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23rd December 2021

By Estelle Shirbon A South African study offered Christmas glad tidings about the severity of Omicron and the trend of Covid-19 infections on Wednesday as the fast-spreading coronavirus variant forced countries across the world to impose new curbs. The study by the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) suggested that those infected with Omicron were...

23rd December 2021

Last week I spent two nights trying to get a story approved for broadcast. On our computers at work we have a small red box next to our news stories. It turns green when it’s approved by an editor for broadcast. But two weekends ago that box kept switching back to red. All night long!...

22nd December 2021

The Gibraltar Government has today announced changes to the rules on self-isolation for close contacts of Covid-19 positive cases, which will mean fully vaccinated contacts will not need to isolate. The Director of Public Health, Dr Helen Carter, advised the changes will come into effect as from 00.01 on Thursday, December 23. "Close contacts who...

22nd December 2021

Gibraltar footballer Shania Robba took Gibraltar women’s football to another level these past months as she participated in BT Sport’s Ultimate Goal reality series. The now 20 year old going all the way into the final day and playing in the final eleven against the pros and delivering for Gibraltar even more valuable media exposure....

22nd December 2021

Budding young artist India Borge scooped the top prize at the Sovereign Art Foundation Students Prize with her oil painting ‘A Woman’s Form’. Her artwork was one of 20 finalists, which was whittled down from 126 entries from young artists aged 12 to 18 years. “I am so surprised and thrilled to win," said India....

22nd December 2021

A local man has been arrested on suspicion of drink driving after a serious traffic collision on Tuesday night on Sir Herbert Miles Road. He is the fifth person arrested on suspicion of drink driving since Sunday, the RGP said as it highlighted its Christmas campaign urging drivers not to drink if they are using...

21st December 2021

Political leaders and civil society groups have paid tribute to Manolo Ruiz, President of the Gibraltar Senior Citizen’s Association, who died on Tuesday morning after a short illness at the age of 88. Since the launch of the association some 22 years ago, Mr Ruiz championed for change in the care of Gibraltar’s elderly citizens....

19th December 2021

By Geraldine Scott, PA Political Correspondent Brexit minister Lord Frost has resigned “with immediate effect” as he told Boris Johnson that building a new relationship with the EU would be a “long-term task”. Lord Frost, who has led negotiations with the EU, is reported to have handed in his resignation letter to Boris Johnson last...

15th December 2021

Christmas was so much easier when our worries varied from running out of our favourite Quality Street to making sure we had bought all the presents before having one too many on Christmas eve. Now here we are with just over a week to go for Christmas and whilst festive songs may be playing across...

15th December 2021

Kyle Goldwin, known by fans affectionately as “el chino” a name he himself uses within his social media pages, will be lining out for the last time as a semi-professional football player in competitive matches this weekend. The keeper who rose from guarding the posts during relegation battles with Gibraltar United to becoming one of...

14th December 2021

Thirteen cases of the Omicron variant have been detected on the Rock, the Gibraltar Government said on Tuesday, as it warned the new strain of Covid-19 is now “spreading throughout our community”. No.6 Convent Place again urged people to exercise caution and take up the offer of a booster vaccine as the best option for...

14th December 2021

Alternative arrangements are being put in place at local businesses across Gibraltar who are preparing for the upcoming Spanish lorry workers strike scheduled for early next week. Spain’s National Road Transportation Committee (CNTC) announced a three-day strike between December 20 and 22 in the run-up to the Christmas period to protest what it calls the...

14th December 2021

Visting artist Dan Kofler describes his style, as having no style, and the hard-working artist in his mid-70s has no plans to stop painting and creating. Dressed in his velvet red suit jacket and matching tie, Mr Kofler said organising an art exhibition in Gibraltar was pure luck, after he visited in September and met...

14th December 2021

The UK Bone Cancer Trust has appealed for aid from overseas supporters to join in their Christmas postage stamp campaign. The charity is asking the public to save their postage stamps from the UK and overseas, horizon labels (the gold or white labels that the post office stick on everything instead of stamps), first day...

13th December 2021

A fashion show organised by the Gibraltar Cardiac Association and BabySTEPPs took place last month with around 40 children ranging from ages 2 to 16 showing off the latest trends from Matalan Kids. The fundraising event raised £5,000 inclusive of ticket sales, raffle and donations. “For many, this was their first time on stage and...

13th December 2021

By Sophie Corcoran, PA Older people’s mental health could suffer as the Omicron variant of Covid-19 sweeps across the UK, charities have warned. Research carried out by The Mental Health Foundation and Independent Age said the coronavirus pandemic has already damaged the health of people over the age of 65, and it may deteriorate even...

11th December 2021

The Gibraltar Government has said the first probable case of the new Omicron variant is now confirmed, with two close contacts also confirmed to have the new strain. The two close contacts reside in Spain and all close contacts of the Gibraltar case are in self-isolation. these two cases reside in Spain. "Although we took...

11th December 2021

This week I return to my childhood memories. At Alice’s Table sits a man who was around in the days I was running around in Wellington Front – the old but then very new GBC studios. I would never have imagined that one day I would be working alongside him as a colleague myself, or...

10th December 2021

By Sophie Wingate, PA The Government has announced long-awaited plans to ban the import of hunting trophies from endangered animals, with campaigners welcoming the measures but denouncing delays. The proposed law – which will prevent British big game hunters from bringing home body parts of some 7,000 species including lions, rhinos, elephants and polar bears...

9th December 2021

A locally-based businessman and a team from the World Trade Center Gibraltar (WTCG) have played a key role in getting 92 people from the Afghan capital Kabul to “relative safety” in Islamabad in neighbouring Pakistan, and are now calling on locals to help. In a plan dubbed ‘Operation Magic Carpet’, the owner of WTCG, Greg...

9th December 2021

By Emily Beament, PA Environment Correspondent Destruction and damage to wetlands and rivers is putting one in six dragonfly species at risk of extinction, the first global assessment of them has found. The warning comes in the latest update of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of threatened species – which...

9th December 2021

By Sam Blewett, PA Deputy Political Editor Boris Johnson’s wife Carrie has given birth to her second child with the Prime Minister after a tumultuous 24 hours for Downing Street. Mr and Mrs Johnson announced the birth of a “healthy baby girl” at a London hospital on Thursday morning. The Prime Minister was present throughout...

9th December 2021

The GHA is closely monitoring the UK’s rollout of a new anti-viral pill for Covid-19 that can be taken at home and which health officials want to make available here too. The drug, called molnupiravir, is for people who have had a positive Covid test and have at least one risk factor for developing severe...

9th December 2021

Local runner Vicky Fendley will run her third marathon on Sunday but perhaps this one will be the most poignant and rewarding as she is doing it to raise money for the Christie charity in honour of her mum, who passed away in September. “I decided to run for the Christie charity as a few...

8th December 2021

There will be a “a completely different Gibraltar” without a negotiated Brexit deal for the Rock, Chief Minister Fabian Picardo told GBC’s Direct Democracy on Tuesday night. Responding to questions from the public, the Chief Minister said he remained “optimistic” that a “safe and secure” treaty for Gibraltar could be agreed within the parameters set...

6th December 2021

The Gibraltar Heritage Trust held its annual Heritage Awards with awards presented to projects which have preserved heritage value in renovations, a documentary and a TV series. The Awards were presented in four separate ceremonies at the Main Guard in John Mackintosh Square on Friday morning. This year five properties received a group award, two...

5th December 2021

English and Spanish exist in an uneasy ‘convivencia’ in Gibraltar. The position of English is unassailable, having been the official language since 1713. Nearly all business transactions, politics, education, the administration of the law, the local media are conducted in English. Spanish, though in some cases the mother tongue, is becoming less so, and is...

3rd December 2021

We often don’t realise how lucky we are to form part of this community and the many amazing and talented people we know. People from all walks of life. People we have known from childhood, those who have made Gibraltar their home, those we have grown up with, youngsters we have seen turn into adults;...

3rd December 2021

The Special Needs Action Group (SNAG) are donating £10,000 worth of equipment to local schools, with all the items aimed at helping students with disabilities and the school’s educational team such as Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator (SENCO). SNAG reached out to mainstream schools as well as St Martin’s and asked them for their wish list...

3rd December 2021

By Neil Lancefield, PA Transport Correspondent British Airways will become the first airline to use sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) produced on a commercial scale in the UK. The carrier announced it will fly planes using the lower carbon fuel from early next year. The SAF will be produced at Phillips 66’s Humber Refinery near Immingham,...