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12th January 2021

The Gibraltar Health Authority is prepping a ‘mini-Nightingale’ ward and has stopped all but critical surgeries as it grapples with an influx of Covid cases needing care. Across Elderly Residential Services there are 114 positive cases, with a further 31 cases in the Covid-19 Ward and 13 patients in the Critical Care Unit at St...

12th January 2021

By Tom Horton The BBC has unveiled a series of programmes to celebrate musicals. While theatres remain closed to the public due to coronavirus restrictions the programmes will broadcast hit songs and performances from the world of musical theatre. BBC Radio 2 will host three days of programming about musicals, while further shows will be...

11th January 2021

By Jane Kirby, PA Health Editor The UK has not yet hit the peak of the current wave of Covid-19 infection, with the next few weeks being “the worst” of the pandemic for the NHS, England’s chief medical officer has warned. Professor Chris Whitty said the vaccine rollout offered hope that lockdown restrictions could be...

10th January 2021

Gibraltar recorded four Covid-related deaths on Sunday, tempering euphoria a day earlier following the arrival of the first shipment of Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines from the UK. The vaccine offers hope of a way out of the public health crisis that has upturned community life since last March. The vaccination program started early on Sunday and will...

9th January 2021

The “beginning to the end of the Covid-19 nightmare” will commence at 8am Sunday morning following the arrival of approximately 7,000 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine on a military aircraft on Saturday evening. The highly anticipated arrival was followed by many across the Rock on flight-tracking software, and by officials and dignitaries who were present...

8th January 2021

by Maria Jesus Corrales The Junta de Andalucía announced yesterday that restrictions on all non-essential activities would be imposed and that measures restricting movement would be made stricter as from Monday in response to the accelerated rates of Covid-19 infection in La Linea. These measures include maintaining the perimetral closure of the municipality’s borders, the...

8th January 2021

The latest BEAT 5.0 measures were announced on Friday, aimed at providing financial support and “certainty in cashflow terms” particularly for businesses that were required to close at the end of December. Restaurants and bars were initially required to close in order to curb the spread of Covid-19 before the Christmas season, but all non-essential...

8th January 2021

Due to the pandemic, the Passing Out ceremony of police recruits was unlike that of any similar event in recent years. Recruit police officers from the RGP and GDP marked the end of their of their 18-week training course at New Mole House Police Station on Friday in quite a different way to the traditional...

8th January 2021

Every Saturday I try to bring a variety of personalities to our table who often help us relive sleeping memories from Gibraltar’s past. Inevitably many of my chosen memories are either stories passed on by friends and family, or my extended Gibraltarian family. People who, and places which, have helped shape this community. Today on...

8th January 2021

When Mikhail Tal became World Champion in May,1960 he was just 23 years old. Huge crowds - think of The Beatles at Heathrow in 1964 - came to meet their hero “Misha” at Riga railway station. Mikhail’s wife, Sally, was with him (they had travelled from Moscow) and she must have been as amazed as...

8th January 2021

By Mark Staniforth, PA Olympics Correspondent Uncertainty over the status of the Tokyo Olympics has contributed to a surge in the number of elite athletes identifying mental health concerns, according to the founder of the charity Sporting Minds. Officials insist the rescheduled Games will still take place this summer despite the Japanese capital being plunged...

7th January 2021

• Education Minister Dr John Cortes pays tribute to ‘silent resilience’ of pupils and urges community to work together in challenging times Gibraltar’s schools will remain shut until at least January 25, the Gibraltar Government said on Thursday, with contingency schooling to resume from next Monday via online teaching platforms. Schools had been expected to...

7th January 2021

The GSD yesterday welcomed the Gibraltar Government’s “understandable” decision to keep schools closed at least until January 25, against the backdrop not just of a surge in virus cases here in Gibraltar, but in Europe too. “Given the distressing recent rise in numbers of infection rates and hospitalisations in our community due to Covid-19, it...

7th January 2021

By Shaun Yeo As we enter our second Covid-19 lockdown in Gibraltar, I take a look back at one of my dive trips last summer, exploring the marine life off the Phlegraean Islands. The Islands make up an archipelago in the Gulf of Naples. The Islands were a quick ferry trip away from where I...

6th January 2021

Dr Keith Farrell has returned to the position of Chairman of the Gibraltar Heritage Trust, a position he first gained in 2012. His tenure is for two years when he would need to be re-elected once again to continue. Many hold the position for four years and few beyond that. Dr Farrell believes that four...

6th January 2021

Making and breaking New Year’s resolutions is a familiar and discouraging annual ritual for many people. Almost inevitably, in a few short weeks, many find they are unable to meet their goals of self-improvement, be it keeping a positive attitude, improving one’s health or looking for the best in people. Some might even feel diminished...

5th January 2021

By Hannah Stephenson Winter flooding seems to be a regular occurrence these days, with milder, wetter winters becoming the norm, which can lead to puddled lawns, drowning plants and waterlogged beds and borders. So, with the Met Office forecasting a wet January and February, how can we protect our plants from becoming a soggy mass?...

4th January 2021

The Gibraltar Health Authority said it is facing “unprecedented” pressure due to Covid-19 and urged the community to aid its efforts to stem the spread of the virus. The GHA is grappling with increased Covid cases, hospital admissions from Covid patients and a steep rise of positive cases in the Elderly Residential Services. On Monday...

4th January 2021

By Hannah Stephenson If you began growing veg in a small way during the pandemic and feel like spreading your wings in 2021, now’s the time to be planning ahead. Weather and soil conditions allowing, you could be creating a new veg patch, choosing the seeds you want to sow and thinking about what you...

4th January 2021

By Helen William A monkey which lives on the side of an extinct volcano, a lungless worm salamander and red seaweed are among more than 500 new creatures and species that have been identified by Natural History Museum scientists in the past year. Lichen, wasps and barnacles to minerals, miniature tarantulas and a monkey make...

4th January 2021

Two of Gibraltar’s former Chief Ministers, Sir Joe Bossano and Sir Peter Caruana, have said the political framework agreement announced on New Year’s Eve could set the foundation for an enduring treaty that is safe for Gibraltar and guarantees border fluidity after Brexit. Speaking to GBC over the weekend, both men said it was still...

4th January 2021

In analysing the political framework agreement reached on New Year’s Eve for Gibraltar’s future relationship with the European Union, it is worth considering as a starting point what the alternative would have been. For the avoidance of doubt, look at the photograph above. It was taken in 2017 after the Schengen member states changed their...

31st December 2020

Together Gibraltar has said it supports the in-principle Brexit agreement announced on Thursday “in principle”, but said that it will review this support when the details are disclosed in full. The party said it is “relieved” that Gibraltar will not fall off the precipice of a hard Brexit at midnight, with almost certain chaos at the...

31st December 2020

There are just hours left of 2020. Like everything else this year it will feel very different. The fireworks have been cancelled and Casemates will feel eerily quiet. It has become the focal point for New Year’s Eve celebrations since 2000 when we welcomed the new millennium. But, not tonight. 2020 will go down as...

31st December 2020

The past year has proved challenging for all aspects of society, and in the newsroom the Chronicle team has adapted to produce its six weekly editions remotely since last March. Our staff have continued to pen reports on Covid-19, Brexit and the daily stream of community stories. On the eve of the New Year as...

30th December 2020

The rising number cases of Covid-19 locally is placing great strain on the Gibraltar Health Authority, with one in 10 nurses in isolation or testing positive, stretching the workforce, acting Medical Director, Dr Krishna Rawal, has confirmed. The surge in cases struck staffing numbers just as there has been an increase of Covid hospitalisations, meaning...

30th December 2020

by Maria Jesus Corrales The Covid-19 vaccine campaign rolled out in the Campo yesterday, with 97% of care home Asansull’s service users and professionals becoming among the first in the area to be administered the vaccine. Health workers at the Algeciras-based Punta Europa Hospital have also started receiving the vaccine. Asansull has been earmarked a...

30th December 2020

Curfew restrictions will apply on New Year’s Eve from 10pm to 6am and households will be prohibited to mix as the Gibraltar Government tightened restrictions to tackle the rise in Covid-19 cases in Gibraltar. The announcement was made by the Gibraltar Government yesterday evening following a Covid Platinum Command meeting held between Chief Minister Fabian...

29th December 2020

By Carmen Anderson It's a warm, golden afternoon in late December. Days away from 2021, you’d be forgiven for thinking that it was still early autumn, the weather at least, is benign. The year, on the other hand, has been unremittingly tough. February and pre-Covid days seem a long time ago. I was studying hard....

29th December 2020

Turning the page on another year, experts offer their predictions of what’s going to be hot in the world of books for 2021. By Hannah Stephenson It’s going to be a sizzling year for new books in 2021, from dazzling debuts and celebrity memoirs to tomes exploring diversity, as well as light-hearted reads and even...