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28th September 2020

The Gibraltar Photographic Society Annual Competitive Exhibition 2020 will see over 300 prints and digital images on display, with the event set to be launched today by the Governor Vice Admiral. Sir David Steel as Patron of the Society The social distanced event held at the Gustavo Bacarisas Gallery in Casemates will see attendances limited....

26th 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. My son ended his life by suicide. I had spoken to him only that morning. We...

26th September 2020

Our Saturday table has hosted plenty of singers and musicians over the past two years. With an interest in the local music scene I have always supported local musicians, bands and songwriters. But I have also been fascinated by the music stories of the fifties and sixties when local bands were many. Last week we...

24th September 2020

It was the 16th annual ESG Clean Up The World last Saturday, but it was different to all the 15 that came before it due to Covid-19. The environment group ensured Covid-19 measures were adhered to as much as possible with a plan on how the day would operate had to be submitted to the...

24th September 2020

Espresso, Manchao or Cortado. How different many of us like our coffee. But most of us enjoy having it with friends and family. Our cafe culture - like many other Mediterranean lifestyles - is part of who we are. We have the lovely weather and no shortage of venues, both indoors and with terraces. When...

24th September 2020

By Sarah Marshall The African rhino is one of the most iconic species on the continent that every safari-goer dreams of seeing. But spotting a rhino, either the docile southern white or its grumpier cousin, the black rhino, has become increasingly difficult as numbers plummet and anti-poaching protection has ramped up. As the world went...

24th September 2020

By Liz Connor With summer ending, many of us are breathing a sigh of relief that the sticky and uncomfortable weather’s coming to an end. But if you suffer with excessive sweating, pit stains aren’t just an issue on stiflingly hot days – they can strike all year round and have a significant impact on...

23rd September 2020

By Eleanor Busby Universities in Liverpool have reduced the number of face-to-face lessons on campus amid coronavirus concerns. Students arriving at Liverpool Hope University this weekend – who do not require the use of specialist teaching spaces – will see seminars and tutorials move online following social distancing restrictions in the region. Liverpool John Moores...

23rd September 2020

The month of September marks World Alzheimer’s Month and to raise awareness the Gibraltar Alzheimer’s and Dementia Society has submitted this article to the Chronicle. 50 million people live with dementia worldwide and this number is growing almost 10 million each year - the equivalent of a new case every three seconds. Dementia is listed...

22nd September 2020

While Gibraltar’s students are eager to return to their university life after the last academic year was cut short due to the Covid-19 pandemic, it is a very different story for parents. Youngsters hurried back to Gibraltar six months ago as flights were cancelled and universities stopped classes to avoid the spread of the virus....

21st September 2020

The Minister for Health, Samantha Sacramento, said she intends to build on Gibraltar’s National Dementia Strategy as she marked World Alzheimer’s Day on Monday. She underscored the work done by her Government to help those living with Alzheimer’s and Dementia in the community by providing services such as John Mackintosh Home, Hillsides Dementia Facility and...

21st September 2020

Together Gibraltar has reminded the Gibraltar Government of its recent commitments to improve dementia care as the party marked World Alzheimer’s Day today. It said the Government’s pledge to improve the service provided to dementia sufferers “has not yet translated into tangible measures, while many of these patients deteriorate rapidly.” In a statement, Together Gibraltar...

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...