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7th July 2025

Warning letters have been sent by the chairman of the McGrail Inquiry, Sir Peter Openshaw, to individuals and organisations likely to face criticism in his final report. The process, known as ‘Maxwellisation’, allows anyone facing potential criticism to respond to the chairman prior to publication of the report. The chairman will then consider those responses...

24th November 2023

Inside a red box, now retired BBC journalist Rory Cellan-Jones, found a message tucked away in his late mother’s belongings that would change his perspective on his life. His book ‘Ruskin Park: Sylvia, Me and the BBC’ details his relationship with his mother Slyvia and the difficulties of his life raised as an illegitimate child...

1st March 2023

The Gibraltar Government last night said that letters received by residents in Mount Alvernia regarding the new Rooke elderly residential home were part of an information-gathering exercise, and not a formal offer to switch sites. The Government was responding to questions after GSD Leader Keith Azopardi raised concern that Mount Alvernia residents had been asked...

5th May 2021

The Gibraltar Senior Citizens’ Association has decided to discontinue its monthly newsletters as they feel their calls for the needs of senior citizens remain largely unanswered. In the last of their monthly newsletters the Association said they have been “unable to convince government of the needs of senior citizens.” The Association details that, for years,...

23rd April 2021

Anonymous death threat letters with bullets enclosed in the envelopes have been sent to two of Spain's top security officials and the leader of the hard-left Unidas Podemos party, officials said on Friday, adding police are investigating. Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska and Pablo Iglesias of Unidas Podemos received the threats on Thursday, while a similar...

11th February 2020

By Lucy Mapstone Unpublished letters that reveal Charles Dickens' state of mind while writing some of his most famous works are to go on display in a London museum for the first time. The 25 letters are among more than 300 items from the most substantial private collection of Dickens material in the world -...

16th December 2019

By Dominica Sanda, PA Children have been busy penning letters to Father Christmas, with video game consoles topping this year's most-wanted list. Royal Mail's survey of Christmas wishes from boys and girls has found Lego and bikes are also popular requests with books - which didn't appear in the 2018 or 2017 lists - also...

29th November 2019

By Julia Hunt Letters that Bing Crosby sent to the families of Second World War soldiers have been released for the first time after being discovered in his attic. Photographs of the late US music star entertaining troops have also come to light. The pictures and notes have been shared by HLC Properties Ltd -...

23rd November 2018

By Sam Russell, Press Association Page 1: 11:48 An English soldier's letters to his family sent during the First World War, including one written the day after peace broke out, will be sold at auction. Bombardier Frank Cooling from Hopton in Suffolk, where his family ran a grocery shop, wrote from France and Belgium on...

19th April 2018

A pair of letters written onboard a ship that came to rescue survivors of the Titanic are set to fetch up to £8,000 at auction. Eleanor Danforth, a passenger of RMS Carpathia, described seeing the "glimmer" of the iceberg the liner struck on April 14, 1912. Her account of the rescue is dated three days...

5th August 2025

By MJ Corrales Diving into La Línea’s municipal archive is to journey into the past through documents that explain the life of the city and its relationship with Gibraltar and the border. As the chief archivist, José Martínez, says, “this archive is unique, because it contains documents that are only here because of the existence...

22nd July 2025

The Principal Auditor’s Report 2018-2019 found a “marked escalation” in rates arrears with £9.51m owed in March 2024, although recovery efforts have since been introduced. The report detailed how rates arrears increased from £4.8m in March 2015 to £9.5m nine years later, “representing an average annual increase of 10% and an overall increase of £3.49m...

10th July 2025

The Government of Gibraltar has expressed deep concern over the “content, tone and methodology” of the Principal Auditor’s report for 2018/19, which was published this week. While affirming its respect for the role of independent public auditing and its value in promoting transparency and good governance, the Government said that the report “strays” from the...

4th July 2025

The Gibraltar Honours Board, chaired by the Governor, Lieutenant General Sir Ben Bathurst, will meet in October to consider nominations for the 2026 King’s Birthday Honours List and the Gibraltar Award. Nominations are open to members of the public and are intended to recognise individuals from any part of the Gibraltarian community who have made...

29th June 2025

‘Abigail’s Library’ By Julian Felice The large house on the hill had survived relatively unscathed. A few days earlier, the Earth - seething with Her tenants - had shaken Her back, carving deep crevasses in many of the main roads, and wobbling buildings that had seemed immortal. In the more neglected areas, dreams had been...

27th June 2025

The Gibraltar Photographic Society has over 60 years built itself to become one of our most long-established, popular and a visible major part of our community. Still going strong it continues to attract new member in this digital age where everyone is a budding photographer – but there are still many out there who want...

16th May 2025

In today’s edition, Environmental Safety Group founding member Janet Howitt looks back at their beginnings and work over the past 25 years. 25 years ago today, Janet Howitt co-founded the Environmental Safety Group (ESG) when campaigning about nuclear submarine HMS Tireless paying a visit to the Rock on May 16, 2000. In brief, Ms Howitt’s...

16th April 2025

14-year-old Bella Howard has raised over £6,000 for the Nazareth House Soup Kitchen following a self-organised Easter fundraiser. Bella wrote and distributed letters to local companies requesting raffle prize donations, many of whom responded with generous support. “I got the idea when Father Charlie [who runs the soup kitchen] came to Bayside to talk to...

3rd April 2025

Joe Adambery reviews ‘The Crooked Timber’ an 80-page booklet by Giordano Durante and Gabriel Moreno. I recently found myself invited to review a small new book from two local poets. The Crooked Timber is an 80-page booklet compiled by Giordano Durante and Gabriel Moreno, two poets, both middle aged. Both family men juggling life and...

14th March 2025

In the first few pages of every Gibraltar Directory and Guide Book there is a monthly list of all important events in Gibraltar over the entire year. Today we return to the Directory of 1927 – which as I wrote last week belonged to the late Mesod Belilo who was keen that I used it...

6th March 2025

Gibraltarian writers Giordano Durante and Gabriel Moreno are releasing a new book next month. Titled ‘The Crooked Timber’, the book comprises a series of exchanges between Mr Durante and Mr Moreno about poetic craft, the nature of artistic inspiration, the hybrid aspects of Gibraltarian identity, the lure of fame and flattery and some middle-aged grousing....

25th February 2025

The Convent is reminding the public that nominations for the Gibraltar Honours Board must be submitted by Friday, March 28, using the FCDO Nomination Proforma. The proforma is available at the Convent reception or via enquiry.gibraltar@fco.gov.uk. They need to be marked for the attention of the Gibraltar Honours Board (GHB) Secretary, Office of the Governor,...

24th February 2025

GHA specialists are actively looking into lowering the age of bowel cancer screening, but before doing so, the team are assessing whether this would strain the current service offered. In Gibraltar, bowel cancer screening is offered to those aged 60 to 74 years and the GHA is considering lowering the age to match the NHS...

10th January 2025

Happy New Year to all – here we begin another year with all the best wishes in health and happiness 2025 can bring you. Alice’s Table is already four months into its seventh year. How did that happen? We have sat and chatted to many well-known personalities over the years and learnt many things we...

2nd December 2024

Personalised vehicle registration plates costing up to £500,000 are currently being sold, with a special ‘G1B’ plate set to be auctioned for the GBC Open Day. For the past few days Gibraltarians have been snapping up their chosen licence plates featuring special dates and names. The registration plates were unveiled by the Gibraltar Government on...

29th November 2024

The mother of a Gibraltar-born man who died aged 37 nearly two decades after suffering a life-changing brain injury in a UK young offenders’ institute described how she had been “scared and worried” for her son due to the level of care he was receiving at St Bernard’s hospital. Giving evidence for a second day...

27th November 2024

The Government is set to launch the online sale of personalised motor vehicle registration plates from Friday, offering customisable alphanumeric options starting with "G," with prices between £1,250 and £10,000, with premium and auction options available. The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Department (DVLD) and the Customer Care Hub will oversee the sale and issuance of...

18th November 2024

An insight into the last five Conservative Prime Ministers during the party’s most recent tenure in Government was given to an audience by Sir Graham Brady at the Gibunco Gibraltar Literary Festival on Sunday. Sir Brady was talking about his new book ‘Kingmaker: Secret, Lies, and the Truth about Five Prime Ministers’, which gives an...

25th October 2024

Maroš Šefčovič, the European Commission vice president who has led the Gibraltar treaty negotiation for the EU, has vowed to “continue efforts” to secure agreement, highlighting the talks as a key element of efforts to strengthen UK/EU relations. Mr Šefčovič was responding to written questions from the European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs as part...

18th October 2024

You are standing on Charles Bridge, the ‘Karluv most’, in that most atmospheric of cities, Prague. The bridge is old, having been constructed in the Middle Ages. However, its irresistible attraction lies in its mostly Baroque statues that line both sides of the bridge. The bridge was begun in 1357, but it was swept away...