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28th December 2015

Governor Alison MacMillan's 2015 Christmas message. It is about this time in the year when we ask ourselves where has the year gone. ‘It seems to have flown by’, we say. It is true that every year seems to be busier with more milestones, events, family activity than the previous year – are we trying to pack too...

23rd December 2015

The remains of a female loggerhead turtle were washed up on Eastern beach yesterday, bringing into sharp relief the plight of this endangered species of nomads of the sea. Loggerhead turtles migrate across the entire globe, so it is likely that this animal travelled tens of thousands of kilometres in its life before ending up...

16th December 2015

This opinion piece will deliver a resounding ‘no’ to the question posed in the title.  If the humanities are dead, then humanity is dead, intellectually, spiritually and emotionally, as the humanities feed those feelings, perceptions and concepts which make us distinctly human. Did I invent the title?  The answer is again ‘no’.  I have only...

15th December 2015

Under the Crescent and the Cross, is a book which offers an insight into the turbulent history of St Mary the Crowned - a mosque, church and cathedral. Written by former Director of Culture Manolo Galliano, this is an indepth study of one of the Rock’s most iconic buildings but it also features some of...

12th December 2015

GEMA – Gibraltar Exhibitions of Modern Art – at Montagu Bastion opened this month. There are over 40 works from a collection which includes some 900 pieces all from the various competitions held throughout the year - the International, the Young Art and the Spring Visual Arts. Works by local contemporary artists and artists from...

12th December 2015

A mother and her two daughters were attacked and killed by her British partner who later took his own life while the balance of his mind was disturbed. That was the finding of the inquest set up to establish the circumstances surrounding the deaths of the family of four in No 2 Boschetti’s Steps in...

11th December 2015

A mother and her two daughters, a four-year old toddler and a six week old baby, were attacked and killed by her British partner who later took his own life while the balance of his mind was disturbed. That was the finding of Coroner Charles Pitto today at the conclusion of the week-long inquest into the...

10th December 2015

The British man who is believed to have stabbed his partner, her daughter and their six-week old baby to death before cutting his own throat was a “sick boy, not a monster”, his stepfather said yesterday. Liverpool born John Shannon, a 31-year old habitual user of cannabis and steroids, suffered paranoid delusions and thought he...

8th December 2015

Over a year ago the Ebola epidemic hit Sierra Leone devastating the wellbeing of the community and infecting thousands. ActionAid Executive Director Mohamed Sillah arrived on the Rock to discuss his experiences when working in the infected areas. Ebola first hit Sierra Leone in May 2014 and communities were rife with misinformation and fear regarding...

4th December 2015

Forty years ago on November 23 1975, a granite slab weighing more than a ton and a half sealed off the embalmed body of the chief protagonist of nearly half a century of Spanish history. General Franco, “Caudillo by the grace of God”, as his coins proclaimed, Generalissimo of the armed forces, head of state...

13th August 2015

A part of Gibraltar’s old railway system was uncovered yesterday by the Gibraltar Heritage Trust at John Mackintosh Square. A box car rescued by heritage enthusiast Gil Podesta has been completely restored and will remain on public view in the square until the end of this month. This is the last known surviving railway box...