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13th October 2022

A number of personnel from various agencies have been jointly undertaking training as First Response Emergency Care (FREC) instructors. Officers from the Airport Fire and Rescue Service, Gibraltar Fire and Rescue Service and HM Prison Service, as well as volunteers from St John Ambulance, covered a wide spectrum of medical and trauma elements contained within...

11th October 2022

Ben McNulty and Mark Cooper, two local part-time cyclists, successfully completed ‘Clock2Rock22’ a bike ride from Westminster to Gibraltar in seven days and 12 hours, smashing the existing record by two full days. So far, they have raised £25,000 which will be divided between Cancer Relief and Calpe House, two charities in which they have...

11th October 2022

The Gibraltar Regulatory Authority (GRA) as Information Commissioner has launched a new public campaign that aims to focus on the prevalence of “sharenting” in Gibraltar. Sharenting is the practice of parents (and/or guardians) publicising content about their child(ren) on social networking sites. “When images or information about children are posted online, there is sometimes little...

10th October 2022

starting Five Mark Moxham (GK) Nicholas Castle Aiman Mkerreff Jamie Bosio Tyson Ruiz The Europa Sports complex was the home to Gibraltar futsal’s latest international friendly this Monday. Gibraltar played against Sweden ranked 61 in the Futsal world ranking against Gibraltar’s 117. Under UEFA Futsal co-efficient ranking Sweden was at 32 compared to Gibraltar’s bottom...

10th October 2022

The Nautilus Project hosted their fourth consecutive Gibraltar Sustainable Awards (GSA) in collaboration with the GFSB last week. Themed ‘Conserve What Our Children Deserve’ those present celebrated Energy Efficiency Day in the Garrison Library. “These year’s 16 finalists are a true testament to the diverse representation on how the Gibraltarian community is engaging with our...

8th October 2022

His is the face you see when you leave the Rock and probably, the first face you see on your return to Gibraltar’s International Airport. This is not a quiz but can you work out who it is? It is easy to work out. You cannot miss him. In fact, just a couple of weeks...

7th October 2022

The onerous demands on the judiciary of increasingly complex commercial and family work were flagged by Chief Justice Anthony Dudley during a speech at the Ceremonial Opening of the Legal Year on Friday. Addressing a packed courtroom, Mr Justice Dudley said the public perception was the criminal cases dominated the courts’ workload. But crime accounted...

5th October 2022

Chief Minister Fabian Picardo used a speech to the UN’s Fourth Committee on Tuesday to signal confidence in ongoing negotiations for a UK/EU treaty on Gibraltar’s post-Brexit relations with the bloc, and his hope that it will open a new era in positive cross-border relations. In his first in-person address in New York since the...

3rd October 2022

Owen Smith and Jerry Clinton recently completed their toughest challenge yet, a 16.2km swim across the Strait in aid of Cancer Relief Gibraltar and Ovarian Cancer Action. The pair have surpassed their £1,600 with donations still accepted on their JustGiving online page. The swim in memory of Owen’s sister, saw the pair swim for over...

2nd October 2022

Two of Gibraltar’s historical football clubs started their 2022/23 season looking towards a new era as the clubs brought about important changes this summer. St Joseph’s who are now under new ownership saw head coach Abraham Paz, with a changed squad following the departure of some of last seasons top players after the club stumbled...

27th September 2022

By David Hughes, PA Political Editor Sir Keir Starmer promised a new state-owned energy firm to help build a “fairer, greener, more dynamic nation” as he sought to present Labour as an alternative to “Tory failure”. He said Liz Truss’s Government should not be forgiven for the market turmoil unleashed since Friday’s mini-budget, and promised...

27th September 2022

The Environmental Safety Group expressed shock on Monday at the pollution that had washed up on Seven Sisters after residual oil leaked from the wreck of the OS 35 last week. The group’s volunteers participated in a clean-up over the weekend alongside The Nautilus Project coordinated by the Department of the Environment. It said the...

27th September 2022

Some 35 years after the disappearance in Gibraltar of the Royal Navy sailor Simon Parkes, a tree has been planted in his memory during an emotive ceremony in the Theatre Royal Park. Kind words and memories of Simon were shared on Monday afternoon, with his parent’s David and Margaret and some of his former shipmates...

24th September 2022

I have just returned from my first real holiday since the Covid 19 pandemic began. This was my second trip to London since covid. My first trip in December last year had still been one of fear... wearing a mask and using hand gel every few minutes, avoiding people and pulling away from crowds. Yes,...

23rd September 2022

Gibraltar’s survival in League C of the Nations League will now be dependent on the relegation play-off after the completion of group matches after a defensive looking side conceded five goals to closest group rivals Bulgaria. Gibraltar who had drawn against Bulgaria in their last meeting, although responding well after going behind to a first...

23rd September 2022

Divers have identified the gap through which residual oil is escaping from the wreck of the OS 35 and on Saturday will work to patch it. In its latest update, the Gibraltar Government said the situation had improved on Friday, with less oil seeping from the vessel or escaping from a boom surrounding the wreck....

23rd September 2022

Mayfair on Main recently held ‘Rock-oco’, a hair show that not only showcased hair throughout the ages from the 1920s through to this current day, but also its latest collection called ‘Elements’. Owner of the salon Sarah Carreras explains that at Mayfair on Main they create their own hair collections, and set the trends for...

22nd September 2022

Salvors responding to pollution from the OS 35 tested a collagen-based material on Thursday to see if it would mop up floating oil seeping from the wreck. The development came as divers sought to identify the source of the leak and clean-up operations continued at sea and the shoreline. The new collection substance was trialled...

22nd September 2022

By Martí Crespo, journalist and author of Gibraltar.cat. Translated by Brian Porro. Two cities are of enormous significance in the life of the painter Gustavo Bacarisas Podesta (1872-1971). One is Gibraltar, where he was born on 23 September 1872, and the other is Seville, where he died almost a century later, on 7 January 1971....

20th September 2022

So, you’ve got a cracking business idea and are wondering whether or not to take the plunge – my advice? Run whilst you still can! I’m kidding, of course. Providing that your financial and relevant personal situations allow, starting your own venture can be one of the most rewarding and exciting (and draining and terrifying)...

20th September 2022

This Saturday Eric Rowbottom, better known in the sporting world as a wheelchair bound freelance photographer, will be taking up the type of challenge many have undertaken and never considered what it would be like for someone on a wheelchair. Climbing Mediterranean Steps, even for those fit enough to do, is a challenge in itself....

20th September 2022

In a bid to conquer both the Rock and some trauma experienced in their roles within the military a number of veterans will take part in a Rock relay run this October. Joined by a number of civilians the veterans will undertake a gruelling 12-hour relay up and down the 1,398 ft high Rock of...

20th September 2022

May 11, 1954 marked a special moment in the life of the late Charles Caruana, when Queen Elizabeth II awarded him the honour of an MBE during an investiture ceremony in Gibraltar. The young Queen, just 27 years old at the time, was in Gibraltar as part of her Royal Tour. Now 68 years later...

20th September 2022

As I watched the sad news of the passing of Queen Elizabeth unfold that bleak Thursday afternoon – news which none of us had wanted to hear and perhaps best defined by Boris Johnson, when he said, “she seemed so timeless and so wonderful that I am afraid we had come to believe, like children,...

20th September 2022

There are buildings and functions long gone from Gibraltar’s streets. Some of my earliest memories are going to these places with my mother on a Saturday morning. Walking from one of town to the other and taking diversions into narrow lanes. The Post Office on Main Street. The tax office opposite Ince’s Hall. Some sort...

20th September 2022

The news of the Queen's death on Thursday, September the 8th, 2022 hit the United Kingdom like a freight train. A train we all knew was coming, but not quite when it would reach its final destination, and one that shocked us nevertheless. After the last few years of political warfare, unprecedented environmental catastrophes, the...

19th September 2022

By PA reporters and Chronicle staff The Queen was laid to rest following 70 years of service after family, friends and the nation said a fond farewell to the late monarch. For the woman who was never meant to be sovereign, the Queen fulfilled her pledge to serve nation and Commonwealth and came to earn...

19th September 2022

By PA Reporters The Queen was laid to rest following 70 years of service after family, friends and the nation said a fond farewell to the late monarch. For the woman who was never meant to be sovereign, the Queen fulfilled her pledge to serve nation and Commonwealth and came to earn the respect of...

19th September 2022

By PA Reporters The Queen’s coffin has begun its final journey from Westminster Abbey to Windsor Castle where the late monarch will be reunited with her beloved husband. Hundreds of thousands of well-wishers flocked to London and are lining the route through the capital to say their last goodbyes, while millions around the globe are...

19th September 2022

By PA Reporters The Archbishop of Canterbury has described the Queen as having touched “a multitude of lives” and being a “joyful” figure for many, in his sermon at her state funeral. With the grieving royal family sitting nearby and thousands of mourners filling London’s streets, Justin Welby said the outpouring of emotion “arises from...