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2nd July 2020

Not everyone is ready to get the ‘sombrero’ ready for their holidays abroad but easyjet’s plans to start flying to Gibraltar from London again later this month will be a relief to many. The news was confirmed in yesterday’s edition of the Gibraltar Chronicle, albeit with the caveat that given the fluid nature of the...

29th June 2020

A young terminally-ill Scottish boy called Caleb Stirrat has “stolen the hearts of Gibraltar”, whose community has rallied round to make his dream beach holiday come true. Caleb’s family was told earlier this month that the four-year old could have just months to live after a long-running battle with a rare and aggressive brain cancer....

23rd June 2020

Long he had been drifting there before the discovery of the body was for the coroner to determine later. His blouse had ripped on the splintered sides of the tub, the one they used to bathe the elephants, littered with the colourful shreds of his rainbow polka dots. His oversized, blood-red clown shoes were floating...

9th June 2020

The Gibraltar Government yesterday marked World Oceans Day, a global movement that calls on world leaders to protect 30% of the world’s ocean by 2030. The World Ocean Day campaign is called 30x30 and the Government said Gibraltar has “already designated 63% of its territorial waters as a Marine Protected Area”, known as the Southern...

3rd June 2020

By Sam Russell A collection of photographs showing life in lockdown will be preserved in an archive following an appeal for the public’s help to create a “time capsule”. People responded in numbers with images of clapping for carers, rainbows, empty streets, social distancing, home haircuts and the natural world. It was the first time...

29th May 2020

Public health officials will carry out a pilot programme to test staff at the Gibraltar Health Authority for Covid-19 antibodies, in a move that will enable them to assess how many key healthcare workers have already been exposed to the virus. The tests, which will start on Monday, will be a precursor to a community-wide...

28th May 2020

Beachgoers are being urged to act responsibly and use their common sense when going to the beach while the red flag is flying during the lockdown period. Despite several calls for lifeguards to start patrolling Gibraltar’s beaches, the Gibraltar Government said it will not bring forward this year’s official bathing season, which is due to...

26th May 2020

Gibraltar Cultural Services is reopening the ‘Cosmos’ sculpture exhibition by Spanish artist Victor Quintanilla today, at the GEMA Gallery in Montagu Bastion. The exhibition, which had a reduced launch event in March due to the outbreak of Covid-19, was organised in conjunction with the JM Memorial Foundation. The exhibition has now reopened to the public...

20th May 2020

By Liz Connor So you’ve recently become a home worker. Congratulations on finally ditching your commute and entering a new period of your life where it’s OK to wear sweatpants to the office. But for all the positives – like setting your alarm later in the morning – there are some downsides too. Most notably,...

20th May 2020

By Jemma Crew England, Scotland and Wales are in the bottom third of countries ranked by school-age children who eat at least one daily meal with their families, research has found. Less than four in 10 girls and boys aged 11, 13, and 15 in the three countries sit down at least once a day...

19th May 2020

The Friday Night Live seventies edition last Friday night simply rocked. It was a decade filled with tour de force melodies and lyrics which have survived the test of time as we heard on Friday Night and for many of us tuning in the soundtrack of our lives. I am certain it brought back good...

19th May 2020

By Claire Spreadbury If you are a working parent, life might feel increasingly tough at the moment. Being furloughed undoubtedly comes with its own set of problems, but when you are expected to work normally, while also homeschooling your children, it is almost impossible. So what can we do to settle those anxious thoughts and...

18th May 2020

By Amy Murphy, PA A teenager who was told he may never walk again after suffering from a rare brain infection has completed a marathon in six days to raise money for the hospital that saved his life. Ben Mattocks, 14, underwent two operations and spent 10 weeks in Sheffield Children’s Hospital after contracting the...

15th May 2020

By Alice Mascarenhas With an 80s and 90s night finding a success following on the Friday Night Live Edition sessions the organisers are now turning to an all out 70s night. Today Friday as from 9pm local musicians take on the challenge of the sound of the seventies with some firm favourite performers and songs...

14th May 2020

By Michael Aguilera One of the recurring phrases that we keep hearing in these unusual days is the ‘new normal’. We all know that our lives will not go back to being the same once the lock down is lifted. The reality we can all expect to live with will not be the normality of...

9th May 2020

The province of Cadiz, including the Campo de Gibraltar, will be among the areas of Spain moving to the next phase of the country's exit from one of Europe’s strictest lockdowns, with bars, restaurants and places of worship allowed to reopen as from Monday, the Spanish Government announced. The relatively low number of cases in the...

7th May 2020

Local artist Caroline Canessa says when lockdown was first implemented it took her a week or so to adjust to the new situation. But she is now enjoying the calm, the slower pace of life and enjoying her family at home. “I’m not wearing a watch,” she tells me. “I’m appreciating the quiet, and I’m...

7th May 2020

By Megan Baynes A 98-year-old war veteran is planning a VE Day charity walk to help save an everyman’s club, originally founded as a place for soldiers to recuperate during the First World War. Inspired by Captain Tom Moore, George Sutherland will walk 2.2 miles from Lijssenthoek military cemetery to Talbot House in Poperinge, near...

7th May 2020

By Luke Rix-Standing At 3pm on May 8, 1945, Winston Churchill sat in front of a microphone in No. 10 Downing Street, and declared in typically gruff tones that the war against Nazi Germany had been won. A week after Hitler had taken his own life in a bunker beneath Berlin, the remnants of the...

5th May 2020

A couple of weeks I already called for an album of the best contributions to the Friday Night Live concerts in lockdown. Now I ask, when is it coming out? This has simply got to happen especially after this week’s rocking 90s night. What a double eclectic night of rock from a decade that certainly...

4th May 2020

By Catherine Wylie, PA A charity fearing a puppy crisis is urging the public to remember that “a dog is for life, not just for lockdown”. Dogs Trust is asking people to weigh up if they are ready for the responsibilities of dog ownership, with online searches about getting a puppy surging by 120%. The...

4th May 2020

By Jane Kirby and Harriet Line, PA Reduced hot-desking, the closure of office lifts and canteens, and putting tape on the floor to mark where people should stand are among measures being proposed by the Government to get back people back to work. Draft documents from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS),...

4th May 2020

For Ermelinda Duarte creating has always been a way of life, but now in lockdown she has even more time to follow her passion and has even been inspired by the very germ that has kept us all indoors. The pandemic has paused normal life and in this moment of reflection, Ms Duarte has produced...

2nd May 2020

By Cristina Cavilla and Priya Gulraj The Gibraltar Government signalled on Saturday that it would not hesitate to reconsider plans to ease lockdown restrictions if people failed to respect social distancing rules and limit their excursions solely to those allowed under the Covid-19 regulations. That was the message from the Minister for Health Paul Balban...

30th April 2020

It’s heartening to see communities coming closer together. Whilst a global disease has taken grip of the world and is causing heartbreak for hundreds of thousands of families it also seems to be teaching us important lessons. Life is fragile. It’s easy to forget. Yet here we are being reminded daily by a virus which...

29th April 2020

By Louis Montegriffo We thought this quote was apt under the current times that we find ourselves in, more importantly, we wholly believe in the sentiment that we will see warmer times and an end to the surreal way of life that we have been dealt under Covid-19. It is clear that our way of...

27th April 2020

By Richard Labrador Every year Unite the Union together with the Gibraltar Cultural Services has very kindly invited me to represent IOSH (Institution of Occupational Safety and Health) at the International Workers’ Memorial Day ceremony. In years past, when the ceremony was held in the lobby of Parliament House, I was invited to say a...

27th April 2020

Life in central London – Lambeth to be precise – as in all of the UK, Gibraltar and the world, has seen many changes in people’s lives since we were first faced with Covid-19. The area around Kim Loddo’s home, who lives with her partner Jamal and children, Amir (12) and Roma (6), is normally...

22nd April 2020

By Emily Beament, PA Environment Correspondent Decisive action is needed to tackle the accelerating climate crisis, the United Nations has warned on the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. Reports released to mark the annual celebration of environmental protection, which is being held online due to the coronavirus pandemic, warn that the last five years were...

21st April 2020

By Jane Kirby, PA Health Editor The Government is doing its “very best” to hit the 100,000-a-day coronavirus testing target set by Health Secretary Matt Hancock, a minister has said. Local government minister Simon Clarke admitted reaching the target – set for the end of this month – was a huge challenge but suggested the...