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16th August 2021

By Aine Fox, PA Night shift work is “significantly associated” with an irregular and fast heart rate, regardless of genetic risks, new research has suggested. A study using information from 283,657 people in the UK Biobank database claimed women and people who are not as physically active might be at the most risk. Previous studies...

16th August 2021

By Gabriella Peralta A new group called the LGBTQ+ Committee will work to encourage greater community awareness and understanding of equality issues in Gibraltar. The LGBTQ+ Committee was created by a group of young people in response to criticism of Pride events last June, particularly on social media. Symbols of unity including the rainbow colours...

16th August 2021

Gibraltar Cultural Services, on behalf of the Ministry of Culture, has announced the nominees for the 2021 Cultural Awards.    The Awards are aimed at celebrating the best of Gibraltar’s arts and culture to recognise potential, ability, talent, and achievement supporting the community’s cultural development. Following a public nomination process the Cultural Awards Board, comprised...

15th August 2021

The Gibraltar Honours Board (GHB) has called for nominations for national honours, with the Board set to meet, under the Chairmanship of the Governor, in October. The Board will consider nominations for the Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2022 and the Gibraltar Award, which is awarded by the GHB and announced coincident with the Queen’s Birthday...

15th August 2021

By Ian Jones, PA Three in 10 young adults in England have still not had a first dose of Covid-19 vaccine, despite various initiatives to improve take-up, new figures show. Some 70.0% of people aged 18 to 29 had received a first dose of vaccine up to August 11, according to estimates from NHS England,...

13th August 2021

Carousel, Aladdin and Wicked. Three well-known musicals – the recent productions of which on the West End now have a link to Gibraltar. West End performer Nolan Edwards – Robba to us locally, has been in all three, and he will soon return to Wicked which is due to return to the Apollo Theatre Victoria...

13th August 2021

Gibraltar’s GCSE students celebrated as they received their results, achieving a 99.5% pass rate. A total of 286 grades scored a level 9, the highest grade, split between Westside students with 182 and Bayside at 104. This marks an increase from last year when 268 grades scored a 9, and from 2019 with 124. Students...

12th August 2021

Alex Trinidad captured a “quite exciting” moment on camera Wednesday morning when a bluefin tuna leapt out of the water to eat a flying fish that had been skimming the top of it moments before. Mr Trinidad was out on his paddle board with his friend Charlie Lopez, enjoying the still glass-like water when the...

12th August 2021

  “Fairness, Respect and Discipline are the three qualities that are common to both policing and rugby,” insists Detective Chief Inspector Tom Tunbridge who has spent much of his life involved in the two activities.  “But fun is important too - and I enjoy my job as much as I enjoy my rugby.” Tom spent...

12th August 2021

By Emily Beament, PA Environment Correspondent Endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh plans to undertake what he describes as the coldest swim on Earth to highlight the speed at which the planet is melting. Mr Pugh, who has swum in regions including the Arctic, Antarctic, the Himalayas and up the English Channel to push for action to...

12th August 2021

By Sam Russell, PA New tiles being fitted to the roof of a 15th-century moated manor house have been specially adapted to stop bats slipping off. Conservationists selected tiles to look the same as those used at the National Trust’s Oxburgh Hall in Norfolk more than two centuries ago, which have become weatherworn, cracked and...

12th August 2021

The Equality Rights Group has questioned whether Gibraltar’s sexual health clinic has been curtailed beyond recognition. The clinic known as the Well Person Clinic was launched in 2018 with an aim to provide services including sexual health screening, family planning, and health MOTs. “People are increasingly coming to us asking ‘what’s going on?’,” ERG Chairman...

11th August 2021

Last year it was a mess. This year it seems the norm. How quickly we adapt to change, even if that change is not the best option. It may simply be a necessity or the least worst alternative. GCSE students will get their results today after A level students got theirs on Tuesday. Once again...

11th August 2021

Gibraltar saw a record breaking 27 scholars and the overall pass mark rise to 97% across Bayside, Westside and the College, in a year where students have faced Covid-19 disruptions and in lieu of exams been assessed year-round by teachers. The Department of Education called the number of Gibraltar scholars “unprecedented”, with the last record...

11th August 2021

A-level students at Prior Park School received top grades with 100% pass rate and 78% receiving A*and As. Students at Prior Park were given their results in person, unlike at Bayside, Westside and the Gibraltar College where results were delivered electronically. A nervous group of teenagers walked into Prior Park to get their results early...

10th August 2021

The recent video clip of PC Steve Peach playing boogie-woogie piano went viral so he was an obvious choice to be a featured officer. ‘That video was just a fluke,’ said Steve. ‘We had gone to St Joseph’s First School to talk to the kids about Online Safety and I saw the piano sitting in...

9th August 2021

By Nathan Abrams , Hayley Roberts, Simon Willcock and Thora Tenbrink Face masks have been a crucial part of the UK’s strategy to contain Covid-19, but have also evoked contradictory emotions and reactions. Some see masks as an important means to halt the virus’s spread, as well as a sign of social consideration and altruism....

9th August 2021

Fidel Patron is a man of God. He became the first ever Gibraltarian Superintendent Minister at the Methodist Church back in 2006. Gibraltar’s Methodist Church has a long association with the development of a British Gibraltar and forms part of the South East District of the Methodist Church of Great Britain. Many of us may...

6th August 2021

Localising the post of Director of Public Health will take at least a year the Government has said after Together Gibraltar questioned why the new appointee will not be local. Currently locum, Dr Autilia Newton is covering the post for a month as a locum, after which a new appointee will hold the position for...

6th August 2021

By Liz Connor, PA Between lockdowns and travel restrictions, most of us have had little opportunity for real, uninhibited adventure out in the wilderness over the past year-and-a-half. While staying home was often necessary during the pandemic of course, the absence of boots-in-the-mud adventure hasn’t just made life boring, it may have impacted our wellbeing...

4th August 2021

As theatre roars back to life in London’s West End performers and audiences are celebrating. Our favourite shows are back and it’s extra special for some Gibraltarians. As I sit at the Lyceum Theatre I can sense the excitement around me. A full house. Social distancing is now gone. Face masks are advisory but not...

4th August 2021

By Claire Hayhurst, PA A couple are determined to complete their challenge of taking part in every Olympic sport over the 17 days of the Tokyo Games to raise money for charity. Charlotte Nichols and Stuart Bates believe they are the first to attempt the feat that will see them run, throw and jump their...

4th August 2021

Gibraltar Netball stamped its mark on the international scene on Tuesday as it celebrated winning its bid for the World Youth Netball Championships for 2025. The sport, one of the fastest growing in Gibraltar with the second largest membership numbers on the Rock and considered the crowning jewel of women’s sport in Gibraltar following its...

3rd August 2021

I breathe the fresh air of the countryside. A new beginning is upon me. The universe is finally on my side. The others trail behind me as we trek further up the mountains, occasionally gazing out at the magnificent view in awe. After some time, we reach the top and stand in silence, admiring nature's...

3rd August 2021

By Ella Pickover, PA Health Correspondent Increased screen time and less time spent outdoors during the pandemic may have led to a rise in short-sightedness among children in Hong Kong, a study suggests. A new study, published in the British Journal Of Ophthalmology, examined incidence of myopia among children in Hong Kong aged six to...

2nd August 2021

One third of Gibraltarians have anxiety, 65% are obese and overweight, and 82% eat less than five portions of fruit and vegetables a day, according to a survey by Public Health Gibraltar that nonetheless found most respondents felt they were in good health. These were among the key findings in a health and lifestyle survey...

30th July 2021

By David Charlesworth, PA Luke Greenbank’s Olympic bronze medal win in the men’s 200 metres backstroke was overshadowed as runner-up Ryan Murphy made cryptic remarks about the race not being clean after Evgeny Rylov’s victory in the event. Murphy made no outright accusation about the Russian Olympic Committee’s Rylov, who backed up his win in...

30th July 2021

Memories of the Theatre Royal live on today, now more and more in the minds of those who may not have witnessed at first-hand any of its performances but were passed on the memories of their parents and grandparents from the many stories they heard as children. Count me in that lot. All my life...

29th July 2021

A five-year National Mental Health Strategy aimed at improving the community’s mental health and well-being was officially launched by the GHA on Thursday. Some elements of the strategy are already in place. Since the mental health hotline, 111, was launched on Monday, for example, 10 calls have been received and dealt with within the community...

29th July 2021

Pole vaulters Kendricks, Chiaraviglio hit by COVID, sending chill through Games Pole vaulters Sam Kendricks of the United States and German Chiaraviglio of Argentina have been ruled out of the Olympics after testing positive for COVID-19, rattling competitors. The immediate knock-on effect was that members of the Australian team were forced to isolate in their...