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9th May 2020

Almost two thirds of people think looking after and improving local parks and green space should be more of a priority after lockdown, a UK poll suggests. More than half (53%) of those quizzed said they appreciate local parks and nearby countryside and green belt more since social distancing measures were brought in. Even more...

7th May 2020

By Sam Russell, PA Police have captured a wallaby that escaped from a zoo and travelled almost six miles into a nearby town. Cambridgeshire Police said the marsupial was spotted in St Ives by a runner who initially thought it was a kangaroo. It tried to play fight with an officer, who was unharmed, then...

7th May 2020

If people try to use Gibraltar’s beaches without heeding the lockdown restrictions, the Royal Gibraltar Police may intervene and close them, the Deputy Chief Minister Dr Joseph Garcia warned on Wednesday. This comes as hundreds of people continued to flock to the beach to enjoy the good weather despite “very clear” rules put in place...

7th May 2020

We need a cleaner future. We have been warned. The impact of Covid-19 is both "immediate and dreadful" and countries must work together to save lives and lessen the consequences of the pandemic. But according to experts there is "another, even deeper emergency - the planet's unfolding environmental crisis". UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said last...

6th May 2020

The GSD has quizzed the Gibraltar Government on its plans to use technology to assist with contact tracing of positive cases of Covid-19, adding that whatever system is employed, it must safeguard individual rights and protect civil liberties. In common with governments around the world, the Gibraltar Government is looking at the use of apps...

6th May 2020

Tributes were paid yesterday following news of the death of Major Frank Dellipiani, a former Member of the House of Assembly and Government Minister with the AACR who helped steer Gibraltar dur-ing difficult periods including the closed frontier years. Maj. Dellipiani, a highly-respected and much-loved member of this community, had strong links too to the...

6th May 2020

Managers at the Elderly Residential Services are “playing it safe” and have no immediate plans to allow access to relatives of residents who have spent over eight weeks in total lockdown, Clinical Director Dr Antonio Marin said yesterday, as he urged families to continue making a sacrifice for the wellbeing of their loved ones. Gibraltar’s...

6th May 2020

By Jenny Stallard From the commute or school run, to lunch breaks and ‘home time’ or the gym, our days are normally governed by routine. But in lockdown, everything’s changed, and rather than relying on train timetables or school bells to keep our routine in check, we are left to our own devices. And it...

5th May 2020

Recovery from Covid-19 will be “long and painful”, the Civil Contingencies Coordinator, Ivor Lopez, said as he outlined the complex nature of dealing with the virus outbreak. Across the globe, governments are facing a new crisis the like of which has not been witnessed in over a century, and Mr Lopez has been planning for...

5th May 2020

Local charities who have drifted ‘out of the limelight’ as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic received a boost yesterday as two local business and a Gibraltar-based philanthropic organisation announced separate initiatives to help out in this difficult time. The Bland Group and Kusuma Trust revealed they donated tens of thousands of pounds, while Isolas...

5th May 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 shared three book recommendations. Sadie by Courtney Summers – Sadie is a troubled teenager, who has very little to call her own, except her...

5th May 2020

A week ago, the title ‘Avoiding Mental Meltdown’ would have been more than appropriate after six long weeks of lockdown. The phrase had both psychological relevance and a certain linguistic appeal, with both alliteration and assonance. Now that we are awaiting news about different ‘exit strategies’ and a possible lifting of some of the more...

4th May 2020

By Ian Jones, PA Nearly half of people in Great Britain experienced high anxiety during the early days of the coronavirus lockdown, new figures suggest. Some 49.6% of those surveyed between March 20 and March 30 reported levels of anxiety that rated between six and 10, where 0 is “not at all anxious” and 10...

4th May 2020

by Priya Gulraj The Government of Gibraltar yesterday called for responsibility from individuals as it reflected on the first weekend after lockdown measures were eased slightly. People over the age of 70 were allowed to leave their homes for exercise after weeks indoors, and shops and other businesses opened for the first time on Saturday...

4th May 2020

Author Giselle Green has recently signed a three-book contract with a new publisher. And in this lockdown situation she continues to edit her first book for Boldwood Books due to be released in August. This will be her seventh novel which will be launched in all formats including audio. But not one to contemplate boredom...

4th May 2020

by Prof Daniella Tilbury As spring arrives on the Rock, it is tempting to talk about ‘exit plans’, ‘green shoots’ and getting ‘back to normal’. However, it does not take long before the realisation hits that we will almost certainly not go back to the same state of mind, or affairs. Our sense of security...

4th May 2020

Girlguiding Gibraltar has over the past few weeks, like most of us, moved into a virtual world where they have been able to deliver a varied programme of activities to its young members. Commissioner Marie Bocarisa told the Chronicle that despite the social lockdown and the end of face to face meetings, the suspension of...

4th May 2020

The time spent in isolation has powered creative juices for Naomi Abudarham, who has become more artistic during this lockdown. Ms Abudarham has been practicing her art and learning to draw over the past few weeks, as she has more time to be creative. “During isolation I’ve found time to unearth some creativity within me,”...

2nd May 2020

Often without realising it, where we arrive at as adults comes as a consequence of events, encounters and moments which influenced your early life.. The Gibraltar Song Festivals, watching Beckett’s ‘Murder in the Cathedral’ staged by Group 70 in St Michael’s Cave, ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ in 1973 my first ever West End musical, ‘Joseph and...

1st May 2020

The Gibraltar Government is considering new traffic arrangements to help maintain the reduced levels of motorised traffic on Gibraltar’s roads after the Covid-19 pandemic subsides. This comes as the air quality around Gibraltar has improved following the lockdown largely due to the reduction in traffic, with reductions in construction and ship repair also contributing. Speaking...

30th April 2020

By Trevor Marshallsea, PA More than 1,700 deaths in the UK have been avoided in the past month due to better air quality caused by the coronavirus lockdown, according to a Europe-wide study. The Finland-based Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) report says levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) – produced by road...

30th April 2020

The Gibraltar Heritage Trust is inviting people to take part in its annual painting and sketching competition to be held on May 9, adding that it will be a “powerful social record of the many perspectives of life in Gibraltar at this time”. Working with the current lockdown rules in place, the theme for will...

30th April 2020

Spain's lockdown is making progress against the new coronavirus but a gradual easing from next week will require even more discipline, officials said on Wednesday, after the country recorded 325 deaths from the infection overnight. The lockdown, one of the toughest in Europe, has halted public life since March 14 and nearly paralysed the economy....

30th April 2020

Gibraltarian Germaine Britto Silva lives in Australia with her family and believes everyone of us will all be changed in some way because of Covid19 and lockdown experience and also wonder about how we will all re-emerge. “There will be many questions such as what the consequences of this mass social experiment on our psyches...

30th April 2020

By Sarah Marshall While planes are parked on runways and ships tethered indefinitely to docks, the only way to travel right now is from your living room. In the absence of any tourists, many attractions, safari lodges and tourist boards have created a selection of live streams, virtual tours and 360-degree images, allowing us to...

29th April 2020

Spain recorded 325 deaths from the novel coronavirus overnight, up from 301 reported the previous day, but health officials said the epidemic was evolving favourably as the country prepares for a gradual easing of its lockdown from next week. The overall death toll from the virus rose by 453 to 24,275, the health ministry said, adding...

29th April 2020

With Gibraltar under lockdown, volunteers and the public sector have pulled together to ensure those most vulnerable have all their needs met. Bayside School used to see over 1,000 students walk its halls daily, but now it is the hub for coordination of Covid-19 related services. Civil servants occupy the empty school, and from there...

28th April 2020

Children in a ‘critical stage of learning’ will probably be allowed to return to school in what will be a ‘gradual and slow’ process over the coming weeks, the Minister for Education Gilbert Licudi announced on Tuesday. With just 10 weeks remaining before the end of the academic year Mr Licudi acknowledged the “immense challenges”...

27th April 2020

By David Hughes, PA Political Editor The UK is at the point of “maximum risk” in its battle with coronavirus, Boris Johnson said as he acknowledged frustrations over the continuing lockdown but insisted he would not risk a second peak in the disease by relaxing restrictions too quickly. As the Prime Minister returned to take...

27th April 2020

By Jessica Jones and Clara-Laeila Laudette On foot and with bicycles, skateboards and scooters, Spanish children went outside at last on Sunday, emerging from their homes for the first time after six long weeks of living under one of Europe's strictest coronavirus lockdowns. The relaxation came as Spain, one of the worst hit by the...