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4th June 2020

By Laura Elston, PA Court Reporter The Duchess of Sussex’s impassioned black lives matter speech has been hailed as incredibly powerful, but could have been even more so if she had been a working royal, a royal commentator has said. Penny Junor said the address Meghan gave to her old high school about the death...

4th June 2020

Like an explorer standing on the top of an uncharted mountain I stood at the gates of O’Hara’s Battery feeling accomplished as I had just cycled up the Rock of Gibraltar. Except my accomplishment was not really warranted. I may have cycled up but there was no chance that would have happened had it not...

4th June 2020

Queues continue at supermarkets. This week I’ve been joking with friends that I’ve had years of practice at the frontier. But, the reality is it doesn’t make it any easier. We’re now also queuing for McDonald’s and if that wasn’t enough - in Warrington this week we saw a massive queue. It snaked all the...

3rd June 2020

By Alistair Mason, PA Buildings around the UK turned purple to honour the memory of George Floyd, whose killing in police custody has sparked protests in the United States. Mr Floyd, 46, died in Minneapolis, Minnesota, when a white police officer knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes, sparking days of protests in cities...

3rd June 2020

By Tess de la Mare, PA An anti-racism campaign group is urging Britons to “take the knee” on their doorsteps for a socially distanced protest in solidarity with protesters in the US. Stand Up to Racism (SUTR) has organised the protest for 6pm on Wednesday as part of a day of action against discrimination in...

3rd June 2020

Gibraltar Cultural Services announced the winners of the Art and Short Story competitions for children and young people aged from School Years 2 to 13. The theme for both competitions was ‘The Frontline Workers’ with three winners in the Art Competition and four youngsters scooping a prize in the Short Story Competition. The winners for...

3rd June 2020

A Gibraltarian author who grew up heavily influenced by horror books and films has penned her debut horror novel titled ‘The Inheritance’. Set in a small town in America, Janine Galliano tells the story of Mike Gray who is mourning the loss of his father. Gray moves his family into his father’s childhood home in...

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...