target those who get behind the wheel under the influence of alcohol and drugs. “It’s hoped the campaign...

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OTWO wraps up Sustainable Transport Campaign with launch of ‘Bus for Us’

OTWO's Sustainable Transport Campaign 2024-2025 concluded with the launch of the "Bus for Us," promoting eco-friendly transit alongside cycling and walking initiatives, supported by 30 companies to reduce Gibraltar's carbon footprint and foster a sustainable future. “Bus For Us” Gibraltar, was launched on Monday and is the third and final bus in OTWO’s Sustainable Transport...

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UK/Spain News

Farage calls for referendum on Chagos Islands ‘rotten’ deal

By Richard Wheeler and Rhiannon James, PA Political Staff Nigel Farage has suggested holding a referendum on the future of the Chagos Islands as he claimed Donald Trump’s team is “appalled” at the UK’s “rotten” deal. The Reform UK leader put forward the idea of allowing the Chagossian people to decide the future of their...

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Jihadi group arrested in Ceuta posed ‘real threat’, Spanish police say

Six members of an alleged jihadist group who posed “a real threat” to security were arrested by Spanish police in a joint operation with Moroccan law enforcement agencies and supported by Europol. Spanish Policia Nacional officers arrested four of the men in Ceuta, one in Ibiza and another in Madrid. In parallel, officers from Morocco’s...

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Chagos decision has ‘absolutely no bearing’ on other OTs, Starmer says

Britain’s decision to give up sovereignty of the Chagos Islands has “absolutely no bearing” on its other overseas territories including Gibraltar, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said this week. The Prime Minister was addressing leaders of the overseas territories during a Joint Ministerial Council in London and said the political agreement with Mauritius over the Chagos Islands...

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UK Government should review uninspiring and ‘mechanistic’ GCSE English – exam board

By Eleanor Busby, PA Education Correspondent  The UK Government should review GCSE English as teachers say it is uninspiring and “too mechanistic”, the leader of a major exam board has said.  Colin Hughes, chief executive of AQA, said pupils should also be given a chance to demonstrate literacy, oracy and numeracy skills that are useful in the...