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23rd August 2021

Rosana Olivares’s three daughters recently gave her the gift that keep on giving, a well for those in Sierra Leone. With this in mind via Action4Schools her daughters paid for a well to be drilled and constructed that will service 110 members of the community in Majaga Village, Bombali District, Sierra Leone. This well is...

23rd August 2021

By Chay Quinn, Mike Bedigan and Emily Beament, PA Extinction Rebellion has kicked off its fifth mass protest in Trafalgar Square as activists demanded the Government stop investment in fossil fuels. Gail Bradbrook, co-founder of the activist group, opened the “Impossible Rebellion” with a speech expressing solidarity with nations that are disproportionately affected by climate...

21st August 2021

A battalion of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers has been training in Gibraltar. During their stay the 68-strong 5 Force Support Battalion based in MOD Lyneham, Wiltshire, patrolled through the streets of Gibraltar and fought through the World War Two tunnels while on a training exercise. They also practised building clearances, night attacks, and...

20th August 2021

What is a nonfiction novel? It sounds like an oxymoron - an artificial and deliberate self-contradiction, since surely the very definition of a novel is that it is a work of fiction. Don’t bookshops and libraries divide fiction from nonfiction? American author Truman Capote (1924-1984) coined the phrase “nonfiction novel” in relation to ‘In Cold...

20th August 2021

Reading up on Gibraltar’s colonial past it is hard to imagine today, how many of the top jobs in our community were held by non-Gibraltarians, mainly UK personnel, who after many years often became an integral part of this community. In many cases these professionals took under their wing young Gibraltarians who would shine and...

20th August 2021

Lockdowns extended in Sydney, New Zealand Australian authorities on Friday extended a Covid-19 lockdown in Sydney until the end of September and introduced a night curfew in the city's worst-affected suburbs, after nearly two months of curbs failed to contain an outbreak of the Delta variant. New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian also announced the...

19th August 2021

Spanish police pressure has forced drug trafficking gangs in the Campo to look elsewhere for their logistics operations and Gibraltar has become “the next best thing”, the Royal Gibraltar Police said yesterday, as it vowed to stamp out illicit refuelling operations that pose a serious risk to the community. Spanish law enforcement agencies have for...

18th August 2021

New Zealanders begin life in lockdown New Zealand's city streets were largely deserted on Wednesday as the country returned to life in lockdown for the first time in six months in a bid to halt any spread of the infectious Delta variant of Covid-19. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern ordered a snap 3-day nationwide lockdown on...

18th August 2021

A week ago, the United Nations warned that no one in the world was safe from the accelerating effects of climate change. On Monday afternoon, a column of black smoke trailing over the Strait of Gibraltar seemed to ram that message home. The forest fire, which destroyed some 130 hectares of protected natural parkland on...

17th August 2021

By Liz Connor, PA The idea of standing up in front of a crowded room and delivering a wedding speech or an important work presentation fills many of us with heart-pounding dread. Glossophobia, or public speaking anxiety, is one of the most common fears in the UK – according to the British Council, 75% of...

16th August 2021

There is a Country Rock band in Nashville who were nudging big time success when the world got wrapped up in a pandemic and they went off the public radar. Not completely though as fans will point you in the direction of a number of celebrity duets which they were a part of on Zoom...

16th August 2021

By Katie Wright, Press Association Fashion and Beauty Editor Skin experts reveal the truth behind some common queries. No holidaymaker or seaside day tripper in their right mind would leave home without a tube or two of sunblock. We all know sunburn is not just painful, but very bad for our skin, and that a...

16th August 2021

The Royal Navy’s only ice patrol ship arrived in Gibraltar on Monday for a programmed logistics visit on its way to the Antarctic, its first trip to the region since 2019. HMS Protector, fondly known as the Royal Navy’s ‘Swiss army knife’ because of its multiple capabilities, is sailing south at a time of increased...

16th August 2021

By Aine Fox, PA Night shift work is “significantly associated” with an irregular and fast heart rate, regardless of genetic risks, new research has suggested. A study using information from 283,657 people in the UK Biobank database claimed women and people who are not as physically active might be at the most risk. Previous studies...

16th August 2021

By Gabriella Peralta A new group called the LGBTQ+ Committee will work to encourage greater community awareness and understanding of equality issues in Gibraltar. The LGBTQ+ Committee was created by a group of young people in response to criticism of Pride events last June, particularly on social media. Symbols of unity including the rainbow colours...

16th August 2021

Gibraltar Cultural Services, on behalf of the Ministry of Culture, has announced the nominees for the 2021 Cultural Awards.    The Awards are aimed at celebrating the best of Gibraltar’s arts and culture to recognise potential, ability, talent, and achievement supporting the community’s cultural development. Following a public nomination process the Cultural Awards Board, comprised...

15th August 2021

The Gibraltar Honours Board (GHB) has called for nominations for national honours, with the Board set to meet, under the Chairmanship of the Governor, in October. The Board will consider nominations for the Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2022 and the Gibraltar Award, which is awarded by the GHB and announced coincident with the Queen’s Birthday...

15th August 2021

By Ian Jones, PA Three in 10 young adults in England have still not had a first dose of Covid-19 vaccine, despite various initiatives to improve take-up, new figures show. Some 70.0% of people aged 18 to 29 had received a first dose of vaccine up to August 11, according to estimates from NHS England,...

13th August 2021

Carousel, Aladdin and Wicked. Three well-known musicals – the recent productions of which on the West End now have a link to Gibraltar. West End performer Nolan Edwards – Robba to us locally, has been in all three, and he will soon return to Wicked which is due to return to the Apollo Theatre Victoria...

13th August 2021

Gibraltar’s GCSE students celebrated as they received their results, achieving a 99.5% pass rate. A total of 286 grades scored a level 9, the highest grade, split between Westside students with 182 and Bayside at 104. This marks an increase from last year when 268 grades scored a 9, and from 2019 with 124. Students...

12th August 2021

Alex Trinidad captured a “quite exciting” moment on camera Wednesday morning when a bluefin tuna leapt out of the water to eat a flying fish that had been skimming the top of it moments before. Mr Trinidad was out on his paddle board with his friend Charlie Lopez, enjoying the still glass-like water when the...

12th August 2021

  “Fairness, Respect and Discipline are the three qualities that are common to both policing and rugby,” insists Detective Chief Inspector Tom Tunbridge who has spent much of his life involved in the two activities.  “But fun is important too - and I enjoy my job as much as I enjoy my rugby.” Tom spent...

12th August 2021

By Emily Beament, PA Environment Correspondent Endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh plans to undertake what he describes as the coldest swim on Earth to highlight the speed at which the planet is melting. Mr Pugh, who has swum in regions including the Arctic, Antarctic, the Himalayas and up the English Channel to push for action to...

12th August 2021

By Sam Russell, PA New tiles being fitted to the roof of a 15th-century moated manor house have been specially adapted to stop bats slipping off. Conservationists selected tiles to look the same as those used at the National Trust’s Oxburgh Hall in Norfolk more than two centuries ago, which have become weatherworn, cracked and...

12th August 2021

The Equality Rights Group has questioned whether Gibraltar’s sexual health clinic has been curtailed beyond recognition. The clinic known as the Well Person Clinic was launched in 2018 with an aim to provide services including sexual health screening, family planning, and health MOTs. “People are increasingly coming to us asking ‘what’s going on?’,” ERG Chairman...

11th August 2021

Last year it was a mess. This year it seems the norm. How quickly we adapt to change, even if that change is not the best option. It may simply be a necessity or the least worst alternative. GCSE students will get their results today after A level students got theirs on Tuesday. Once again...

11th August 2021

Gibraltar saw a record breaking 27 scholars and the overall pass mark rise to 97% across Bayside, Westside and the College, in a year where students have faced Covid-19 disruptions and in lieu of exams been assessed year-round by teachers. The Department of Education called the number of Gibraltar scholars “unprecedented”, with the last record...

11th August 2021

A-level students at Prior Park School received top grades with 100% pass rate and 78% receiving A*and As. Students at Prior Park were given their results in person, unlike at Bayside, Westside and the Gibraltar College where results were delivered electronically. A nervous group of teenagers walked into Prior Park to get their results early...

10th August 2021

The recent video clip of PC Steve Peach playing boogie-woogie piano went viral so he was an obvious choice to be a featured officer. ‘That video was just a fluke,’ said Steve. ‘We had gone to St Joseph’s First School to talk to the kids about Online Safety and I saw the piano sitting in...

9th August 2021

By Nathan Abrams , Hayley Roberts, Simon Willcock and Thora Tenbrink Face masks have been a crucial part of the UK’s strategy to contain Covid-19, but have also evoked contradictory emotions and reactions. Some see masks as an important means to halt the virus’s spread, as well as a sign of social consideration and altruism....