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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...

15th October 2019

By Dr Joseph Garcia These elections are taking place against the backdrop of the potential departure of the United Kingdom and Gibraltar from the European Union. Brexit has generated considerable political turmoil elsewhere, particularly in the UK. This contrasts sharply with Gibraltar, where we have enjoyed continued political stability and economic prosperity. We must not...

14th October 2019

By Gemma Dunn Mary Wilson only ever wanted to perform. The co-founder of The Supremes, and the only member to survive its many incarnations, had known from a young age she was born to sing, rebuffing her mother's college wishes in pursuit of a glittering stage career. But America's most successful ever vocal group? A...

12th October 2019

Many people have both inspired and influenced me at different times in my life. One of the first outside of my family environment was Leni Mifsud, an impressionist painter born in 1906 inspired by Monet and Cezanne. I gave mention to her in my very first column. Larger than life she came into mine in...

12th October 2019

By Nellie Huang It might involve a little more planning and fewer nights dancing on beaches, but having kids needn't limit your travelling prospects, so says travel blogger Nellie Huang (wildjunket.com), author of new kids' book, Explorers: Amazing Tales of the World's Greatest Adventures. She travels the world with her 4-year-old daughter, and here shares...

11th October 2019

The GSD pledged a “radical” plan to help boost mental health services in Gibraltar, as the party marked World Mental Health Day yesterday. Party leader Keith Azopardi and candidates Joelle Ladislaus and Orlando Yeats put forward proposals to improve Gibraltar’s health and care services, including a Care Quality Commission that will independently monitor and audit...

10th October 2019

The GSLP/Liberal Alliance will once again appoint a Minister for Small Business, should it be re-elected to government next week. This is one of a number of initiatives set out by Alliance candidate Vijay Daryanani and party Leader Fabian Picardo at a press briefing yesterday afternoon. The move will help the government better understand and...

10th October 2019

By Sarah Marshall Wrapped in white muslin and bound with ropes, a corpse lies in one of Kabala's few tarmacked roads, like a human-shaped parcel ready for delivery to the next life. Dipping the wiry fronds of a bull's tail into a calabash filled with medicinal waters, a witch doctor chants as he performs a...

10th October 2019

By Mario Ramos Throughout the Tuna Fishing Season there has been the annual debate about the size of the quota and the way it is managed, the sale of catches and the lack of enforcement by the pertinent authorities in British Gibraltar Territorial Waters (BGTW). There has been a focus on the continuing incursions by...

10th October 2019

By Brian Caetano Growing up in Gibraltar, politics has always played an important role in my life. Our community is shaped by the government which it chooses to elect every 4 years. This means that young people are able to see and experience the effect that our politics has on our day-to-day lives first-hand. As...

9th October 2019

Spain on Tuesday again set out its view that Brexit offered an opportunity to create "an area of prosperity" including Gibraltar and the Campo de Gibraltar, during a speech to the UN Fourth Committee in New York that also underscored its longstanding sovereignty aspirations over the Rock. Agustín Santos, Spain’s permanent representative to the UN,...

9th October 2019

The United Nations should take ‘decisive’ and ‘firm’ actions to remove Gibraltar from its list of colonies, SDGG vice chairman Denis Matthews told the UN fourth committee on decolonisation in New York yesterday. Mr Matthews gave an impassioned speech to the committee where he called for Gibraltar to be struck off from the UN list...