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25th January 2021

By Andrew MacAskill and Paul Sandle As the United Kingdom's Covid-19 death toll approaches 100,000, grief-stricken relatives of the dead expressed anger at Prime Minister Boris Johnson's handling of the worst public health crisis in a century. When the novel coronavirus, which first emerged in China in 2019, slid silently across the United Kingdom in...

25th January 2021

By David Hughes and Thomas Hornall, PA Boris Johnson is examining whether some lockdown measures could be lifted once the highest priority groups have been vaccinated as he came under pressure to reopen England’s schools. The Prime Minister said the Government was “looking at the potential of relaxing some measures” but refused to guarantee that...

25th January 2021

By Dave Higgens, PA A newlywed pensioner couple have urged everyone to get vaccinated as they became two of the first to get the jab at a new large-scale centre. Geoff Holland, 90 and his 86-year-old wife Jenny were only marred in August after they met at the Town View independent living centre, where they...

25th January 2021

Scottish author Scott Alcroft’s love for Gibraltar has seen him include the Rock in his writings and now he has today release his newest book ‘Bonded by Burns’ on Amazon. In 2007, Mr Alcroft arrived in Gibraltar and without knowing too much about the Rock, its history and people, but he quickly fell in love...

22nd January 2021

Retirement, for many of us today, is the start of a new chapter. The next phase in our lives with lots still to accomplish.Our guest today is someone who at the age of 65 took on a new challenge in his life and who would help create what we know today as the Gibraltar Senior...

22nd January 2021

By Sam Blewett and Shaun Connolly, PA Political Correspondents Ministers are considering paying £500 to everyone who tests positive for coronavirus to increase the number of people abiding by quarantine rules, a Cabinet member has confirmed. Environment Secretary George Eustice stressed the need for people to comply with the isolation rules when contacted by NHS...

22nd January 2021

By Jemma Crew, PA Social Affairs Correspondent The older a person, the more likely they are to intend to take up a coronavirus vaccine, figures suggest. Around eight in 10 people aged 16-29 (81%) said they would be very likely or fairly likely to take up an offered vaccine, the Office for National Statistics (ONS)...

22nd January 2021

By Jamie Gardner, PA Chief Sports Reporter The European Commission has backed the strong opposition of football’s governing bodies to a breakaway European Super League. A joint statement from FIFA and the six continental confederations on Thursday threatened that players involved in any such league would be barred from future World Cups and other international...

21st January 2021

A local man who has undergone a kidney transplant has described how receiving the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine has provided “a ray of hope” after a difficult year. President of Kidney Care Gibraltar, Sunil Chandiramani, is on immune suppressants so that his transplanted kidney is not rejected by his body, but this has meant he is...

21st January 2021

By Adriano Machado and Leonardo Benassatto Brazilian military flew medical personnel and 1,000 doses of a Chinese vaccine deep into the Amazon rainforest on Tuesday to start inoculating indigenous people against the coronavirus. Isabel Ticuna, 68, was the first to receive the vaccine in Umariaçu, a village of wooden houses on the banks of the...

21st January 2021

By Joe Gammie, PA Nearly nine million people in Great Britain had to borrow more money because of the coronavirus pandemic, new figures show. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) data, published on Thursday, showed that 17% of adults reported borrowing money in December 2020 compared to 11% at the end of June. It also...

20th January 2021

By Sam Russell A 480-million-year-old fossil found in Morocco is a “missing link” between modern-day starfish and their ancestors, a scientist has said. The fossil, discovered in the Anti-Atlas mountain range, captures the early evolutionary steps of the animal at a time in Earth’s history when life suddenly expanded, a period known as the Ordovician...

20th January 2021

By Sarah Marshall An avid traveller, constantly curious to learn about new cultures, TV presenter Simon Reeve has been to more than 100 countries, filming all over the world for the past 15 years. But being grounded by the pandemic has paused his plans, giving him an opportunity to take stock, reflect upon the wonderful...

20th January 2021

In the year since the city of Wuhan, China, went into the world’s first coronavirus lockdown, we have all had to live under some form of pandemic-related restriction. Some countries have opted for strict national lockdowns, like the one currently in place in the UK, while other countries such as Taiwan have opted for border...

20th January 2021

By Jane Kirby, PA Health Editor Vaccines are not doing enough “heavy lifting” at the moment and case rates need to drop further before the Government can think of easing restrictions, the UK’s chief scientific adviser has said. Sir Patrick Vallance said the country still had a long way to go in battling coronavirus but...

20th January 2021

By Catherine Wylie, PA Footballer Marcus Rashford is launching a book club so that all children can experience the escapism of reading. The Manchester United star is teaming up with Macmillan Children’s Books (MCB) to promote reading and literacy among children from all socio-economic backgrounds. Rashford said he wishes he had the chance to read...

19th January 2021

The framework agreement for Gibraltar’s future relations with the EU is the “fruit of compromise” and “imperfect” but could lead to a long-lasting treaty that is “safe and beneficial” for all parties, Chief Minister Fabian Picardo told the House of Lords on Tuesday. Addressing the Lords EU Select Committee during a 90-minute virtual session, Mr...

19th January 2021

The Gibraltar Government has confirmed the Covid-19 related deaths of two more local residents, bringing the death toll to 47. Chief Minister Fabian Picardo lamented the deaths but added Elderly Residential Services had also seen some recoveries. He added the vaccines are a glimmer of hope for all Gibraltarians. “[On Monday] I described this worst...

19th January 2021

Researchers Darren Fa, Rocio Espada and Nicky Martinez have contributed to the Distant Seas project that focuses on the diversity of marine life across British Overseas Territories including Gibraltar. The project’s book and DVD pack will be distributed to every school in Gibraltar. Each of these packs is in a box known as a ‘Hanson...

19th January 2021

By Jane Kirby, PA Health Editor An estimated one in eight people in England had had Covid-19 by December last year, up from one in 14 in October, new figures show. Antibody data on infection in private households suggests that one in 10 in Wales had also been infected by December, alongside one in 13...

17th January 2021

By Carmen Anderson Brexit; a term that’s batted about in news programmes, a joke to some of my generation and for a while no more than a passing allusion to a future problem. It’s found splashed across social media and you’re either for it or against it or, for many young people my age, you...

15th January 2021

Football. What can I say? The beautiful game with the biggest fan base in the world. Gibraltar is no different. My father Manolo Mascarenhas began his journalistic career as a sports reporter and created the pseudonym of Cyril Perkins in the Gibraltar Post but had already cut his teeth in El Anunciador, the short- lived...

15th January 2021

Smallpox killed countless millions – 300 million people in the 20th century alone – before it was finally declared eradicated on May 8 1980. It was a momentous day, marking what the current director general of the World Health Organization, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, called the greatest “public health triumph in world history”. Smallpox, as...

15th January 2021

By Michelle Devane, PA The head of the EU medicines regulator has said that she is “hopeful” that the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine will be given European approval at the end of the month. But Emer Cooke, executive director of the European Medicines Agency (EMA), warned it was “challenging” and “things can go wrong”. The makers...

15th January 2021

By Trevor Marshallsea and Mike Bedigan, PA A snow and ice warning has been issued for much of Scotland and parts of England for the weekend as the cold weather threatens travel. Efforts to press on with the vaccine rollout and treatment continued despite the bad weather, with Leeds University delaying the opening of its...

14th January 2021

As restrictions tighten and Covid-19 continues to spread, many local students have decided to stay in Gibraltar but hope to return to their UK universities later this term. Many travelled home for the Christmas break, but in the days that followed cases soared, flights were cancelled and both Gibraltar and the UK moved into lockdowns....

14th January 2021

Gibraltar and the UK will not be ceding any control of the Rock’s borders in reaching an agreement with Spain and the EU to enable Gibraltar’s inclusion within the Schengen area, Chief Minister Fabian Picardo has told the Chronicle. While the New Year’s Eve framework agreement envisages Spain taking responsibility for who can access the...

13th January 2021

By Hannah Stephenson This year’s new authors are covering a cornucopia of subjects ranging from chilling crime (snapped up in lucrative auctions) to love stories set to be adapted for screen. Here are just some of the new names that should bring joy during lockdown and beyond. But keep an eye on publishing dates, which...

13th January 2021

By Sarah Marshall While stuck at home, we’ve all had time to dream up epic escapades and construct lists of the activities we’d love to do. Fed up with sitting around, most travellers are itching for action and the opportunity to tackle challenges to boost both confidence and mood. Fortunately, not every once-in-a-lifetime activity requires...

13th January 2021

By Jane Kirby and Gavin Cordon, PA Lockdown restrictions in England will remain in place for as “long as they are necessary”, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said, as he suggested there are no current plans to tighten existing rules. Mr Hancock urged people not to “take the mickey” out of the restrictions, but said...