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15th August 2019

The Gibraltar Government on Thursday released the Iranian supertanker Grace 1, which was seized on July 4 on suspicion it was shipping 2.1m barrels of crude oil to Syria in breach of EU sanctions. Gibraltar said it had evidence the ship was bound for Syria when it was detained, but that Iran had now provided...

8th August 2019

By Nina Massey Scientists have discovered evidence of a giant parrot that was so large it may have feasted on its feathered friends. Paleontologists said they have named what they believe to be the world's largest parrot after Heracles. Standing up to one metre tall, and with a massive beak, the bird was capable of...

17th July 2019

The arch-adversaries hated each other - despite the fact they never actually met. It's easy to feel sorry for the French army. In 1940, the Maginot Line crumbled against the Nazi advance like a croissant that's spent too long in the sun, and centuries of military dominance were forgotten within days. Think of the infamous...

16th July 2019

The Gibraltar Senior Citizens Association has campaigned long and hard to curb loneliness amongst some of the eldest in our community. The campaign against senior loneliness has been headed by GSCA President Manolo Ruiz, and after quite some time he has now gathered some support. Mr Ruiz has been looking for a team to help...

8th July 2019

By Laura Harding, PA Senior Entertainment Correspondent Ancient artefacts that have been looted from Iraq and Afghanistan after recent conflicts and illegally exported to the UK will be returned to their country of origin. The British Museum is working with the UK Border Force and other Government law enforcement agencies to help to return the...

1st July 2019

By Flora Thompson, PA Home Affairs Correspondent Singer Sir Cliff Richard and DJ Paul Gambaccini have made calls to "redress the balance" in the legal system as they launched a petition so that those accused of sexual offences remain anonymous until charged. Both men were falsely accused of historical sex offences and have joined forces...

27th June 2019

The Chief Justice, Anthony Dudley, yesterday floated the idea of a reform of the rules for the appointment of Queen's Counsel in Gibraltar, calling for a "measured and constructive debate” on whether changes were appropriate. Mr Justice Dudley was speaking during the appointment ceremony of Nigel Feetham, QC, and Christian Rocca, QC. The appointment as...

30th May 2019

Cross-border law enforcement operations are no threat to Gibraltar’s British sovereignty and jurisdiction, the Royal Gibraltar Police said yesterday. In a detailed and lengthy statement, the RGP said that they key message underscored by Gibraltar’s international policing cooperation was that the Rock was tough place for criminals. The RGP’s statement sought to address any concerns...

9th May 2019

(As appeared in May issue of the Red & White supplement) We have heard it all before, “just can’t seem to get the numbers in,” “we just don’t get enough people watching,” “every year we have the same problem recruiting younger players.” Yet how many times have you seen a poster out in the streets...

29th April 2019

Gibraltar’s political parties have welcomed the Socialist victory in Spain’s general election on Sunday, even while striking a note of caution about future cross-border relations against the backdrop of Brexit. Spain’s governing Socialist secured the most MPs in the hotly-contested election, as support for the Partido Popular collapsed, including in the Campo de Gibraltar, and...

9th March 2019

In this week’s travel feature, local traveller Shaun Yeo explores Ascension Island. A remote isolated volcanic Island found in the South Atlantic Ocean, which most people have never heard of before; Ascension Island. The Island was discovered in 1501 by João da Nova Castella, a Portuguese seafarer. His visit went unrecorded, and was “discovered again”...

5th March 2019

By Tony Jones, Press Association Court Correspondent The royal family have gathered at Buckingham Palace to celebration the 50th anniversary of the Investiture of the Prince of Wales. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the Duchess of Cornwall, along with Prime Minister Theresa May, were among the guests at...

1st February 2019

By Lucinda Cameron, Press Association Scotland Childhood letters by Mary Queen of Scots and other rare treasures will be on display for two days at an exhibition marking the anniversary of her execution. The exhibition of items from the National Library of Scotland's collections will explore depictions of Mary Stuart through the ages - from...

29th January 2019

By Kirsten Grieshaber, Associated Press Thousands of British Jews, many the descendants of Holocaust victims, have applied for German citizenship as the UK prepares to leave the European Union. Simon Wallfisch grew up in London as the grandson of an Auschwitz survivor who swore to never return to the country that murdered her parents and...

29th January 2019

The Royal Gibraltar Post Office (RGPO), in association with the Department of Education, launched the 2019 Letter-Writing Competition on behalf of the United Nations (UN) Universal Postal Union (UPU). The competition is open to pupils attending School in Gibraltar and aged up to 15 years on Friday 12 April 2019. The theme for 2019, the...

15th January 2019

Prime Minister Theresa May urged MPs on Monday to take a "second look" at her deal to leave the European Union, in a last-ditch effort to win over a parliament that looks set to reject the agreement. The fate of the UK’s – and by extension, Gibraltar’s - March 29 exit from the EU is...

14th January 2019

By Andrew Woodcock, David Wilcock and Shaun Connolly, Press Association Political Staff Theresa May has issued a last-ditch plea for MPs to back her Brexit deal, after Brussels chiefs issued a letter offering assurances that they do not want the controversial "backstop" to be permanent. Speaking in a factory in Leave-voting Stoke-on-Trent, the Prime Minister...

7th January 2019

By Flora Thompson, Press Association South East Correspondent A large convoy of lorries has descended on a disused airfield as the Government carries out a major test of its plans for UK border disruption in the event of a no-deal Brexit. Nearly 100 lorries arrived at Manston Airport near Ramsgate in Kent early on Monday...

31st December 2018

The UK enters 2019 with "90 days to change the course of this country", Liberal Democrat leader Sir Vince Cable has said in his New Year message. Sir Vince said the next three months will be "critical" to the future of the UK, and insisted it is still possible for the battle to stop Brexit...

18th December 2018

By Becca Mcauley and Tess de la Mare, Press Association Suffragette Sylvia Pankhurst lobbied the Post Office against the practice of installing duplicate telephone lines over fears they could be used to intercept private calls, newly discovered letters have revealed. Ms Pankhurst - who was herself the subject of an MI5 surveillance operation - wrote...

14th December 2018

Theresa May has delayed a fresh Commons showdown over her Brexit deal until the new year as she acknowledged it will take time to win the assurances she is seeking from EU leaders. After the Prime Minister survived a bruising no confidence vote by Tory MPs on Wednesday, No.10 said the "meaningful vote" on the...

12th December 2018

Theresa May has seen off an attempt by rebel backbenchers to oust her as Conservative leader and Prime Minister. But she sowed the seeds for her eventual departure by telling Tory MPs that she would not lead the party into the next general election, expected in 2022. The Prime Minister won a confidence vote of...

12th December 2018

- Basque leader says Spain must accept ‘Gibraltarians have their own voice’ Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez defended Spain’s negotiation of the Gibraltar Protocol in the Spanish Parliament yesterday, insisting the political assurances received from other EU countries were “binding” even as opposition parties rubbished his claims. During intense exchanges in the Congress, Mr Sanchez...

27th November 2018

A rare Gibraltar item was included in an auction of the first postage stamp issue of Spain, recently held in Barcelona. It was an example of the ‘seis cuartos’ stamp used on an envelope posted in Gibraltar on 4 July 1850 and addressed to Cadiz. At the time, there was a special arrangement in place...

26th November 2018

The UK and Gibraltar governments presented a firm, united stance yesterday as the EU rubber-stamped the Brexit divorce deal, insisting Gibraltar would be included in any negotiations for a future trade deal with the EU despite Spanish claims to the contrary - and dismissing Madrid’s plans to put joint sovereignty back on the table. After...

25th November 2018

Often at the Literary Festival you hear of books, songs and ideas which may have crossed your own mind and life at some point. But what is amazing is the way in which these have played a part in other people’s lives as well. My 2018 Literary Festival journey began with the mention of two...

22nd November 2018

So much for Spanish goodwill in the Brexit process. Barely a month ago the chief minister, Fabian Picardo, told parliament that he welcomed prime minister Pedro Sánchez’s “positive approach” to the discussions that left to one side the question of Gibraltar’s sovereignty. A beleaguered Theresa May even held up the (supposed) progress over Gibraltar as...

21st November 2018

By Sherna Noah, Press Association Senior Entertainment Correspondent About 800 "spectacular manuscripts" from medieval England and France have been placed online. The British Library and the Bibliotheque nationale de France have launched two websites giving access to the manuscripts from the centuries either side of the Norman Conquest. The culmination of the two-year project offers...

18th November 2018

Theresa May took a swipe at Tory rivals threatening to unseat her as party leader as she warned the next seven days would be "critical" to achieving a successful Brexit. The Prime Minister warned that a change of leadership would not make it easier to get a deal past parliament or the EU, after furious...

15th November 2018

Chief Minister Fabian Picardo insisted last night that Gibraltar was "ready for any eventuality" in the fractured Brexit landscape, even as he gave a ringing endorsement of embattled Prime Minister Theresa May, who he said was “far from hanging from a thread”. Mrs May came under intense pressure yesterday as critics mauled her draft Withdrawal...