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16th February 2021

By Nina Massey, PA Science Correspondent The next astronaut, or first parastronaut, from the UK or Ireland could be selected through the European Space Agency’s (ESA) hunt for people to head into space on upcoming missions. For the first time since 2008, ESA is on the lookout for new astronauts to join its cohort of...

15th February 2021

Gibraltar’s environmental groups have called for a “full and public” investigation into Friday’s oil spill, as they raised concern about its impact on the marine environment. “Oil spills can have a devastating impact on a wide variety of marine life; pelagic, coastal and intertidal alike,” the Gibraltar Ornithological and Natural History Society said. “Furthermore, they...

15th February 2021

The ship that caused an oil spill last Friday will be detained in Gibraltar waters until the Gibraltar Government can recover the costs of a clean-up operation over the bank holiday weekend. Specialist vessels and teams on land have been busy scooping up fuel oil from the sea and the shoreline following the spill. Much...

15th February 2021

The GSD has called for a full investigation into the causes of last Friday’s oil spill so that lessons can be learnt to improve Gibraltar’s response to such situations. In a statement, the Opposition acknowledged the Gibraltar Government’s statement that the authorities here reacted “relatively quickly” and together with the Spanish authorities adopted a coordinated...

15th February 2021

Three new forums have been set up within the Royal Gibraltar Police aimed at creating diversity, equality and inclusion within the organisation. The LGBT+ forum, the RGP Muslim Officers forum and the Women in Policing forum form part of this new strategy. “Through the diversity of age, race, religion, partnership, sex or religion, a different...

13th February 2021

A clean-up operation was under way inside the harbour on Saturday morning after an oil spill from a cargo ship drifted into the basin, threatening wildlife and boats inside marinas. The spill on Friday appears to have been caused by a valve problem on the Liberian-flag bulk carrier AM Ghent during a bunkering operation while...

13th February 2021

The Washington Post back in 2015 described our guest at Alice’s Table this week as Pope Francis’s “mysterious” interpreter. Monsignor Mark Miles, an interpreter we all know locally as Father Mark. Just a week ago Gibraltar rejoiced in the news that he has been made the Pope’s ambassador to the West African country of Benin,...

12th February 2021

A man in his early 60s has died from Covid-19, Chief Minister Fabian said on Friday as he announced plans for a “measured” easing of lockdown restrictions over the coming days. The latest death brings the total toll since the start of the pandemic to 84, 77 of them this year alone. Even as he...

12th February 2021

A holiday to Australia with a short stop in New Zealand turned out to be more eventful and much longer for Paul Moody and his wife Wendy. Paul has visited 85 countries and completed 26 road trips in his Gibraltar registered Hilux car. He has travelled by road from Gibraltar to Australia, across Africa and...

12th February 2021

Local residents from China are today celebrating their New Year, with today being the first day of the Year of the Ox. In past years the Chinese New Year has been celebrated in John Mackintosh Square with a lion dance and parade. This year due to the Covid-19 pandemic the festivities will be instead held...

12th February 2021

By Emily Beament Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of an ancient stone circle in Wales which they believe could have been dismantled and rebuilt as Stonehenge. The stone circle, named Waun Mawn, was found in the Preseli Hills in Pembrokeshire, in the area where the smaller “bluestones” found at Stonehenge, on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire,...

11th February 2021

Gibraltar could be “very close” to achieving community protection against Covid-19 and is hoping for “a normal summer” thanks to the rollout of its vaccination programme, Dr Krish Rawal, the acting Medical Director of the Gibraltar Health Authority, said on Thursday. Gibraltar hopes to be “days and weeks, not months and years” from achieving the...

11th February 2021

By Emily Beament, PA Environment Correspondent Councils across England are transforming roadside verges to support wildflowers as pressure grows to reverse declines in wildlife, a Freedom of Information request has found. Seven in 10 English councils are using mowing or management regimes alongside roads in their area to boost wildflowers and wildlife such as bees...

11th February 2021

By Paul Moody Our plane taxied to a halt on the searing tarmac at Sydney Airport. A steward claimed the tannoy, announcing we were to remain seated whilst medics came aboard to attend to an unwell passenger, and I pushed back a creeping sense of unease. The passenger was snivelling as the medic came on...

11th February 2021

Children across the UK have been playing in the snow. Sledding downhill provided a lot of fun after months of an uphill struggle with lockdown and homeschooling. Now as thousands get ready to go back to school there will be new obstacles to overcome. Everyone agrees having children return to the classroom is a priority...

10th February 2021

The GSD and the Gibraltar Government clashed yesterday as a call for cross-party consensus on the sensitive issue of mental health turned into a bitter exchange of accusation and counter-accusation. At the heart of the spat was a joint initiative by the GSD and Together Gibraltar earlier this week on a parliamentary motion calling for...

10th February 2021

By Vicky Shaw Romance scams have increased as people have searched online for love during the coronavirus lockdowns, figures suggest. Trade association UK Finance recorded a 20% increase in bank transfer fraud linked to romance scams between January and November 2020, compared with a year earlier. The total value of these scams increased by 12%...

10th February 2021

By Liz Connor Living well is important at any age, but experts say our health priorities can change as we get older. While the principles of exercising regularly, eating well and managing stress will always be relevant, there may also be specific things you can do – at each milestone decade – to make sure...

10th February 2021

A WhatsApp message on Monday brought home the human dimension of the tragedy that unfolded on Sunday morning in British waters in the Bay of Gibraltar. A long-time journalist friend from Ceuta, Carmen Echarri, was reaching out to see if we had any news of seven people who were trying to reach Spain under the...

10th February 2021

Gibraltar’s Opposition parties have jointly called for the establishment of a select committee of the Gibraltar Parliament on mental health. A motion tabled by the GSD and supported by Together Gibraltar urges a cross-party approach to mental health issues. It urges the creation of a select committee to report to Parliament on improvements to mental...

10th February 2021

By Ana Sharma We are living in troubled times; times that keep us wide awake, till the early hours of the morning, with one eye open, and a restless spirit. It would seem that there is little hope to be had; our countries’ economies are failing, successful businesses are closing down, the sagely pillars of...

9th February 2021

Gibraltar Cultural Services recently a short story competition, for children and young people aged from School Years 2 to 13. The competition was for young people staying at home or attending the educational set ups in school. For the short story competition entrants could submit up to two original works and the prize for the...

9th February 2021

By Eleanor Busby More than half of children have encountered more misleading content online in the past year, a UK survey suggests. Some 48% said they see misleading content online every day, with more than one in 10 seeing it more than six times a day, according to a poll coinciding with Safer Internet Day....

9th February 2021

Grammarians Hockey Club enter 2021 knowing that this will be their seventieth year in existence. The club, which recently provided Gibraltar’s domestic league clubs with the opportunity to compete in a higher tier of Euro Hockey competitions after qualifying from the the Challenge II will be themselves hope to repeat the promotion feat once again....

9th February 2021

By Eyleen Gomez and Gabriella Peralta The fourth consignment of the eagerly anticipated Pfizer/Biotech Covid-19 vaccine arrived safely on the Rock at 6.45pm Monday evening, the largest shipment to date. The Royal Air Force 400M Atlas was carrying around 12,000 doses of the vaccine as well as auxiliary kit including needles. Each vial of the...

8th February 2021

South Africa halts AstraZeneca rollout South Africa halted Monday's planned rollout of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccinations after data showed it gave minimal protection against mild infection from one variant, stoking fears of a much longer cat-and-mouse battle with the pathogen. Researchers from the University of Witwatersrand and the University of Oxford said in a prior-to-peer analysis...

8th February 2021

By Edd Dracott and Thomas Hornall, PA A grandfather who became the oldest person to row 3,000 miles unassisted across the Atlantic Ocean has encouraged older people to “keep active and challenge yourself”. Frank Rothwell, 70, from Oldham, set off from Canary Island La Gomera on December 12 and crossed the finish line in Antigua...

5th February 2021

Gibraltar “is not out of the woods”, Chief Minister Fabian Picardo warned on Friday, as he announced another Covid-19 death, an imminent shipment of over 14,000 vaccines and fewer active cases. Mr Picardo described the number of deaths this year as “harrowing”, with the toll rising to 80 since the pandemic began. After welcoming the...

5th February 2021

On Sunday, November 16th 1969, singer Janis Joplin was arrested backstage after a concert in Tampa, Florida, and charged with two counts of using indecent language. She posted a bond, left the city, and returned for a preliminary court hearing four days later. She must then have flown home to San Francisco. Jude Acers was...

5th February 2021

By Laura Elston, PA Court Reporter The Queen is set to enter the milestone 70th year of her reign, as she prepares to mark the anniversary of her accession away from Sandringham for the first time in more than 30 years. Elizabeth II – the nation’s longest reigning monarch – will reach 69 years on...