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21st September 2020

By Megan Baynes, PA An 89-year-old former paratrooper took to the skies to celebrate his birthday, completing a wing walk in aid of Bristol Children’s Hospital. John Wilkins has been supporting the hospital’s Grand Appeal for more than 20 years – raising more than £350,000 to support sick babies and children across the South West...

20th September 2020

In common with humans, lockdown gave Gibraltar’s macaques a quiet life, with fewer visitors to the Upper Rock giving them plenty of room to roam as nature intended. But those peaceful times are over and as the tourist sector picks up, even if slowly, a seasoned veterinary surgeon who works with the macaque management team...

19th September 2020

This year the Gibraltar National Museum have been unable to hold their Walks Through History for local children this summer due to Covid-19. Instead the Museum has teamed up with the Chronicle to provide the tours, giving people an insight into local historical sites via this newspaper. Included in every article of this series, which...

19th September 2020

In one of Sasha Chapin’s blog posts, ‘You Can Probably Write a Book’, he identifies the factors which aided his own success in this endeavour. First, he had told lots of people he was going to write a book, and “not doing it would’ve been embarrassing.” The second stimulus came through his agent (they may...

18th September 2020

By Jane Kirby, PA Health Editor, and David Hughes, PA Political Editor A second national lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus has not been ruled out but the “great hope” is that people will heed current advice to help manage a “very serious” situation, the Health Secretary has said. Matt Hancock said a national...

18th September 2020

This year the Gibraltar National Museum have been unable to hold their Walks Through History for local children this summer due to Covid-19. Instead the Museum has teamed up with the Chronicle to provide the tours, giving people an insight into local historical sites via this newspaper. Included in every article of this series, which...

18th September 2020

Models strutted down Main Street in dynamic hairstyles this week as part of the launch of Mayfair on Main’s Spring / Summer 2021 wearable hair art collection. This marked the salons second collection following on from the success of their creation of Gibraltar’s first ever wearable hair art collection back in 2019. This collection is...

17th September 2020

Launched on Thursday it features Gibraltar’s historic Government House, known as The Convent, and looks at the unique histories of over fifty Vice-Regal Residences of the Crown in the Commonwealth Realms, Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories across the world. Illustrated with over 250 photographs of the exteriors and interiors of these official residences, it explores...

17th September 2020

By Tom Pilgrim, PA Military charity Help for Heroes has announced plans to cut 143 staff roles due to the “devastating financial impact” of the Covid-19 pandemic. The UK charity, which supports sick or injured veterans and their families, said it had made the “difficult” decision to restructure to protect its “life-changing recovery services”. In...

17th September 2020

By Chris Wiltshire You turn if you want to, the lady’s not for turning. Carole has been behaving impeccably for two days, navigating the tight turns and narrow bridges of the ancient Caldon Canal with commendable dexterity. Her good looks and classic lines are drawing admiring glances from fellow cruisers and amblers out enjoying the...

16th September 2020

By Emma Pinedo The Madrid region, one of the worst hit in Spain, is planning to announce on Friday restrictions on movement that could include targeted lockdowns in areas with high Covid-19 cases, a senior official said on Wednesday. Madrid accounts for around one-third of active coronavirus cases in Spain, with a higher incidence in high-density and...

16th September 2020

By Neil Lancefield, PA Transport Correspondent The boss of British Airways told MPs people are “still afraid of travelling”, as he defended the airline’s decision to cut up to 12,000 jobs. Chief executive Alex Cruz said the coronavirus pandemic has “devastated our business” and the carrier is “still fighting for our own survival”. He told...

16th September 2020

As a former banker Roy Clinton confesses it was the monetary aspect of the story of ‘Eliott’s Gold’, the title and subject of his first published book launched today at the offices of the Gibraltar Heritage Trust, which intrigued him enough to research it thoroughly. It was, he points out, a combination of curiosity, his...

15th September 2020

Year 2 pupils at St Bernard’s Lower Primary School have returned to the classroom after a period of self-isolation due to two Covid-19 cases being detected. Pupils and staff returned to the school today, with no transmission of Covid-19 detected. The positive cases were detected just a week into the new academic year but Senior...

15th September 2020

A view of Library Street painted by Gibraltarian artist Rudecindo Mannia in September 1967, the month that Gibraltar voted to remain British in a landmark referendum that was a turning point in Gibraltar’s modern history, is one of two his artworks to be auctioned in the UK on Thursday. Mannia is one of Gibraltar’s best...

15th September 2020

The UN’s leading anti-corruption agency, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), and the world football’s governing body, the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to step up their joint cooperation to address threats posed by crime to sport. The MoU, which was signed at UNODC’s...

15th September 2020

By Mike Bedigan A variety of tributes and commemorations will take place across the UK to mark the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Britain on Tuesday, despite limitations caused by the coronavirus crisis. Special exhibitions from the Imperial War Museum, a radar-based lightshow and the addition of several new “unusual” sites to the National...

14th September 2020

With confirmation these past summers weeks that major international events planned to be hosted in Gibraltar will not be taking place the Junior Darts Corporation have announced a rescheduled plan for 2021. JDC who have a five year agreement to bring Europeans Dan world junior darts events to Gibraltar, signed with the Gibraltar Government just...

14th September 2020

This year the Gibraltar National Museum have been unable to hold their Walks Through History for local children this summer due to Covid-19. Instead the Museum has teamed up with the Chronicle to provide the tours, giving people an insight into local historical sites via this newspaper. Included in every article of this series, which...

12th September 2020

This month is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month and as part of GibSams awareness campaign articles from the charity will be published weekly on Saturday’s throughout the month of September. This article was sent in anonymously by a GibSams caller. One night, I found myself at a really low point. I just felt so down and...

12th September 2020

Every family is full of stories from the past. Stories which have been handed down from one generation to the next. Most Gibraltarians are aware of where their ancestors came from, where they set sail, the year they arrived at Gibraltar, their names, their trade and the first to have been born on the Rock....

11th September 2020

The ‘For the Glory of God’ art exhibition by Wanda Bush featuring poetry by Janet Pardo has raised £3729 for Clubhouse Gibraltar. The exhibition was held at the John Mackintosh Hall from July 1 to July 10 and saw 13 paintings sold with 20% of all the proceeds donated to mental health charity Clubhouse Gibraltar....

9th September 2020

As the overcrowded migrant Moria facility on the island of Lesbos burned to the ground displacing hundreds of migrants who had been living at the camp among those coming to their aid was Gibraltarian human aid worker Dan Teuma. Mr Teuma called for ‘help and awareness,’ as he responded to the crisis. Founder and project...

9th September 2020

Alzheimer's Disease International (ADI) ADI is the international federation Alzheimer's associations around the world, in official relations with the World Health Organisation (WHO). ADI is the global voice on dementia and the Gibraltar Alzheimer's & Dementia Society is a member - our vision is prevention, care and inclusion today and cure tomorrow. World Alzheimer's Month...

8th September 2020

The second phase of the Gustavo Bacarisas street art murals has begun with two new murals cropping up in town. Gibraltar Cultural Services announced the second phase of works, which are the brainchild of Ronnie Alecio who, together with UK street artist Jupp, has been depicting the work of Gibraltar’s national artist Gustavo Bacarisas. Gustavo...

7th September 2020

The Premier of the Cayman Islands, Alden McLaughlin, admitted being “utterly humiliated” that the UK Government had been forced to legislate for same-sex marriage after the islands’ Legislative Assembly narrowly voted against the law last July. In a statement last Friday, Mr McLaughlin said the islands’ legislators had “failed to do our duty” and pass...

7th September 2020

By Robert Vasquez The Gibraltar Government and the Opposition are agreed that frontier fluidity is what is needed at final Brexit. Even Sir Joe Bossano’s National Economic Plan relies on that free flow. All are also agreed that there should be no dilution of sovereignty, jurisdiction or control - none define or specify these fundamentals....

7th September 2020

Traders in Main Street and its surrounding areas have welcomed the launch of the “business improvement district” plan, adding that it will give them “clout” while working together. Local business owners have faced increasing challenges over the past few years, whether it has been shopping in Spain, online sales, Brexit and now the Covid-19 pandemic....

5th September 2020

This month is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month and as part of GibSams awareness campaign articles from the charity will be published weekly on Saturday’s throughout the month of September. GibSams is a confidential and anonymous free helpline that offers a listening service to anyone experiencing distress, loneliness, despair or suicidal feelings. Callers can talk or...

5th September 2020

As I was putting last week’s column to bed, I suddenly had a new lot of emails arrive at their destination. My computer once again saw an influx of new images of the Rock sent by Gerard Richardson who had delved into a new box and scanned more of Ivor Nicholson’s negatives of Gibraltar in...