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Rent and Repair Scheme Phase 2 properties announced

The Minister for Housing, Pat Orfila, has announced the properties identified for the second phase of the Rent and Repair Scheme. Housing applicants who have expressed an interest in the scheme will be able to attend open house viewings during the week beginning November 16. The properties will be open for viewing from November 16...

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Govt says cyber security incident contained as investigation continues

The Gibraltar Government said on Monday it had contained a cyber security breach involving unauthorised access to its cloud systems, as investigators work to establish whether anyone accessed or extracted information. The incident began several weeks ago and affected parts of the Government’s cloud environment, which supports email and document storage and includes Microsoft Outlook,...

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Janelle Ticknell-Smith crowned Miss Gibraltar 2026

Janelle Ticknell-Smith was crowned Miss Gibraltar 2026 at the Europa Sports Complex last Saturday evening.  Selected from seven contestants, the 23-year-old office manager also received the Miss Catwalk and Miss Elegance awards. She will now represent Gibraltar at the international Miss World pageant.  She succeeds Miss Gibraltar 2025 Julia Horne, who reached the Top 20...

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Claudia Nastase wins first place at international sugar art competition

Gibraltar baker Claudia Nastase won first place in the professional category of the Puglia Cake Festival International Sugar Art Competition, with a sculpture inspired by Miguel de Cervantes’ novel Don Quixote.  The competition’s theme was Literary Masterpieces, with Ms Nastase choosing to recreate the world of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza through sugar art.  Her...

UK/Spain News

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CAMPO - La Línea council seeks seat on cross-border environment committee

La Línea city council has formally requested the Spanish government include a local representative on the cross-border committee dealing with environmental issues that was agreed in the EU-UK treaty.  The petition was submitted to the Spanish ministries of Exteriores and Transición Ecológica following the committee’s first meeting on October 26.  A La Línea city hall...

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CAMPO - November 11 general strike march scheduled to start at border

One of the marches planned to mark Spain's general strike on November 11 will begin on the La Línea side of the border at 6pm that day, timed to coincide with cross-border workers returning from work in Gibraltar.  Earlier, at noon, another demonstration will take place in Algeciras, starting from the Plaza Alta at the...

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Campo unemployment rises for third month, to 24,000 people

October’s unemployment figures for the Campo de Gibraltar showed numbers rising for a third month, an additional 196 people out of work bringing the total to 24,039.  The statistics show a pattern where the wider services sector, in fields such as hospitality and retail, accounted for the largest proportion of unemployment, with women and people...

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Double killer Grimson given extra 22 years for historical sexual attacks on four males

By Ben Mitchell, Press Association A judge has said a Royal Navy petty officer, who is serving life for the murder of two men, “remains a danger to the public” as he jailed him for a further 22 years for sexually assaulting three young naval recruits and a 14-year-old boy in the 1990s. Allan Grimson, ...