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29th October 2019

Four defeats in two days might not have been what the players and coaches would have wanted to return with, but Gibraltar’s participation in the Iberia Cup was described as a “positive experience” which provided players much needed international cricket. Gibraltar’s cricket has suffered during the past seasons from a lack of facilities on which...

29th October 2019

A packed Charles Hunt Room at the John Mackintosh Hall last week saw the launch of a new book on the history of physiotherapy on the Rock. The book, Gibraltar: Physiotherapy in its early years, is written by Lina Searle, Gibraltar’s first ever qualified and registered physiotherapist. Former Health Minister Neil Costa on launching the...

28th October 2019

By Sam Russell, PA The ship on which Charles Darwin made the discoveries that led to the formulation of his theory of evolution was probably dismantled at a dock which archaeologists believe they have located in Essex, it has been claimed. A team of experts, commissioned by Historic England, say they have identified the outline...

28th October 2019

By Wilfred Stagnetto It was the year 1983 when we Gibraltarians were granted full British citizenship. In other words we were given the same status as if we would have been born anywhere within the mainland UK or as if Gibraltar would form part of the United Kingdom. It was not given to us for...

28th October 2019

On a summer day in 1962, a young British soldier stripped off his clothes in Little Bay and went for a swim. He was never seen again, and his body was never found. Colin Roy Luke was just 21 years old when he disappeared. He had told his roommate Gordon Ashworth of his plans to...

28th October 2019

The White Light Company will be performing a spooky Halloween fundraiser called ‘The children of Catalan Bay’ this week. The show will be held on Halloween, Thursday October 31 and on Friday November 1, at the John Mackintosh Hall Theatre. The show will be in remembrance of Andrew Dark’s mother Margot Rodriguez who passed last...

26th October 2019

By Mike Bedigan The Duchess of Sussex has said that a conversation about gender equality and female empowerment "can't happen without men". Meghan met with youth ambassadors from One Young World at Windsor Castle on Friday morning for a roundtable discussion on initiatives to improve gender equality. She was joined by her husband, the Duke...

26th October 2019

Most weeks I attempt to bring a little bit of our forgotten past to these pages. The reaction from many of you is always encouraging. You enjoy reading about yesteryear. For me, it is always a question of putting all I can in writing so that a part of our history is not lost. So,...

25th October 2019

Eco Wave Power, whose system was set up on the Rock in May 2016, has won the prestigious United Nations Global Climate Action Award, under the “Women for Results” category.  The company is a female-led wave energy company in Israel and Gibraltar and operates the only grid-connected wave energy array floaters in the world.  The Chronicle...

25th October 2019

By Laura Elston The Queen's former home in Malta is to be restored and made into a tourist attraction after being bought by the Maltese government. Villa Guardamangia, a palazzo-style mansion on the outskirts of the capital Valletta, served as a much-loved base for the Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh in the early...

24th October 2019

Halloween is round the corner. As TV and streaming giants schedule the scariest movies there’s a real-life horror story developing. Like a monster looming in the shadows. The question is will it strike exactly a week today – on Halloween night? If not when? Brexit has already missed one deadline. Will it miss another? Absolutely...

24th October 2019

Police have begun the process of trying to identify 39 bodies found in a lorry on an industrial estate in Essex. Detectives now say the refrigerated trailer containing the victims arrived at Purfleet from Zeebrugge in Belgium at around 12.30am on Wednesday while the front section known as the tractor came from Northern Ireland. The...

24th October 2019

By Sophie Goodall My feet crunch on the ground. Hunched up in the dimly lit, cramped chamber, I'm aware I'm walking over thousands of years of bones and skeletons crumbled to a fine dust. Buried under lifetimes of soil, the Neolithic passage tomb of Newgrange is swathed in the green grassy hills of Boyne Valley,...

23rd October 2019

Dog adoption website reveals it takes just over two minutes before we know a dog is 'the one' Scientific studies reveal oxytocin levels rise when humans gaze into a dog's eyes - this is known as the 'love hormone' and we associate trust, love and attachment with it Soul singer Beverley Knight knew within minutes...

23rd October 2019

As a reporter I come across people and their stories on a daily basis but there is one particular story that stood out in this year’s general election. And that story belongs to my father, Babu Gulraj, who was eligible to vote for his Government of Gibraltar for the first time after having lived on...

23rd October 2019

Registered medical practitioners working in the Gibraltar Health Authority will be authorised to supply medicinal cannabis to patients under new regulations published yesterday. The development represents a “milestone in healthcare in Gibraltar”, according to Acting Medical Director, Dr Krishna Rawal who also explained that extensive research and consultation has gone into this project. This comes...

22nd October 2019

By David Young, PA Abortion has been decriminalised in Northern Ireland after a landmark law change came into force at midnight. The legal reforms voted in at Westminster have also paved the way for the introduction of same-sex marriage in the region, with the first weddings expected in February. The Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc)...

22nd October 2019

Chief Minister Fabian Picardo yesterday announced the portfolios for his cabinet as the GSLP/Liberal Alliance returned to No.6 Convent Place for its third term in Government. Some of the bigger changes announced were that Steven Linares would become Minister for Housing, the heath portfolio would go to Paul Balban, Dr John Cortes would inherit the...

22nd October 2019

It was World Mental Health day last Thursday. I know that I am a few days late, but I want to share a personal story with you. Until about seven or eight years ago, I was scared of public speaking. No, scared is not the right word; I was utterly, utterly petrified. I’d phone in...

22nd October 2019

Miss Gibraltar 2019 Celine Bolaños visited Cheshire Homes in Tangier, Morocco during the weekend as part of her ‘beauty with a purpose’ charitable work for Miss World. Miss Bolaños will be heading to London next month to compete at the Miss World 2019 pageant. This past weekend she visited at Cheshire Homes, a residential facility...

21st October 2019

By Flora Thompson, PA Home Affairs Correspondent The UK population is set to pass the 70 million mark in the next decade but at a slower rate than previously thought, according to official statistics. The number of people living in the country is expected to rise by 4.5% over the next 10 years, from an...

21st October 2019

By PA Sport staff Former footballers are approximately three-and-a-half times more likely to die from neurodegenerative disease than the general population, according to a new study. The report, released on Monday and commissioned by the Football Association and the Professional Footballers' Association, assessed the medical records of 7,676 men who played professional football in Scotland...

21st October 2019

Manar Ben Tahayekt has been awarded with the Governor’s Coin for living ‘courageously, passionately, ambitiously and lovingly’. Manar lives with Celebral Palsy but has never let this stop her from achieving her dreams. Over the years she has set herself various challenges despite the hurdles she has faced in life. Governor Lieutenant General Edward Davis...

19th October 2019

Today we take it for granted and give little thought to the fact that we form part of a highly educated society and that our educators are predominantly Gibraltarian. But there was a time when this was not the case and it was not that long ago. Just recently we have seen the opening of...

18th October 2019

By Jamie Harris, PA Science Technology Reporter There is little evidence to suggest that gaming addiction is a clinically unhealthy habit for young people, scientists claim, calling existing fears "exaggerated". Researchers from Oxford University and Cardiff University believe obsessive gamers are likely to have underlying frustrations and wider psychosocial functioning issues away from consoles. After...

17th October 2019

Some 70.85% of the electorate voted in this year’s general election, narrowly above the final turnout in the last election. The last election in 2015 saw the lowest turnout in over three decades which slipped to 70.77%, down 11.8% from the 2011 election that saw 82.52% (17,917 people) vote. Despite a record number of registered...

17th October 2019

by Alice Mascarenhas Local artist Aaron Soleci knows that when ideas pop into his mind in connection with painting he must carry them out. “I think this will continue into old age,” he tells me, acknowledging he is a serious painter and he is always “innovating”. “I tend not to stay stuck on a theme...

16th October 2019

Twenty-one officers from the Royal Gibraltar Police, the Gibraltar Defence Police, the Gibraltar Fire and Rescue Service and Her Majesty’s Prison Service yesterday received their Overseas Territories Long Service Medals and Clasps. These were presented by the Governor, Lieutenant General Edward Davis, and Chief Minister Fabian Picardo at the Convent. A total of 19 medals...

15th October 2019

By Dominica Sanda, PA The Queen has attended a service at Westminster Abbey with the Duchess of Cornwall to mark the 750th anniversary of the re-building of the church. She was greeted by the Dean of Westminster, the Very Reverend Dr John Hall, at the the front of the central London abbey before the procession...

15th October 2019

By Catherine Wylie and Sam Blewett, PA Political Correspondents A Brexit deal could be clinched within days, according to the European Union's chief negotiator who said reaching an agreement this week is "still possible". The glimmer of hope comes as the Government rejected claims that a deal cannot be negotiated in time for a crucial...