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12th February 2021

A holiday to Australia with a short stop in New Zealand turned out to be more eventful and much longer for Paul Moody and his wife Wendy. Paul has visited 85 countries and completed 26 road trips in his Gibraltar registered Hilux car. He has travelled by road from Gibraltar to Australia, across Africa and...

12th February 2021

Local residents from China are today celebrating their New Year, with today being the first day of the Year of the Ox. In past years the Chinese New Year has been celebrated in John Mackintosh Square with a lion dance and parade. This year due to the Covid-19 pandemic the festivities will be instead held...

12th February 2021

By Emily Beament Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of an ancient stone circle in Wales which they believe could have been dismantled and rebuilt as Stonehenge. The stone circle, named Waun Mawn, was found in the Preseli Hills in Pembrokeshire, in the area where the smaller “bluestones” found at Stonehenge, on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire,...

11th February 2021

Gibraltar could be “very close” to achieving community protection against Covid-19 and is hoping for “a normal summer” thanks to the rollout of its vaccination programme, Dr Krish Rawal, the acting Medical Director of the Gibraltar Health Authority, said on Thursday. Gibraltar hopes to be “days and weeks, not months and years” from achieving the...

11th February 2021

By Emily Beament, PA Environment Correspondent Councils across England are transforming roadside verges to support wildflowers as pressure grows to reverse declines in wildlife, a Freedom of Information request has found. Seven in 10 English councils are using mowing or management regimes alongside roads in their area to boost wildflowers and wildlife such as bees...

11th February 2021

By Paul Moody Our plane taxied to a halt on the searing tarmac at Sydney Airport. A steward claimed the tannoy, announcing we were to remain seated whilst medics came aboard to attend to an unwell passenger, and I pushed back a creeping sense of unease. The passenger was snivelling as the medic came on...

11th February 2021

Children across the UK have been playing in the snow. Sledding downhill provided a lot of fun after months of an uphill struggle with lockdown and homeschooling. Now as thousands get ready to go back to school there will be new obstacles to overcome. Everyone agrees having children return to the classroom is a priority...

10th February 2021

The GSD and the Gibraltar Government clashed yesterday as a call for cross-party consensus on the sensitive issue of mental health turned into a bitter exchange of accusation and counter-accusation. At the heart of the spat was a joint initiative by the GSD and Together Gibraltar earlier this week on a parliamentary motion calling for...

10th February 2021

By Vicky Shaw Romance scams have increased as people have searched online for love during the coronavirus lockdowns, figures suggest. Trade association UK Finance recorded a 20% increase in bank transfer fraud linked to romance scams between January and November 2020, compared with a year earlier. The total value of these scams increased by 12%...

10th February 2021

By Liz Connor Living well is important at any age, but experts say our health priorities can change as we get older. While the principles of exercising regularly, eating well and managing stress will always be relevant, there may also be specific things you can do – at each milestone decade – to make sure...

10th February 2021

A WhatsApp message on Monday brought home the human dimension of the tragedy that unfolded on Sunday morning in British waters in the Bay of Gibraltar. A long-time journalist friend from Ceuta, Carmen Echarri, was reaching out to see if we had any news of seven people who were trying to reach Spain under the...

10th February 2021

Gibraltar’s Opposition parties have jointly called for the establishment of a select committee of the Gibraltar Parliament on mental health. A motion tabled by the GSD and supported by Together Gibraltar urges a cross-party approach to mental health issues. It urges the creation of a select committee to report to Parliament on improvements to mental...

10th February 2021

By Ana Sharma We are living in troubled times; times that keep us wide awake, till the early hours of the morning, with one eye open, and a restless spirit. It would seem that there is little hope to be had; our countries’ economies are failing, successful businesses are closing down, the sagely pillars of...

9th February 2021

Gibraltar Cultural Services recently a short story competition, for children and young people aged from School Years 2 to 13. The competition was for young people staying at home or attending the educational set ups in school. For the short story competition entrants could submit up to two original works and the prize for the...

9th February 2021

By Eleanor Busby More than half of children have encountered more misleading content online in the past year, a UK survey suggests. Some 48% said they see misleading content online every day, with more than one in 10 seeing it more than six times a day, according to a poll coinciding with Safer Internet Day....

9th February 2021

Grammarians Hockey Club enter 2021 knowing that this will be their seventieth year in existence. The club, which recently provided Gibraltar’s domestic league clubs with the opportunity to compete in a higher tier of Euro Hockey competitions after qualifying from the the Challenge II will be themselves hope to repeat the promotion feat once again....

9th February 2021

By Eyleen Gomez and Gabriella Peralta The fourth consignment of the eagerly anticipated Pfizer/Biotech Covid-19 vaccine arrived safely on the Rock at 6.45pm Monday evening, the largest shipment to date. The Royal Air Force 400M Atlas was carrying around 12,000 doses of the vaccine as well as auxiliary kit including needles. Each vial of the...

8th February 2021

South Africa halts AstraZeneca rollout South Africa halted Monday's planned rollout of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccinations after data showed it gave minimal protection against mild infection from one variant, stoking fears of a much longer cat-and-mouse battle with the pathogen. Researchers from the University of Witwatersrand and the University of Oxford said in a prior-to-peer analysis...

8th February 2021

By Edd Dracott and Thomas Hornall, PA A grandfather who became the oldest person to row 3,000 miles unassisted across the Atlantic Ocean has encouraged older people to “keep active and challenge yourself”. Frank Rothwell, 70, from Oldham, set off from Canary Island La Gomera on December 12 and crossed the finish line in Antigua...

5th February 2021

Gibraltar “is not out of the woods”, Chief Minister Fabian Picardo warned on Friday, as he announced another Covid-19 death, an imminent shipment of over 14,000 vaccines and fewer active cases. Mr Picardo described the number of deaths this year as “harrowing”, with the toll rising to 80 since the pandemic began. After welcoming the...

5th February 2021

On Sunday, November 16th 1969, singer Janis Joplin was arrested backstage after a concert in Tampa, Florida, and charged with two counts of using indecent language. She posted a bond, left the city, and returned for a preliminary court hearing four days later. She must then have flown home to San Francisco. Jude Acers was...

5th February 2021

By Laura Elston, PA Court Reporter The Queen is set to enter the milestone 70th year of her reign, as she prepares to mark the anniversary of her accession away from Sandringham for the first time in more than 30 years. Elizabeth II – the nation’s longest reigning monarch – will reach 69 years on...

4th February 2021

Covid 19 has changed the way in which we do things. Working from home, zoom meetings and interviews with a long list of questions on email. For the Gibraltar Philharmonic Society, it has meant providing classical performances in a very different way, audiences with seats not in a theatre – in our case, The Convent...

4th February 2021

By Katie Wright Ahead of the launch of new series Your Garden Made Perfect on BBC Two, Irish presenter Angela Scanlon has spoken about how “wildly comforting” gardening can be when times get tough. “We have a small garden and honestly, I felt every day so, so grateful for it,” says the 37-year-old, who lives...

4th February 2021

By Emily Chudy, PA A dog has been transported 270 miles by “relay” teams to his adoptive home in order for the journey to comply with Covid-19 restrictions. Eight-year-old Pedro was transported from Merseyside to Weymouth by five different RSPCA staff members and volunteers, as lockdown restrictions meant pet transportation was limited to local areas....

4th February 2021

The decision to delay the opening of schools has proved a difficult one and has split public opinion as teachers, students and parents alike adjust to the challenge of online learning. Here, a young teacher reflects on some of the issues that arise and empathises with students and parents, but urges them to find opportunity...

4th February 2021

Shops in Gibraltar have reopened. After another gruelling lockdown it’s a sign that things will slowly – very slowly – get back to “normal”. We’re all looking forward to being able to hug our loved ones again. There’s a lot more that we want to do. Some may have travel plans, though we’re unlikely to...

3rd February 2021

By Luke Rix-Standing January is difficult at the best of times, but with lockdown three in full swing for many, a simple glance at social media, or a chat with friends and family, reveals that many people are struggling more right now than at any other stage of the pandemic, and it doesn’t seem set...

3rd February 2021

By PA Reporters Captain Sir Tom Moore’s memory is to be marked with a national clap, as tributes continue to be paid to a veteran hailed as having dedicated his life to serving others. Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged the public to join in the show of appreciation for the 100-year-old as well as health...

2nd February 2021

By PA Reporters Charity fundraiser Captain Sir Tom Moore has died in hospital at the age of 100 after testing positive for Covid-19. The veteran, who captured the hearts of the nation with his fundraising efforts during the first lockdown, died in Bedford Hospital on Tuesday morning. His daughters Hannah Ingram-Moore and Lucy Teixeira hailed...