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30th September 2018

This article was first published in print in November, 2017 I received an anonymous letter recently, typed out and addressed to me personally but otherwise unmarked. It was posted to our newsroom in Casemates. The Chronicle has a policy of not publishing anonymous letters. We read them, naturally, but nine out of 10 end up...

29th September 2018

In a tin of keepsakes which I inherited from my grandmother, there is an old photograph of my father standing together with his mum at el Valle de los Caídos. It must have been taken by my grandfather in 1966 or 1967, when the family of three went on a coach tour of Spain. My...

28th September 2018

By Dan O'Donoghue, Press Association Political Staff Boris Johnson has issued a blistering attack on Theresa May's Brexit strategy just days before the Conservative Party conference. The former foreign secretary, who sensationally quit the Cabinet in July, described the Prime Minister's Chequers plan as "a moral and intellectual humiliation for this country" that will "cheat...

28th September 2018

The Gibraltar Government will today publish a Command Paper setting out proposed changes to the law to allow abortion in Gibraltar in certain limited cases. Publication of the Command Paper is part of an ongoing consultation led by the government’s Inter-Ministerial Committee on Abortion and was shared yesterday with campaigners on bother sides of the...

27th September 2018

Leading UK radio station Jazz FM is to broadcast live from Gibraltar as part of Literary Festival. Jazz FM, billed as the world’s greatest jazz, blues and soul station, will broadcast live from Gibraltar from November 12 to 16 November coinciding with the 6th edition of the Gibraltar Gibunco Gibraltar Literary Festival. Presenter Nigel Williams...

27th September 2018

Gibraltar-based Lottoland has landed a Guinness World Record for the largest online gambling payout of 90million Euros. The Guinness World Record certificate was officially handed to Lottoland’s chief executive Nigel Birrell outside No.6 Convent Place yesterday, as he reiterated the firm’s commitment to Gibraltar despite the uncertainty surrounding Brexit. “This is our home, it has...

25th September 2018

The Gibraltar Hearing Impaired and Tinnitus Association (GHITA) together with the Minister for Health Neil Costa launched a survey yesterday to find out the number of people with hearing loss on the Rock. The launch was timed to coincide with Deaf Awareness Week. Attending the launch was Edgar Triay, Maite Facio-Beanland and Richard Weaver from...

25th September 2018

A lack of manpower and high organisational demands are impacting morale within the Royal Gibraltar Police, the Gibraltar Police Federation [GPF] indicated yesterday following the publication of a staff survey. The Federation flagged issues such as officers’ workloads, shift patterns as well as bullying and health and safety concerns. But it insisted that the problems...

24th September 2018

The Gibraltar Hearing Impaired and Tinnitus Association (GHITA) will today launch a new support group and survey to mark Deaf Awareness Week. The survey will be launched at the Primary Care Centre this morning with an aim to find out the number of people with hearing loss on the Rock. It is hoped the data...

21st September 2018

By Lucinda Cameron, Press Association Scotland Premature babies show better brain development when fed breast milk rather than formula, new research has found. Experts studied babies born seven weeks early or more and found those who exclusively received breast milk for at least three-quarters of the days they spent in hospital showed improved brain connectivity...

20th September 2018

Proponents on both sides of the local abortion debate continued to engage with the community yesterday to set out their views and garner support for their standpoint. The Pro-Life launched a ‘New Beginnings - Both lives Matter’ campaign during its weekly ‘Nights Watch’ outside No.6 Convent Place. This campaign is one of the various projects...

18th September 2018

By Ella Pickover, Press Association Health Correspondent A declining number of children in England are being vaccinated against potentially deadly diseases, new figures show. Data from NHS Digital shows that vaccination coverage declined last year for a number of immunisations which protect youngsters from a horde of different illnesses, from meningitis to measles. Coverage for...

17th September 2018

Are we sleepwalking into a Brexit disaster? That was a question put to me by a reasonable, sensible person who follows politics closely and welcomed the optimism shown by the Gibraltar Government in the face of the uncertainty of withdrawal from the European Union, but who nonetheless could not dispel the niggling doubts. He was...

17th September 2018

A recent immigration case at the Magistrates Court has placed a spotlight on how the authorities in Gibraltar deal with complex cases involving unaccompanied migrant children who cross the Strait of Gibraltar in search of a better life. This comes after a 17-year old boy from Morocco was found in an inflatable canoe two miles...

14th September 2018

By Flora Thompson, Press Association Businesswoman Gina Miller has launched a national campaign to "end the chaos" of Brexit by publishing "unspun facts" so people can decide for themselves what they want to happen next. Announcing the movement in Dover on Friday, she said "political infighting" and other "bitter" tensions rising from the debate had...

13th September 2018

- Josep Borrell says Gib agreement will be “first step” toward Brexit deal - RBS International’s chief executive says Rock plays long game ‘better than anyone else’ Gibraltar, the United Kingdom, Spain and the EU share the “goodwill and understanding” needed to make “sterile vetoes” a thing of the past and instead build a positive...

13th September 2018

Gibraltar Youth Service is setting up a ‘new and exciting’ pilot project at the Youth Centre in Line Wall Road called “The Zone”. Initially “The Zone” will be open Tuesdays and Thursdays between 12.30pm – 4.30pm and Wednesdays from 12.30pm – 2.00pm. Students from Bayside and Westside Schools and the College of Further Education will...

13th September 2018

A group of Gibraltarians who were among the 2,000 evacuated to Jamaica during World War II were present this week as Gibraltar and Kingston were formally twinned nearly four decades later. The twinning ceremony held at Grand Battery House saw Mayor Kaiane Aldorino Lopez and Senator Councillor Delroy Williams, the Mayor of Kingston, join two...

12th September 2018

RAF Gibraltar last week welcomed family members of Flight Lieutenant Donald Marshall, an RAF pilot who died in a Hunter jet crash on October 9, 1971 whilst on detachment at RAF North Front, now known as RAF Gibraltar. Bob and Brenda Roadnight visited RAF Gibraltar to commemorate the life and service of Mrs Roadnight’s brother,...

10th September 2018

Sir Joe Bossano yesterday vowed to fight for Gibraltar’s right to self determination until his last breath. He was speaking on stage at the Casemates rally as he received the Freedom of the City of Gibraltar for his lifetime’s service to this community. In front of a sea of red and white, Mayor Kaiane Aldorino...

10th September 2018

Following this week's decision by the World Master Athletic's executive to stop Gibraltar athletes from competing as representatives of Gibraltar following political pressure from Spain, Liam Byrne has run in the 800m preliminary round heats of the over 40's category demonstrating his protest at the WMA's decision. The Gibraltar athlete was the only athlete, out...

9th September 2018

Theresa May's Brexit strategy has put the UK constitution in a "suicide vest" and handed the detonator to Brussels' chief negotiator Michel Barnier, Boris Johnson has claimed. The former foreign secretary's extraordinary comments provoked an immediate backlash from Tory critics in the latest sign of the bitter Conservative divide over Brexit and the future leadership...

5th September 2018

Local veteran athletes have been “forbidden” by Spain from competing under the Gibraltar flag in the World Masters Athletics Championships, which started yesterday in Malaga. The World Masters Athletics organisation said the local athletes could run as “neutrals” but that it had no choice but to enforce the ban or risk having the Spanish authorities...

31st August 2018

The GSD yesterday lambasted the Government over the current state of Laguna Estate including the amount of unfinished and ‘shoddy’ work despite seven years of refurbishment works, in a move that drew a stinging response from No.6 Convent Place. The GSD revisited Laguna Estate at the invitation of the residents committee which follows a recent...

29th August 2018

Over the last two weeks, the Gibraltar Youth Service has been reintroducing “patio games” for youngsters. Fifty young people from the different youth clubs joined at Dolphins Youth Club to participate in the outdoor activities. No high level equipment was required as young people joined in a variety of traditional patio games, which their grandparents...

27th August 2018

A dusky grouper is pictured above in a screen grab captured recently from a live feed broadcast online by Gibraltar’s underwater webcam. The camera is located in a nature protection zone and officials at the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Climate Change believe this rare sighting could be indicative of marine conservation measures starting...

27th August 2018

Gary Lineker described Theresa May as "frightfully boring" as he re-iterated calls for a second vote on Brexit. The Match Of The Day host spoke to a packed audience at Byline Festival in East Sussex on Sunday. During the interview with Lisa Maxwell, who pointed out he had more followers on Twitter than the Prime...

24th August 2018

Local pupils delivered “excellent” GCSE results yesterday despite concerns that course changes, tougher exams and a stricter grading system might impact on performance. Pupils and teachers rose to the challenge of the new system, and a total of 170 grades at level 9 – the highest grade - were attained under the new system. A...

24th August 2018

Binge drug taking has become “commonplace” in Gibraltar, heightening concerns about a nightlife scene in which youngsters are increasingly exposed to “a potentially fatal cocktail” of hard drugs and alcohol. The stark message came from Ian McGrail, the Commissioner of the Royal Gibraltar Police, during a wide-ranging and frank interview with the Chronicle after four...

23rd August 2018

The GSD yesterday said the Gibraltar Government is “running scared” over public parking enforcement concerns - and immediately drew a stinging reaction from No.6 Convent Place. This comes after the Opposition expressed concern over the number of erroneous parking fines being issued which, it insisted, was a waste of both public and police time. But...