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16th August 2019

By Eleanor Barlow, PA Work uncovering dozens of dinosaur remains at a Jurassic site could help the world plan for climate change, a scientist on the project has said. Bones, fossils and tracks from the prehistoric creatures have been excavated from the Mission Jurassic site in Wyoming, USA. Professor Phil Manning, chairman of natural history...

16th August 2019

By Alison Kershaw, PA Education Correspondent Record numbers of students have found university places through Clearing, figures show. More than 17,000 applicants have been accepted on to degree courses through the annual process - up 15% on the same point last year. The proportion of would-be students by-passing the main application system in favour of...

16th August 2019

A large group of children have been creating wonderful works of art this week at the Arts and Craft Centre under the guidance of Teresa, Kate, Louise and Lisa. Teresa brought the children’s imagination to life via painting, drawing, paper mache, clay modelling, up-cycling and recycling. Taking part in her class was Chloe, 8, has...

15th August 2019

By Natalie Bowen "How many of you know Breton folk dancing?" asks musician Alasdair Fraser, temporarily setting down his fiddle. Filled with amateur enthusiasm, a couple of thousand hikers and I rise to our feet from blankets spread on the Malga Canvere grassy plain, 1,975m above sea level in the Italian Dolomites. We have walked...

14th August 2019

By Keiran Southern, PA Los Angeles Correspondent Outfits worn by Marilyn Monroe in some of her most famous films are among the items going under the hammer at an auction celebrating her life and career. The Hollywood star was one of the most popular actresses of the 1950s thanks to movies including Gentlemen Prefer Blondes...

14th August 2019

By Douglas Barrie, PA Scotland A student has revealed the face of a female druid from the Iron Age in a 3D wax reconstruction. Karen Fleming from the University of Dundee has recreated the head of a woman, nicknamed Hilda, believed to have been from Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis. Believed to have been...

13th August 2019

By Keiran Southern, PA A family going on holiday, a young man on a housing estate, and a portrait of an artist's late mother have been shortlisted for a major international photography award. The pictures are in with the chance of winning the £15,000 Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize, which is organised by the National...

13th August 2019

By Nina Massey, PA Science Correspondent Gluten consumption in early childhood is associated with an increased risk of coeliac disease among youngsters genetically predisposed to the condition, a study suggests. Children who ate more gluten during the first five years of their life were also more at risk of coeliac disease autoimmunity - having antibodies...

13th August 2019

Gibraltar Calling will pay tribute this year to the life and works of Freddie Mercury and Queen, with tribute band Killer Queen set to perform on the Rock. The tribute band played its first show nearly three decades ago and never looked back. Patrick Myers, the lead singer of Killer Queen, said: “It's been an...

13th August 2019

By Jackie Anderson It was with a degree of horror that one morning earlier this week I watched television images of the clearance of hundreds of acres of rainforest in the Amazon. The message of the report and the images have lingered with me for days: sweating men in hard hats and rough overalls tearing...

12th August 2019

By Cate McCurry, PA Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson has said there is no "good Brexit" for Northern Ireland. On her first ever visit to the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic, the new party leader said it is still possible to stop the UK leaving the European Union. She travelled to the part...

12th August 2019

The GSD has today announced the party will repeal the abortion law if elected into government. GSD Leader Keith Azopardi said the Government has “misrepresented” the legislation that is subject to a referendum next March. “We are making clear that if we are elected to Government at the next election we will repeal the GSLP/Liberals...

12th August 2019

Dr Zvi Hatkevitz from Israel has spent years piecing together his family history, and has found the final piece of the puzzle in the 72 year old pages of the Gibraltar Chronicle. His Jewish family, as many others during World War II, lived through a very difficult time, seeking refuge in Russia and returning to...

10th August 2019

Under Sensei Anthony Joaquin, who has 40 years’ experience under his belt, children as young as four have been learning about the art of Japanese Samurai and the art of Ju-Jitsu and self-defence. The workshops have formed part of the GSLA summer programme. “This is a taste of what Ju-Jitsu is,” said Sensi Joaquin. “Yesterday...

9th August 2019

A special storytime session will be held on Wednesday 14th August at 10.30am, for 5-8 year olds, where the book read will be 'Zipp's Trips'. This book was developed by Project Unify, a team of sixth form Westside and Bayside students, who participated in the Young Enterprise Scheme. The story is about an alien (Zipp)...

8th August 2019

Do you know that feeling when you finish watching a show and you really want to give it a standing ovation but really can’t? It was good, almost brilliant, and yet you can’t get on your feet because somehow you feel something was missing. That’s how I feel with the announcement that the new National...

7th August 2019

by Jorge v.Rein Parlade Madrid 1946 The Café Gijon was busy as usual in that cold January morning of 1946. The smell of Colombian coffee and black tobacco smoke was the order of the day back then. The well appointed white uniformed staff never stopped in the rush to serve their customers in the morning...

7th August 2019

By Liz Connor If you're looking to live a healthier lifestyle, breakfast is a good place to start. It's the first meal of the day, which means it can often set the tone for how and what you eat later in the afternoon. That said, most of us live busy lives and - no matter...

6th August 2019

The Development and Planning Commission yesterday raised environmental concerns regarding a luxury development, The Reserve, which is to be built on the site of the Old Casino on Europa Road. Issues highlighted included the number of trees to be planted at the site, and the effect the building would have on local wildlife particularly nesting...

6th August 2019

Royal Navy Gibraltar has welcomed a new Commanding Officer to their ranks. Lieutenant (Lt) James Young last week assumed Command of HMS Scimitar, one of the Squadron’s Lifespan Patrol Vessels (LPV). He relieves Lieutenant Commander (Lt Cdr) Kyle Walkley who, after a year in Command of Scimitar, has taken the role of Commanding Officer of...

6th August 2019

The Gibraltar Government and GSD Opposition will move a joint motion at the next meeting of Parliament, commencing the process of parliamentary enlargement ahead of the next general election. This comes after the Government published a Bill, late on Friday evening, to increase the number of MPs through the addition of backbenchers. But, the proposals...

6th August 2019

Football showed its two faces this Sunday when Brunos Magpies visited San Pedro De Alcantara for a friendly match. The match saw last seasons second division champions play Spanish regional side San Pedro at the latter’s own stadium in Marbella. The match, a friendly pre-season warmup match for both teams was to end with UD...

6th August 2019

Austrian man Wolfgang Fasching began his world record attempt yesterday as he set off on his 12 day journey from Gibraltar to North Cape, Norway. Mr Fasching’s mission is to cycle 5,656km across Europe in less than 12 days, and he isn’t planning to take his first break until he is 24 hours into this...

5th August 2019

By Georgina Stubbs, PA A move by McDonald's to bin instead of recycle paper straws is a temporary measure as it works to find a waste processing solution, the fast food giant has said. Last year the company replaced plastic straws with paper ones across all of its UK and Ireland restaurants after a successful...

5th August 2019

By Megan Baynes, PA A humpback whale was seen off the coast of Cornwall over the weekend. A local tour boat company encountered the whale which swam under their boat while feeding on sandeels in the area. Hannah Jones, co-owner of Marine Discovery Penzance, noticed a swell in the water while out on a wildlife-spotting...

5th August 2019

With a general election on the horizon, Gibraltar’s political parties are all ‘well advanced’ with preparations for the completion and launch of their manifesto’s. Although the Chief Minister Fabian Picardo has given little indication as to when he intends to call an election, rumours are rife that this could be sooner rather than later. The...

2nd August 2019

By Thomas Hornall and Dave Higgens, PA A damaged reservoir dam feared to be on the verge of collapse is facing a "critical" moment as the military and emergency services work to stop it bursting. Water flowing into Toddbrook Reservoir has been "reduced considerably" overnight but engineers remain "very concerned" about the integrity of the...

2nd August 2019

By Sam Russell, PA A "hero" Battle of Britain veteran has died hours after celebrating his 100th birthday, taking the number of surviving members of The Few to five, his biographer has said. Archie McInnes, who flew Hurricanes during the battle in the skies over southern England, completed his pilot training aged 21 and was...

2nd August 2019

By Tony Jones The Duke of Sussex has told activist and chimpanzee expert Dr Jane Goodall he will only have two children for the sake of the planet. Harry said he now views the natural world differently since becoming a father to three-month-old son Archie, and when quizzed by the primatologist about how many children...

2nd August 2019

A local firefighter was recently crowned the 2019 British Champion at the British Firefighter Challenge held in Watford recently. Matt Coulthard competed against 200 firefighters in this event devised to replicate the challenges faced by firefighters in their day-to-day line of duty. The competition included a race to run to the top of a tower,...