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20th April 2020

One of my first editors was a man called Joseph Bonney, a seasoned and highly-respected business journalist and a former wire reporter with the Associated Press, the US news agency. I was working for a US business magazine at the time and Joe took me aside and set out what he expected in our journalism....

20th April 2020

By Ewen Maclean Facing fear A telling photo that speaks into our current circumstances, are the rows and rows of passenger jets parked up as if in the plane equivalent of a giant car park. Ordinarily, they would not be sitting on the tarmac but would be up in the sky taking passengers to business...

19th April 2020

‘To show appreciation for the efforts made and risks braved by healthcare workers and other professionals who are giving their all to ensure society continues to function in the face of the coronavirus, football stars both past and present have come together to pay tribute to humanity's heroes. Across the globe, staff and volunteers at...

18th April 2020

There are names that are forever linked to our past. Places you remember as a child which are now long gone. The Pisani stores on Governor’s Street, La Ganga in Cornwall’s Parade and the Beanland stationary shop on Main Street where Galliano’s Bank once was and where later Jyske Bank made its home. I remember...

17th April 2020

Statistics show that Covid-19 “is in decline” in Gibraltar, Public Health Director Dr Sohail Bahatti said on Friday, as he set out the factors that need to be in place before the civil contingency regulations can be eased, but warned nonetheless there was no room for complacency.
 These key factors include the number of confirmed...

17th April 2020

The Gibraltar Government yesterday insisted there was no shortage of protective gear for frontline healthcare workers dealing with Covid-19, responding to questions raised by Together Gibraltar following an outbreak of the virus in the Children’s Health Centre. Together Gibraltar called on the Government to provide answers about the outbreak, adding that the spread of the...

17th April 2020

Gibraltarian singer/songwriter Hollie Buhagiar has now been in isolation in London for three weeks. Like many of us she is home all day excluding exercise and shopping for essentials. Working mostly from home she tells me the lockdown has not been too much out of the norm. “Routine-wise I wouldn’t say it’s been too difficult...

16th April 2020

By Kylie MacLellan and Guy Faulconbridge Britain's coronavirus outbreak is probably peaking, but it is too early to start relaxing restrictions, officials said as critics warned that the country may end up with the worst death rate in Europe due to government failings. Prime Minister Boris Johnson's top medical adviser, Chris Whitty, said on Wednesday...

16th April 2020

Gibraltarian artist Francis Gomila is living life in isolation in Greece. But in many ways, he says, both he and the artists he is working with are busier than ever. He is presently in his studio in Greece named ‘Plan B’ from where he is running a series of artist residencies. Greece, he tells me,...

16th April 2020

Future generations will judge us by the actions we are taking now. What we do and how we emerge from the coronavirus lockdown will not only shape our future but also those of our children and grandchildren. We are told life will change. We can imagine what it will look like. We can speculate. But...

16th April 2020

By Gabrielle Fagan Let’s face it, staring at the same bland four walls every day when you’re holed up at home can really dampen the spirits. So why not wake them up a bit, by displaying some photos and art? This could be the perfect way to showcase your favourite images (and create an impressive...

15th April 2020

The staff at the Family and Community Centre are extending its support to parents and carers during the Covid-19 lockdown by way of an out-reach service. The team is comprised of trained parenting educators, social workers and therapists, who will be able to offer advice on different strategies that may help families build resilience. The...

15th April 2020

By Sam Russell, PA A 99-year-old veteran who is raising funds for the NHS by walking 100 lengths of his garden has said it is “completely out of this world” as people have donated more than £6 million. Captain Tom Moore is on track to complete 100 of the 25-metre laps before he turns 100...

14th April 2020

By Thomas Hornall, PA Marriage rates for heterosexual couples are at their lowest level on record and the popularity of religious wedding ceremonies also fell to historic lows, according to new official data. Fewer than one in four (23%) opposite-sex couples in England and Wales chose a place of worship for their big day in...

14th April 2020

By Aine Fox, PA Parents are being urged not to let coronavirus fears stop them from getting medical help for their children if they are worried about diabetes symptoms. Since the country went into lockdown, disproportionate numbers of young people have already reached the seriously ill stage of the disease by the time they arrive...

14th April 2020

A wedding day marks a special time in a couple’s relationship, but the coronavirus pandemic has seen many plans postponed or even scrapped, leaving some couples thousands of pounds out of pocket. The disruption, of course, is relative. The couples are thankful they are healthy and able to rearrange their plans for a later date....

14th April 2020

Karl Ullger, artist and teacher, says the past few weeks have been like a massive “whirlwind” with day to day routines gone out of the window and new methods of keeping busy implemented in many households including his own. Fortunate enough to continue working at school taking care of key workers’ children he has now...

13th April 2020

By Jose Elías Rodríguez and Nathan Allen Spain, one of the countries worst hit by the global coronavirus epidemic, on Monday started to ease tough lockdown restrictions that have kept people confined to their homes for more than a month and put a brake on economic activity. Spain's cumulative death toll from the coronavirus rose...

12th April 2020

By Nick Pyle, Governor of Gibraltar As we all know this Easter is, unfortunately, a rather  different  Easter than others  due  to  the pandemic  that  is  Covid-19,  and  whilst  it  is  correct  that  all  of  our  efforts must  be  on  facing  its  challenges, we  should  not  forget  that  Passover,  Easter  and Ramadan are being celebrated...

12th April 2020

EARLY ON in this crisis, the daily 4pm press conferences at No.6 Convent Place had a calming effect on growing collective unease. Ministers and officials offered information and guidance on how Gibraltar was preparing to cope with the nightmarish scenes unfolding in hospitals across much of the world. With a lump in the throat, we...

12th April 2020

Gibraltar’s sports community waits for that moment in which the lockdown is relaxed and sports people can return to the field, tracks and courts. Although the signs continue to show it could still be some time before it happens. However, it is far from inactive. Although sports might not be actively practiced, with many of...

11th April 2020

By Fabian Picardo, Chief Minister Good afternoon And especially a good afternoon to our senior citizens and those of you with particular vulnerabilities. I can report to you that as at today we have taken 1,558 swabs for COVID-19. 18 are pending and 1,540 results have been received. Of those 1,392 were negative. 129 were...

9th April 2020

By Jemma Crew and Max McLean, PA Carers of autistic people with a limited understanding of social distancing have said they are being judged by the public and challenged by police when helping them with their daily exercise. Some autistic people are struggling to understand social distancing advice and have been overlooked during the coronavirus...

9th April 2020

The first day that really struck me as unusual and slightly sinister was 13 March. It was a seemingly normal workday in New York, with unseasonably warm weather. The seriousness of the spread of the virus became evident in the world of American sports as professional leagues like the NBA (National Basketball Association) and NHL...

9th April 2020

Artist Lorraine Buhagiar, always tries to make time to be creative and that is usually at home, on her own, basically in isolation. Fortunately, she says, she does not get bored very easily but when working from home it is easy to be distracted by all that surrounds you. “Since finding myself with all this...

9th April 2020

In the 1960s, Marshall McLuhan coined the phrase ‘global village’ to denote the world of high technology and international communications, through which events throughout the world may be experienced simultaneously by everyone, thereby shrinking the world communities to a single village or tribe. If we recall how the coronavirus outbreak started in Wuhan and then...

9th April 2020

By Dean Designate of Gibraltar Canon Ian Tarrant As a child I used to think that Christmas was more important than Easter; doubtless because of the presents! But as I matured in years, and in my faith, I came to realise that this annual re-engagement with sadness and joy, separation and restoration, was vital to...

9th April 2020

By Luke Rix-Standing It wasn’t quite the day the music died, but for Beatles fans the world over, it must have felt pretty close. On April 10, 1970, Paul McCartney issued a press release alongside advance copies of his solo album, which seemed to announce the Beatles’ demise. Framed as the transcript to a Q&A,...

8th April 2020

On a quiet morning yesterday, children who would normally be on a week-long Easter break instead silently coloured in their worksheets in St Anne’s School. A far cry from a bustling school, just some 50 middle school children were in attendance, and in each classroom a handful of children. The children from all middle schools...

8th April 2020

Those in the over 70 age bracket and, therefore, most vulnerable to the effects of Covid-19 still face only an 8% chance that they will come to harm from the virus, Acting Medical Director Dr Krishna Rawal said yesterday, as he urged the community not to dwell on negative statistics.  Statistics show that those in...