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25th August 2020

By Hannah Stephenson Your dahlias and nerines may still be going strong, but if other annuals in pots are past their summer best, there’s a huge range of plants that can offer stunning autumn container colour. From chrysanthemums and violas, to heathers, autumn cyclamen, ornamental grasses and evergreen foliage, not forgetting the stunning autumn leaf...

24th August 2020

The Minister for Education’s surprise decision to step down just days from the start of the new school year is, as the Chief Minister acknowledged today, “a blow” to the Gibraltar Government, more so when it comes against the backdrop of the uncertainty and worry generated by the Covid-19 crisis. The start of the autumn...

24th August 2020

The Minister for Education, Gilbert Licudi, stepped down from his ministerial role on Monday, in a surprise decision described by Chief Minister Fabian Picardo as “a blow” to the GSLP/Liberal government. Mr Licudi, who plans to return to private practice as a lawyer, cited personal reasons for his decision but said he would remain in...

24th August 2020

By David Hughes, PA Political Editor Fines for parents who refuse to send their children to England’s schools will only be used as a “last resort” as classes resume after the coronavirus shutdown. UK School Standards Minister Nick Gibb said there was a “moral imperative” for children to attend classes when they return next month....

23rd August 2020

Kosovo league club Prishtina have rejected the Gibraltar Governments response against their claims that it was the ‘local authorities that had stopped the match from being played. The Gibraltar Government on Saturday offered their clarification of events, after Prishtina’s first salvo following the cancellation of the match against Lincoln Red Imps. At the time Number...

22nd August 2020

As I discovered only this week, the Austrian National Library’s digital archives include a complete run of one of the world’s important early chess magazines, the ‘Wiener Schach-Zeitung’ (Vienna Chess Paper.) Every issue is available to browse freely online. A treasure chest! For a while I didn’t understand why certain years were missing, but further...

22nd August 2020

There are times when stories land on your lap. This story is one of those occasions. A few weeks ago, Chronicle Editor Brian Reyes, asked me if I would chase up a story about a photographer based in Gibraltar back in the early 1950s. Little did I know then what a couple of emails and...

22nd August 2020

By Rina Chandran Bangkok tourist destination Khao San Road is usually heaving with people on weekends, its cheap beer bars, tattoo parlours, street vendors, hostels and buzzing nightlife drawing budget travellers and tour group alike. On a recent Saturday evening, the street was deserted except for a few dozen locals who wandered past boarded up...

21st August 2020

By Ed Elliot “It’s believed the body may lie beneath the old tennis courts,” states John Saunders. “The truth of where he is or whether he will ever be recovered is difficult.” John may be a former police officer, but this is far from a routine missing person case. Weaving between medieval ruins and flowerbeds...

20th August 2020

Students at Prior Park School excelled in their GCSEs with 71% attaining grades between 9 and 7, the equivalent of an A** to an A grade. For overjoyed students and parents, the relief of results day followed a turbulent year academically, with schools shut and exams shelved. Instead the students waited with bated breath as...

20th August 2020

By Sarah Marshall Ongoing travel advisory chaos and confusion has spurred a wave of staycation bookings. Splendid weather has been the icing on the cake. But rather than settle for a sunbed on an overcrowded beach, many holidaymakers are sensibly seeking relaxation in more remote corners – scaling mountains, scrambling across moors or wandering through...

20th August 2020

Grade U. That’s what many would give the UK Government and exam regulatory body Ofqual over their handling of the exam results fiasco. An issue that’s brought stress and anxiety across Gibraltar’s education system too. As pupils and teachers continued to protest about the A-level results awarded following the cancellation of exams, senior Conservatives called...

18th August 2020

By PA Reporters The UK Government is to press ahead with controversial plans to scrap Public Health England (PHE), the Health Secretary has announced. Matt Hancock has launched the new National Institute for Health Protection, a new body which will respond to health threats including infectious diseases, pandemics and biologic weapons. The new organisation, headed...

17th August 2020

The Elderly Residential Services has ramped up its contingency plans in a bid to safeguard residents in light of the recent increase in Covid-19 cases in Gibraltar and neighbouring countries, the Gibraltar Government said yesterday. The decision was taken during yesterday’s meeting of the Civil Contingency Council chaired by the Minister of Civil Contingencies, Samantha...

17th August 2020

The Royal Gibraltar Police is undergoing a force restructure that will enable it to better define its strategic goals and respond to a broad range of demands with limited resources. The restructure is a primary objective for the RGP’s new Commissioner, Richard Ullger, following the early retirement of his predecessor Ian McGrail from the post....

17th August 2020

By Nina Massey, PA Science Correspondent Wearing a face covering lowers the risk of spreading Covid-19 to others through speaking and coughing, new research suggests. Speaking and coughing without face protection exposes people nearby to droplets carrying the virus that could otherwise be stopped by wearing a mask, according to the study. Researchers found someone...

17th August 2020

It was Kelly Gaiviso’s turn to take women’s cycling to that further stage and equal Wayne Senior recent feat of riding from Gibraltar to Ronda and back. She was not alone though, Kelly who has taken the Gibraltar cycling world by storm was well accompanied during her feat with Wayne himself, a team member from...

14th August 2020

Gibraltarian students who collected their A-Level results yesterday shared an insight into how the Covid-19 global pandemic had impacted their education and their experience of schooling. What is usually a day for celebration, with local students gathered outside their respective schools, clutching their long-awaited results and marking the occasion with their friends was a very...

14th August 2020

Whether you are a lifelong fan, close associate, media or even a sports person with an allocation this pas Tuesday evening at around 6pm anyone approaching the Victoria Stadium main pitch would have found all gates locked. In situ GSLA staff would have asked for your reasons to wish to enter and most likely have...

14th August 2020

With Covid-19 putting a stop to overseas holidays for many people, one alternative is to be a tourist on staycation. A staycation is when you sleep in your own bed but explore your hometown as if you were a tourist and take in all the unique, beautiful, wonderful or historical parts of your country. Even...

13th August 2020

Although the Covid-19 lockdown period was tough on individuals, many took the opportunity to refocus their fitness and health goals. Even during the height of the public health emergency, people were out walking, jogging or cycling across Gibraltar in order to maintain or reach their fitness goals. This also coincided with the launch of the...

10th August 2020

All schools in Gibraltar are set to open in September, in a return to “normality in an abnormal” situation, the Minister for Education said. Despite a return to “in person” teaching, school life will be different for both pupils and teaches alike. New measures will be introduced to avoid large groups, including a “classroom bubble”...

9th August 2020

The Royal Navy Offshore Patrol Vessel HMS Trent made her maiden call in Gibraltar on Sunday for programmed logistics support as part of the ship’s first overseas operational deployment. Following her commissioning service, HMS Trent sailed from her home base in Portsmouth last Monday and will head into the Mediterranean after visiting Gibraltar to join...

8th August 2020

Gibraltar’s theatrical past paved the way for today’s generation of actors. Today we look back at the great volume of work that saw the local stage come alive with music, dance and drama following the war years. Our guest is again Christine Bacarese-Hamilton, then Christine Chiappe, who from a young age danced in operettas and...

7th August 2020

The Governor of the Cayman Islands, Martyn Roper, said on Wednesday he would exercise reserve constitutional powers to push through legislation on same sex marriage, after the islands’ Legislative Assembly voted against the Bill last month. In a statement, the Governor cited a ruling of the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal that found Cayman was...

7th August 2020

Motorists are being urged to drive with caution in the Upper Rock nature reserve after the Macaque Management Team this week registered the death of a two-year old macaque killed by a passing vehicle. The macaque, who was from the Prince Philip Arch’s troop, was discovered by a local guide at a round 6.30pm on...

7th August 2020

Gibraltarian youngsters are being urged to be “extremely cautious” when socialising this summer after the latest positive Covid-19 case in Gibraltar yesterday was linked to the party scene Marbella. The Rock yesterday registered six active cases, with four residents and two visitors who tested positive for Covid-19. The overall number remained the same as the...

6th August 2020

In this week’s travel Shaun Yeo explores marine life of Tenerife. by Shaun Yeo Tenerife is the largest Island of the eight, which make up the Spanish Archipelago of the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean. Tenerife is also the most populated of all the other Islands, and the most popular and visited Island both...

5th August 2020

When is this week sending out a clear “thank you” message to frontline services. With UEFA’s elite club competitions resuming this week, the shirts of every player will carry the words ‘Thank You’ in their team’s chosen language. this says Uefa is “a symbol of European football’s recognition of key workers for their tireless contributions...

3rd August 2020

Tracks left by land animals some 106,000 years ago have been recently uncovered in a collaborative effort between Gibraltar and Iberian scientists, with the findings published in an international journal. Scientists from the Gibraltar National Museum alongside scientists from the universities of Lisbon, Sevilla, Huelva, Coimbra and Barcelona have taken part in a major research...