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GHA considers offering morning-after pill free in pharmacies after NHS move

The GHA has said it in looking into ways to offer the morning-after pill for free in local pharmacies after the NHS announced its plan to do so across England. A spokesman for the GHA said currently patients can access the contraceptive pill directly from a community pharmacy following a consultation with the pharmacist to...

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Census shows increase of nearly 3000 homes in a decade

Be it a flat, a house or a boat, according to the 2022 Census there are 14,530 homes on the Rock. This represents an increase of 2,720 homes in the decade since the previous census in 2012. While only 70 people lived on a boat in 2022 and 552 in the Rock’s various institutions, the...

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Survey finds 77% of PCC users satisfied as taskforce reviews next steps

A patient feedback survey found 77% of respondents were satisfied or very satisfied with their overall experience at the Primary Care Centre. The survey, which drew feedback from 181 patients, also found that 90% were able to discuss all of their health concerns during their appointment and 77% rated the PCC’s cleanliness and comfort as...

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Villa Vieja Revisited: Gibraltar’s True Origins May Lie Elsewhere

This is the second in a three part series written by Carl Viagas. The series will be published weekly on Mondays. Following the wide interest in the Chronicle article of 23rd May 2025 on the Northern Defences, many readers raised questions about Gibraltar’s oldest urban area. Chief among them: Is the Villa Vieja—the area beneath...

UK/Spain News

UK/Spain News

Tax online betting games to reflect the harm they cause, UK MPs say

By Josie Clarke, PA Consumer Affairs Correspondent, and Chronicle staff The UK Government should not “cave in to industry scaremongering” and tax online betting games at a rate that reflects their harm, MPs have said in a report ahead of a UK budget statement later this month.  The report was met with disappointment in Gibraltar, amid concern a hike in UK...

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Spanish police arrest fugitive wanted for murder as he tried to enter Gib

A Portuguese man wanted for murder and other serious offences was arrested by Spanish police in La Linea as he tried to cross the border into Gibraltar. Spain’s Policia Nacional said the man was the subject of four arrest warrants for murder, sexual abuse and wounding in different locations in Spain. The man was arrested...

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Spanish complaint over Eastside project sent back to La Linea court on appeal - report 

A criminal complaint lodged by Spain’s state environmental prosecution service over the Eastside project has been referred on appeal back to a La Linea court that had ruled it was outside its remit, according to Spanish press reports.   The complaint alleges that reclamation work for the Eastside project could constitute an offence under Spanish law. ...

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Gib-reg vehicle in Campo police chase leading to accidents and gridlock 

A high-speed police chase involving a Gibraltar-registered vehicle caused significant disruption on the A-7 motorway on Thursday morning, leading to two separate accidents and major delays near Guadacorte, in the municipality of Los Barrios, according to Spanish media reports.  The incident reportedly began at around 4.30am when the vehicle fled from the Policia Nacional at...