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15th July 2020

Face coverings will be compulsory for passengers travelling from Gibraltar International Airport as from Friday under new guidelines for safe travel during the Covid-19 pandemic. Passengers will have to wear masks as soon as they enter the terminal building, with a one-way system also introduced to avoid travellers coming face-to-face with each other. Other measures...

15th July 2020

By Neil Lancefield, PA Transport Correspondent Ultraviolet (UV) cleaning robots are being deployed at Heathrow as the airport tries to encourage passengers to return to air travel. The airport said the machines use UV rays to kill viruses and bacteria at night. It is also using UV technology to continuously disinfect moving handrails, and coating...

15th July 2020

By Claire Hayhurst, PA The Mayor of Bristol has described a sculpture of a Black Lives Matter protester erected on the plinth where a statue of slave trader Edward Colston used to stand as the “work and decision of a London-based artist”. Marc Quinn created the life-size black resin and steel piece of Jen Reid,...

15th July 2020

Artists from Gibraltar and abroad have come together for an exhibition in the Gibraltar Fine Arts Gallery. The exhibition curated by Matija Sapundjieska from Masa-UK Art Gallery, based in Bury, Greater Manchester, is a response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Local artists Paul Cosquieri, Alan Perez, Karl Ullger, Chris-Anne Ullger and Rina Devine’s artworks are hung...

15th July 2020

Jonathan Sacramento, known as ‘Sac’ unveiled his new music during a live performance last week. Sac is personable young man who I first met just over twenty years ago when he was a young switcher in GBC TV's main control room. He, now in the GBC newsroom, has been living a parallel life as a...

15th July 2020

By Lisa Salmon One of the benefits of lockdown is that families have been able to spend much more time together – but that doesn’t mean it’s always been quality time. Many families will have been together alone, spending time on devices in different rooms, and keeping any interaction to a minimum. Sid Madge, the...

14th July 2020

By Jemma Crew, PA Social Affairs Correspondent A third of people with dementia feel apathetic and want to give up after deteriorating mentally and physically during the coronavirus lockdown, research from a charity suggests. A similar proportion now do not feel confident going outside as restrictions begin to loosen, according to a survey of 1,831...

14th July 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 her book recommendations. This week, I thought I’d change it up, and let you know what I’ve really enjoyed reading this year, so...

14th July 2020

By Luke Rix-Standing Since lockdowns began in February and March, many cultural institutions have been haemorrhaging money, and many have still not reopened. London’s Tate Modern, for example, is slated to restart on July 27, while the Museum of Modern Art in New York will stay shuttered until late August at the earliest. Here’s how...

13th July 2020

The annual Nautilus Project Sustainable Awards were held at the university on Wednesday evening with Hassans winning the Gibraltar Sustainable Business Award 2020. The awards were held in collaboration with the Gibraltar Federation of Small Businesses. Presenting the awards in the company of Minister for Environment and Climate Change Dr John Cortes and Eran Shay...

13th July 2020

After more than 30 years living in America multiple Emmy award winning and celebrated Gibraltarian cameraman Henry Bautista is ready to retire to the Rock. Retiring from the top CBS weekly arts and culture programme the ‘Sunday Morning Show’, he began as a freelance news cameraman running his own production company alongside his wife Terry-Lynn....

11th July 2020

Gibraltar Financial Services Commission is encouraging people to ‘Free the Knee’ on Friday, July 31 for the Prostate Cancer Support Group Gibraltar. The campaign encourages staff from organisations across Gibraltar to wear shorts or skirts whilst raising awareness and money for prostate cancer. “#FreeTheKnee is a great opportunity for you and your organisation to support...

11th July 2020

It is hard to understand just how many families had to travel with newly born babies during the evacuation of WWII and how many of them returned with no real familiarity of the place they knew as home. They had no recollection of home and yet they returned to become a vital part of this...

10th July 2020

By Lisa Salmon Inflammation is one of those things the body needs – it signals the immune system to heal and repair damaged tissue, for example – but it’s also a key factor in countless diseases. While a number of things can play a role in individual inflammatory responses, food researcher, biochemist and author Dr...

10th July 2020

By Jane Kirby A diet rich in fruit, vegetables and whole grains is linked to a lower risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, according to two new studies. The papers, published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), found that even a modest increase in these foods as part of a healthy diet could help prevent...

10th July 2020

By Joe Gingell Eighty years ago, on Wednesday 10 July 1940, Commodore Creighton, contrary to official instructions, took the decision to sail from Casablanca with the Gibraltar evacuees. With this brave and sensible decision, he saved the Gibraltar evacuees from being detained in Vichy French Morocco. This article, which I wish to dedicate in honour...

9th July 2020

Amy Montegriffo and Elena Scialtiel have both scooped prizes in two separate University of Oxford writing competitions. The competitions held by The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities [TORCH] saw Ms Montegriffo win the top prize in the over 18 category in Storytelling Competition. A month later Ms Scialtiel was one of two runner ups...

8th July 2020

This week marks a year since the hosting of the XVIII Natwest International Island Games 2019 in Gibraltar. For local organisers, a reminder of last year's events came last weekend when the Gibraltar Island Games Association, along with local sports officials, met with the other 23 IIGA Member Islands in a virtual meeting with next...

7th July 2020

By PA Reporters Mayor of London Sadiq Khan and Metropolitan Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick have paid tribute to the 52 people who died in the July 7 bombings, on the 15th anniversary of the terror attacks. A series of explosions ripped through London in co-ordinated terrorist strikes in 2005. The attacks on three London...

7th July 2020

On the second anniversary of the suspected murder of Michael Montegriffo, the Royal Gibraltar Police has launched a fresh appeal for witnesses or information that can help resolve the case. A £25,000 reward remains in place for any such information, police said yesterday, as they reiterated their hope that the reward will bring fresh information...

7th July 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. The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton – Aiden Bishop is tasked with saving the heiress Evelyn...

7th July 2020

By Liz Connor While the gradual reduction of lockdown measures is, in many ways, a big relief, it’s also triggering a lot of anxiety for many people. This might be the prospect of returning to your stressful, hectic pre-pandemic schedule, social anxiety creeping in, or worries about a second wave of the virus. Whatever the...

7th July 2020

Together Gibraltar has called on the Gibraltar Government to act on its plans to partly pedestrianise and beautify Line Wall Road “without delay”. The party said it was “encouraged” by the Government’s plans for the area, which it said are necessary to tackle the climate emergency. In a statement TG said Gibraltar is “riddled with...

6th July 2020

By Douglas Barrie, PA Scotland Dozens of asylum seekers in Glasgow are being left “malnourished with food not fit for human consumption”, according to a charity supporting them. Positive Action In Housing (PAIH) has rallied around refugees in the city after Badreddin Abadlla Adam’s attack at the Park Inn Hotel on West George Street. The...

6th July 2020

The Gibraltar Regiment have restarted its recruitment drive now that Covid-19 restrictions have been eased. A manned stand was set up in Casemates this week providing information on what a recruit could expect from their training and the life skills they could learn. WO2 Michael Sanchez who is in charge of the Regimental Recruitment and...

4th July 2020

Selena Victory embarked on the first swim of her 100km swimming challenge on Wednesday morning when she swam from Sandy Bay to Caleta, all in aid of Rifcom. The charity Rifcom assists communities in the Rif mountains in Morocco, improving healthcare and education. However, due to Covid-19 and the collapse of the area’s tourism industry,...

4th July 2020

The Emperor of China dozed in his throne and abruptly woke up. His messenger has entered the room. “Your Highness, I am glad to inform you that the Sultan of Oman will be getting married and you have been invited to his wedding ceremony,” explained his messenger. “That is wonderful, I wish to deliver a...

4th July 2020

By Nilima Marshall Scientists claim to have developed a formula that can compare the ages of dogs and humans more accurately. Their work is based on a new concept in ageing research known as epigenetic clock, which analyses the chemical modifications to a person’s or a species’ DNA over a lifetime to determine their age....

4th July 2020

By Martyn Landi Lockdown has led to many people developing new digital skills they plan to keep using, new data from BT suggests. The telecoms giant and its mobile network EE has published new data on people’s digital habits as the UK reached 100 days of lockdown. The research found that half of those asked...

3rd July 2020

By Michael Drummond, PA A footballer who has made it his mission to send a four-year-old boy to the US for life-saving treatment is set to take on the English Channel – by kayak. Liam Scott has spent most of the last year undergoing gruelling treatment for neuroblastoma, a rare cancer affecting around 100 UK...