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7th August 2018

The European Union is encouraging enterprises to increase their business with Iran, as that country has been compliant with its nuclear-related commitments. The bloc's foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini told reporters during her trip to Wellington, New Zealand, that it is up to Europeans to decide who they want to trade with. "We are doing...

6th August 2018

by Chief Minister Fabian Picardo Much is being said these days about the Public Sector and the Civil Service, particularly about my Government’s support for this central pillar of our civic and business communities. As Minister with responsibility for the Civil Service and as Chairman of the Gibraltar Development Corporation, I have a clear view...

6th August 2018

By Sam Blewett, Press Association Girls were admitted to hospital for self-harming nearly twice as regularly last year compared to two decades ago, figures have revealed. The NSPCC described the statistics as "heartbreaking", while an expert suggested social media could have contributed to the rise. NHS data shows girls were admitted to hospital 7,327 times...

6th August 2018

Trees have died and are dying due to the use of salt water for dust control at the site of HMS Rooke, according to a green area assessment carried out by Wildlife Gibraltar. The report, which has been filed with the Town Planner, states that when the planter in the middle of the site was...

4th August 2018

Thousands of mauve jellyfish could be seen at Camp Bay yesterday, with beach goers advised to exercise caution in the water. The jellyfish were seen in high concentrations on the western side of the Rock, with purple and yellow flags signalling to swimmers the presence of potentially dangerous ocean animals despite otherwise good beach conditions....

3rd August 2018

By Dave Higgens, Press Association Notorious prisoner Charles Bronson praised the British justice system as the "best on the planet" as he complained about appearing in court by video-link as if he had "a part in Star Trek". The 65-year-old appeared on a screen at Leeds Crown Court from Frankland Prison, in Co Durham, to...

2nd August 2018

The Gibraltar Government will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I this November, highlighting the Rock’s contributions to the war effort. Deputy Chief Minister Dr Joseph Garcia yesterday announced a series of events that will take place in the run-up and on the anniversary date. The First World War lasted four...

1st August 2018

By Emily Beament, Press Association Environment Correspondent The world has hit "Earth overshoot day" when we have used up all the resources the planet can provide for the year, experts have warned. Earth overshoot day marks when people have used up the food, timber and other natural products the Earth can sustainably provide, and has...

31st July 2018

By Jennifer McKiernan, Press Association Political Staff More than a quarter of children starting primary school lack basic literacy skills, new research shows. Communication skills such as being able to talk about events in the past or future were missing in 28% of four- and five-year-olds. Education Secretary Damian Hinds has now pledged to halve...

30th July 2018

The Minister for Sport, Steven Linares, accompanied by Michelle Turner who runs the GSLA Summer Sports programme, last week showed Minister for Health Neil Costa around the different facilities on offer this summer for children. With the Stay and Play programme integrating with the normal training programme the Ministers were able to see at first...

28th July 2018

Sunbathers witnessed the migration drama in the Strait of Gibraltar yesterday as a group of young men landed their packed dinghy on a Spanish beach near Tarifa, then scattered into the surrounding sand dunes and woodland. The migrants threw their life-jackets overboard as they approached the shore and jumped onto the beach as beachgoers looked...

27th July 2018

The heatwave is causing havoc in Britain with people getting into difficulty in rivers and holidaymakers facing travel disruption. The most intense conditions are perhaps yet to come with forecasted highs of 37C (98.6F) and potential thunderstorms. Police forces have been called following concerns for people's welfare at rivers and a lake. Thames Valley Police...

25th July 2018

Stephen Hermida from the Photographic Society is running this week’s ‘Art through Photography’ course as part of the summer sports and leisure programme. The course takes the children through the various aspects of photography including aperture and shutter speed, learning about light, and composition. Yesterday after a short lesson in the Photographic Society’s premises in...

23rd July 2018

The Gibraltar Youth Service is once again running cooking classes for young people on the Rock. Last week week the course was held every morning at the Laguna Youth Centre, which is temporarily based in Glacis estate, with a dozen children attending. Over the course of the week they learnt how to cook a meal...

19th July 2018

Artist Ania Maza is once again spending the summer teaching the Rock’s kids about nature and art with her Eco Art workshops in the Botanic Gardens. Although she runs regular Eco Art workshops in the Alameda, these two-day workshops form part of the Summer Sports and Leisure programme. The children do a variety of activities...

18th July 2018

By Cate McCurry, Press Association Ireland and the EU are very frustrated at the UK Government's shifting positions on Brexit, the country's deputy premier has said. In a special Brexit meeting taking place at Derrynane House in Co Kerry, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and his ministers will thrash out Brexit plans at the ancestral home of...

18th July 2018

The Gibraltar Government’s decision to produce a command paper on abortion is “far too accelerated” given the sensitive nature of the issue, which “requires the utmost care” in how it is handled, the GSD said yesterday. The party was reacting to government plans to produce a command paper by the end of the summer as...

13th July 2018

A painting by Sebastian Rodriguez ‘View of Sacred Heart’ has won the first prize in the 2018 Alwani Summer Painting Exhibition. The competition is opened annually to paid up members of the Gibraltar Fine Arts Association and carries a single winning prize of £5,000. This year’s winning entry will become the property of the Kishin...

13th July 2018

The Gibraltar Government will commence a process of discussion and consultation with a wide cross-section of the community before issuing a command paper on abortion. This process of consultation will include, but will not be limited to, pro-life and pro-choice groups who have already made their views publicly known and who have already met with...

12th July 2018

By Gabriella Peralta and John von Radowitz A forgotten Roman whaling industry may have killed off two large species of whale in the Mediterranean Sea, new research suggests. Whale bones found in the ruins of a Roman fish processing factory in the Strait of Gibraltar were identified by scientists using advanced DNA analysis and molecular...

6th July 2018

By Aritz Parra, Associated Press The topics of sexual abuse and animal cruelty are dominating this year's San Fermin festival in Pamplona, which kicks off for nine days of round-the-clock alcohol-soaked partying, traditional celebrations and dangerous bull runs. It is not a full-blown identity crisis yet but the festival in northern Spain, popularised by American...

5th July 2018

By Lynsey Bews, Political Reporter, Press Association Scotland Catalonia's president is to visit Scotland next week to meet Nicola Sturgeon and a former minister from the region facing extradition, her lawyer has said. Clara Ponsati is being sought by the Spanish authorities on charges of violent rebellion and misappropriation of public funds over her role...

5th July 2018

GHA spending was at £120.4m in the last year, which is nearly £10m less than the £130.7m anticipated, Health Minister Neil Costa told Parliament this week. In his budget speech, Mr Costa pointed out that historically, GHA spending increased by nearly 9.10% year on year. However this year’s expenditure saw an increase of 1.25% from...

5th July 2018

Lorraine Davis, the Governor’s wife and President of Girl Guiding Gibraltar, presented both Girl Guiding Gibraltar and GibSams with a cheque for £6,250 each yesterday. The money raised during the Convent Christmas Fair. Marie Bocarisa, the commissioner for Girl Guides in Gibraltar, received the cheque on behalf of Girl Guilding Gibraltar and Marie Lou Guerrero...

4th July 2018

Education Minister Dr John Cortes has outlined plans to ensure the education system encourages children to use both of Gibraltar’s languages. Speaking during the budget debate, Dr Cortes expressed concern over the “threat of losing our bilingualism”. “Being bi-or multilingual has recognised benefits to intellectual and social development, to and is proven to delay the...

4th July 2018

A Frenchman who yesterday afternoon received his British citizenship backed England for the first time in his life hours later as Harry Kane led the team against Colombia. As this edition went to press, the game was still on and the final result unclear. But even before the match started, Cyril Dominicy had one thing...

3rd July 2018

It was ten in the morning and I was sitting in the hotel’s complimentary shuttle bus. I had about two and a half hours left before my train journey to Madrid, and I was hoping to squeeze in a last-minute visit to Toledo Cathedral. There were only three people in the mini-van apart from myself...

2nd July 2018

Mr Speaker, I have the honour to move that the Bill now be read a second time. Introduction 1. Mr Speaker, this is my fifteenth budget address as a Member of this Parliament. 2. It is my seventh budget address as Chief Minister. 3. And in delivering it, Mr Speaker, I am already facing my...

2nd July 2018

Budget address by the leader of the Opposition, Elliott Phillips INTRODUCTION 1. MR SPEAKER this is my third budget contribution and my first as Parliamentary Leader of the Opposition. It is a privilege and a great honour to lead the Opposition in this House on behalf of the people of Gibraltar. 2. MR SPEAKER before...

29th June 2018

By Alistair Mason, Press Association Scientists are attempting their first ever survey of the number of seal pups around the Thames Estuary. The Zoological Society of London (ZSL) has led an annual count of the seal population in the area since 2013, but this year they will be specifically looking at pups for the first...