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2nd June 2020

Opposition parties on Tuesday quizzed the Government of Gibraltar on its health and safety policies after four schools were shut due to the discovery of legionella bacteria in their water systems. The schools were shut as a precautionary measure after the bacteria was discovered during checks ahead of reopening the schools following the lockdown. But...

2nd June 2020

For Max Pizarro and Louise-Anne Mañasco, lockdown while living abroad in Dubai gave them time to “reset”, with both catching Covid-19 in March and spending five weeks in quarantine. The couple said they started isolation feeling rather “rotten” for a few days with the typical symptoms of headaches, dizziness, chest pains, coughing and fever, with...

2nd June 2020

With Gibraltar in lock down, many are spending more time at home and looking for distractions. Kim Pecino is a librarian with experience in public and school libraries, and today she shares three book recommendations. Vox by Christina Dalcher – Set in the United States, in a future not too distant, this dystopian science fiction...

1st June 2020

By Jane Kirby, PA Health Editor Directors of public health have warned they are “increasingly concerned” the Government is making the wrong judgment by easing lockdown restrictions far too quickly. The Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH) said new rules, including allowing groups of up to six people to meet outdoors and in private...

1st June 2020

St Bernard’s Hospital was formally unveiled 15 years ago, and now all these years later the hospital and its staff have been aiding those who have fallen seriously ill with coronavirus. The Covid-19 pandemic has seen the hospital transform some of its wards during the lockdown in anticipation of a surge of cases. The Nightingale...

30th May 2020

Paris, late November 1924: at a café across the street from the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées sit three close friends. From their vantage point they see a crowd gathering. It is opening night, the latest production of avant-garde company Ballets Suédois, but as the friends know, the principle dancer has fallen ill and for this reason...

29th May 2020

By Sam Russell, PA A 40ft-long whale has washed up on a beach in Essex, with police advising people to keep away. The giant marine mammal, which is dead, was swept ashore at Clacton-on-Sea on Friday. Environmental group Big Blue Ocean Cleanup said it was a fin whale, which can grow up to 80ft in...

29th May 2020

By Luke Powell, PA The UK’s largest solar farm, which will generate enough power for more than 91,000 homes, is to be built in Kent despite concerns about the effect on the countryside. Developers said the 958-acre site, located in the village of Graveney, between Faversham and Whitstable, will help the UK achieve its climate...

29th May 2020

The Gibraltar FA have today, Friday, announced that local charity Help Me Learn Africa has been awarded Euro 50,000 by UEFA after being nominated by the Gibraltar FA. In a statement issued this morning the association explained that in January, the Gibraltar FA received a UEFA Circular relating to the UEFA Foundation for Children, an...

29th May 2020

Local group ‘The Calendar Club’ is gearing up to embark on a month long challenge in a bid to raise funds for Calpe House. The four men, Daniel Benitez, Andrew Yeats, James Noguera and Jamie Robba will attempt to run a combined total of 1860km during the month of June. “We decided we wanted to...

29th May 2020

The Leader of the Opposition, Keith Azopardi, has warned the Gibraltar Government against “mindlessly borrowing” Gibraltar out of the Covid-19 crisis and leaving future generations with a “chain of debt” around their necks. “We should be careful and only borrow what is absolutely necessary,” Mr Azopardi said as he also urged prudence with the use...

29th May 2020

By Claire Spreadbury When the stress of homeschooling starts to heighten, crack out the craft – easy, fun projects are great for encouraging kids to be creative, and can be relaxing too. Get involved if you can, as focusing on just one thing can be wonderfully mindful, while your children will love spending quality time...

28th May 2020

Local artist Kristel Turner scooped the top prize in this year’s Spring Visual Arts Competition for her photo of a vacant classroom in the old Westside School building. The photograph titled ‘Empty Register’ was taken on her last day teaching at the old school building as a way to commemorate special memories in that building....

28th May 2020

By Sarah Marshall It’s true, a trend for responsible travel has been gaining traction for the past few years, accelerated by climate change campaigners like Greta Thunberg and scenes of horrifying environmental destruction, undoubtedly caused by human activity. But now the topic has even greater urgency: there are more of us on the planet and...

27th May 2020

By David Hughes, PA Political Editor Boris Johnson will be questioned by senior MPs as he faces a growing Tory revolt and plummeting poll ratings over the Dominic Cummings row. The Prime Minister’s senior adviser drove from London to Durham to isolate with his family during the lockdown and says he subsequently took a trip...

27th May 2020

By Luke Powell, PA An online gambling firm has closed after regulators found serious failings around player protection and anti-money laundering processes. The Gambling Commission launched an investigation into PT Entertainment Services (PTES) after a 25-year-old customer took his own life having lost more than £30,000 through its sites www.winner.co.uk and titanbet.co.uk. Publishing its findings...

27th May 2020

Police officers intervened yesterday to rescue two young girls from rough seas in Eastern Beach, the latest in a string of such incidents over the past month. Warm weather has seen hundreds of people spend time on the beach, a welcome respite from eight weeks of lockdown. But the official bathing season has not yet...

27th May 2020

Online likes and comments flooded in as Christian Hook painted his celebrity sitter Will Young from his home in Gibraltar on a warm Sunday morning. Mr Hook was giving a demonstration in the lockdown edition of the Sky Arts competition ‘Portrait of the Year’ he won six years ago. The virtual competition called ‘Portrait Artist...

26th May 2020

By Tom Pilgrim Children and young people could be half as likely to catch coronavirus than adults, a scientific review of studies from around the world has suggested. Researchers found those aged under 20 had 56% lower odds of catching SARS-CoV-2, the official name of the coronavirus which causes the disease Covid-19, from an infected...

23rd May 2020

Joe Brugada shared with us his father’s story last week. Pepe el Catalan – barber and hairdresser – who ran one of the most popular, if not the most popular hairdressing salon following WWII, later in the 1960s taken over by his brother Albert. Joe is back at my table this week and tells me...

22nd May 2020

As the regulations underpinning the Covid-19 restrictions fell away at midnight last night, the Chief Minister Fabian Picardo called for the community’s support in keeping the virus under control, insisting he needed it now more than ever. “The sacrifices of the past ten weeks will mean nothing if you ignore our advice now,” he said,...

22nd May 2020

On the occasion of the 80th anniversary on Friday, May 22, of the evacuation of civilians from Gibraltar during World War II, Joe Gingell charts the events that led to that decision and its seismic impact on this community. The evacuees who had suffered insults on their way to the ships were made to wait...

22nd May 2020

Sports people started to see the first stages of a return to some sporting activity yesterday as the doors opened to facilities such as the 25m swimming pool and the Victoria Stadium’s running track. With facilities closed since the weekend of March 14 due to the spread of Covid-19, this Thursday signalled a return for...

22nd May 2020

By Gabrielle Fagan If you’ve been missing your outdoor floral fix, there are plenty of ways to ‘grow’ your own dazzling display of blooms at home. You can take your pick from wallpapers, fabrics, crockery, and a host of other home accessories all with blooming beautiful floral designs, which are bursting forth this season. No...

21st May 2020

By Tom Wilkinson, PA The RSPCA has praised firefighters who used an oxygen mask to save a baby deer after she almost died during a moorland fire. Fire crews from across Yorkshire have been battling the blaze at Hatfield Moors near Doncaster since Sunday after the environmentally-important peat bogs dried out. A Humberside Fire and...

21st May 2020

By Ben Mitchell, PA A 97-year-old woman has completed a month-long lockdown challenge battling Parkinson’s disease to walk the corridor of her home six times every day. Lily Barnett, of Lee-on-the-Solent, Hampshire, has walked the eight-mile effort to raise funds for Help for Heroes. And she has exceeded her target of £500 by so far...

21st May 2020

By Ryan Hooper, PA The boss of the UK’s busiest airport has signalled tacit support for the Government’s plan to quarantine anyone arriving into the UK from abroad. But he said a “risk-based” approach was needed to get people flying again. Heathrow chief executive John Holland-Kaye said he backed the idea of “air bridges” between...

21st May 2020

Clubhouse Gibraltar will be providing three new services once lockdown restrictions are lifted including drop-in sessions and a wellbeing café. The charity said the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown had brought many changes and disruptions to how people live their lives, in particular to those with underlying psychological or mental health issues. “This has created a...

21st May 2020

By Sarah Marshall It’s hard to pinpoint the origins of South America’s most misunderstood mammal. Clues lay buried beneath 15 million years of dusty, opaque history, with limited resources available to excavate. A tricky temperament also makes studies challenging; skulking in the shadows of dense forests by day – but mainly active at night –...

21st May 2020

Queue Wisely has donated £2,000 worth of advertising to GibSams on its app to help increase awareness as it marks Mental Health Awareness Week. Users can click on the GibSams banner while using the app that will link them to the GibSams website. The company said the idea came to them while thinking of how...