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17th February 2024

As I was pondering on writing a piece about my good old friend – musician, songwriter, producer, publisher and music manager Brian Wade; three things happened. Often when something or someone is close to you it is hard to assess if as a journalist you should embark on writing a piece, especially about someone who...

16th February 2024

The Mayor, Carmen Gomez, hosted the Greater Manchester Army Cadet Force on Friday, during their visit to Gibraltar. The cadet force provides brilliant services to young people, giving the opportunity to learn life skills, earn qualifications, and experience adventure. For some, this is their first time in Gibraltar, and even abroad. The Mayor “had no...

15th February 2024

The defendant in a fraud trial was able to “abuse” her position as a senior bank manager because procedures at the time were “very lax”, enabling her to withdraw cash in exchange for IOU notes that eventually ran up to a “ridiculous” amount of some €600,000, the Supreme Court heard this week. Gillian Balban, a...

14th February 2024

Morale in the Royal Gibraltar Police is “at an all-time low”, according to a survey commissioned by the Gibraltar Police Federation [GPF] that highlighted the impact of stretched resources at the force. This is the fifth survey commissioned by the GPF, and it was conducted online and completely confidentially by an independent marketing agency. “In...

13th February 2024

Gibraltar's 'Kingsway' airport tunnel opened on March 30 last year after more than 14 years of construction and litigation. It was officially opened by the Chief Minister Fabian Picardo alongside former Chief Minister Sir Peter Caruana and, since then, thousands of vehicles and pedestrians have used it. Some think it’s just a road with a...

10th February 2024

To know our future, we must first know our past. To identify with those who have come before, those who helped open doors or who in some way influenced others, so we can be who we are today. That ripple of influence has been constant for decades reaching new generations of young talent without them...

9th February 2024

By Ellie Mai Murphy The Gibraltar Youth Service launched an art exhibition on Tuesday evening at the GEMA Gallery in support of Children's Mental Health Week. Members from all four youth clubs have been participating in workshops and producing art over the past three weeks, focusing on various ways to express themselves and show why...

8th February 2024

St Paul’s School hosted a new school event for all its pupils called ‘St Paul’s Goes Camping’ last week. The event hopes to promote outdoor and active learning, collaboration and social communication skills. “This initiative focused on providing children with a wide range of activities to highlight the importance of rest, warmth, taking care of...

8th February 2024

It has been three years since the directors Jorge Espada and Dr Carsten Rudolf Steiner opened the doors of Midtown Clinic and commenced the genesis of exceptional healthcare under one roof on the Rock. Today we at Midtown Clinic aim to invite you to find out more about those two directors and our Rehabilitation team....

7th February 2024

The Minister with responsibility for the South District Constituency, Dr John Cortes, hosted the first of a series of ’Town Hall’ type constituency meeting last Friday at the Central Hall. The meeting was an opportunity for Dr Cortes and officials to listen to concerns and suggestions from residents of the area, and to discuss matters...

6th February 2024

I’ve been enjoying Gabriel Moreno’s sonnets. He’s been posting them daily onto Facebook. At last count, he’s on fifty-two and is aiming to reach one hundred. They are unashamedly and playfully Llanito in form and content, odes to important people in his life and locations of importance around Gibraltar, steeped in memory. From long-standing institutions...

5th February 2024

By Ella Pickover, PA Health Correspondent Children are being “betrayed” as the UK fails to give them a healthy start to life, academics have said. Experts warned of the “appalling decline” of the health of children under the age of five in the UK – with soaring rates of obesity and tooth decay. A new...

5th February 2024

Over 85 of Gibraltar’s Redibikes are being pedalled around Marrakech in a project by led by PikalaBikes, which focuses on promoting cycling as a sustainable and healthy means of transport. The scheme has garnered attention for its innovative approach and positive impact on the community. Cantal Bakker, from the social bicycle project in Morocco, shared...

5th February 2024

This year, Gibraltar’s cancer charities have teamed up to communicate a united message to the Rock for World Cancer Day, Sunday February 4. The charities Cancer Research UK, Bosom Buddies, Prostate Cancer Gibraltar, Breast Cancer Support Gibraltar, Prostate Cancer Gibraltar, Blood Cancer UK (Gibraltar Branch), Cancer Relief and A Pathway through Pain submitted their World...

3rd February 2024

Conservative MP Sir Bob Neill underlined on Saturday the importance of having MPs in the House of Commons ready to “bang on doors” for Gibraltar, as he announced that he would not stand at the UK’s forthcoming general election for personal reasons. Sir Bob, a stalwart friend of Gibraltar over many years, informed his constituency...

3rd February 2024

The Gibraltar Sports and Leisure Authority (GSLA) will extend opening hours for the Lathbury Sports Complex swimming pool to meet increased demand for the facility. Opening hours will be extended as from today, from 7.30am to 10.30pm from Monday to Sunday. This will see an increase to the number of hours available for public use....

3rd February 2024

Growing up I never imagined I would work with some of the people who formed such a big part of my early childhood. In the old days at Wellington Front on entering the reception area if you turned right, you would enter Master Control where the film projectors sat, and another right turn would take...

2nd February 2024

Some 14 speakers will be on the GibTalks stage at the John Mackintosh Hall, giving an insight into their lives, careers and interests tomorrow. The event is organised by Julian Felice and Gibraltar Cultural Services and features broad range of local speakers who will be giving 15-minute talks. Host Julian Felice will open the talks...

2nd February 2024

By Simon Warburton Gibraltar 3D design and scanning start-up, Barton Solutions, has lofty ambitions to make the Rock one of the leading centres for the technology, which can be used by estate agents and developers. Based out of Ragged Staff Wharf, owner and managing director, 25-year-old James Barton, who invested more than £25,000 of his...

1st February 2024

A former Royal Bank of Scotland International employee told the Supreme Court her “world came crashing down” when she was informed of an alleged £2m shortfall in the bank’s cash reserve. The court is hearing evidence from ex bank employees in the trial of former RBSI senior manager Gillian Balban, who is accused of fraud...

31st January 2024

Rain has finally arrived. Well, it is the end of January and it’s winter after all, and what comes to mind right now, as I write and watching the rain showers splashing onto the ground below, transports me back to my much younger years in the late 50s very early 60s. I used to pick...

29th January 2024

Gibraltar Triathlon is looking into the future with a rebrand which highights it close ties with the world governing body of the sport and a new partnership which they hope will help them meet the demands of an extensive calendar during 2024, including the Triathlon World Championships in Malaga. A spokesperson for the association commented...

29th January 2024

By Jordan Reynolds, PA Disposable vapes are set to be banned in Britain as part of plans to tackle the rise in young people vaping and protect children’s health. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is set to announce the plan to implement the ban – using powers already in place under the Environmental Protection Act – which is...

27th January 2024

Maribel Cumming – is one of the many names who will always be associated and intrinsically linked to Radio Gibraltar in the old Wellington Front Days. But those of us from the theatre world also knew her as one of our finest and most accomplished local actresses. But Maribel was, and perhaps few people know...

24th January 2024

Over the past few weeks my social media feed has been taken over by millennial women complaining about 10-year old children spending hundreds of dollars on skin care in Sephora. While many of these content creators on TikTok and Instagram are based in the US, the effect of this influencer culture is being felt on...

24th January 2024

Rabbi Shalom Hammer addressed mental health charities, professionals, social workers, the mayor and the minister for Equality, Employment, Culture and Tourism last Thursday and shared the story of his daughter Gila’s death by suicide. The event was organised by GibSams, but he was brought to the Rock by Isaac Hassan who did so to mark...

23rd January 2024

The groundbreaking ceremony for the pedestrianisation project at EuroCity took place on Tuesday afternoon. Anna Cherepakhova, a Director at Bentley Group of Companies, said the project aimed to create “a low emission, eco-friendly, pedestrian-friendly zone to really give back to the public realm and the pedestrians in what is we think a very developed a...

23rd January 2024

The UK Government is exploring options with Girlguiding UK that might enable Girlguiding to continue in British Overseas Territories, including Gibraltar, under the umbrella of the UK organisation. The message was delivered by Stuart Andrew, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, during a debate in Westminster Hall in the House of...

23rd January 2024

Commander British Forces (CBF), Commodore Tom Guy, presented the No2 Overseas (Gibraltar) Squadron (Sqn) with a CBF Commendation last week No 2 Overseas (Gibraltar) Sqn is one of four remaining Air Cadet Sqns who specifically cater for members of the Air Training Corps outside of the UK. The Sqn parades twice a week and is...

23rd January 2024

The Mayor, Carmen Gomez is reminding the public that they are invited to submit nominations for the next conferral of Mayor’s Awards to be held during March. The closing date to receive nominations is Friday, February 2, 2024. “The Mayor’s Awards have become a permanent fixture in Gibraltar’s annual civic calendar and serve to highlight...