Feetham withdraws GSLP leadership bid as Arias-Vasquez confirms she will stand

Feetham withdraws GSLP leadership bid as Arias-Vasquez confirms she will stand

4th June 2026

Gemma Arias-Vasquez has confirmed she will put herself forward as a leadership candidate at the GSLP’s next annual general meeting, with Nigel Feetham withdrawing his own bid and instead backing her as the party’s future leader. Mr Feetham had previously announced his own hopes to lead the GSLP and many people were expecting a tough...

Former teacher ‘coerced and controlled’ teenager he was allegedly abusing, court hears 

4th June 2026

A former teacher and Scout leader “coerced and controlled” a young teenage boy that he allegedly sexually abused for several years, the Supreme Court was told on Wednesday.  Clayton Busto, 43, denies 19 charges of sexual offences against children involving four alleged victims, some dating as far back 2007.   In live evidence to the Supreme Court on the third day of his...

Govt increases public service minimum salary to £24,413

3rd June 2026

The Gibraltar Government and Unite the Union have agreed to increase the minimum entry salary for eligible Public Service staff to £24,413 per year, with the change backdated to April 1, 2025. The agreement raises the previous minimum entry salary of £22,874 and means eligible employees will receive backpay covering the relevant period. The increase...

£50,000 fine and law firm director suspended over anti-money laundering failures 

3rd June 2026

Wilkinson Law Limited, trading as Strait Law, has been fined £50,000 and the firm’s director has been suspended for 12 months after the Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA) found significant anti-money laundering compliance failures, with the firm set to close.  The LSRA stressed that these findings do not mean that the Firm has conducted or engaged in money laundering, terrorist financing, or...

Spanish police dismantle drug network using drones to smuggle drugs from Morocco 

27th May 2026

Spanish police have dismantled a criminal organisation based in Cadiz province and Alava that allegedly used large fixed-wing drones to transport hashish and cocaine from Morocco across the Strait of Gibraltar before moving the drugs onward to France, the Policia Nacional said on Tuesday.  The operation, known as Operation Horus, began in 2025 and focused...

PP still wants to govern alone despite losing majority in Sunday’s regional election 

18th May 2026

The acting president of the regional government of Andalusia, the Partido Popular’s Juanma Moreno Bonilla, said on Monday that his aim was to govern alone following the Andalusian election on Sunday, in which his party lost its absolute majority.  The PP ended up with 53 seats in the regional parliament, down from 58 in 2022.  That left it two seats short of the 55-seat...

Strait increasingly vulnerable to drug smuggling, Spanish security report says 

18th May 2026

By Maria Jesus Corrales A report on Spain’s campaign against the illegal trade in narcotics has described the zone stretching from Cádiz to Málaga as one of “increasing vulnerability” to the narcotics trade, with as many as 600 drugs launches plying the Strait last year.  Published last week by Spain’s security services, the document comes at a turbulent time for Andalucía as it nears...

PP wins Andalusian election but loses majority

18th May 2026

The Partido Popular won Sunday’s regional election in Andalusia but lost the majority it achieved in 2022, ending up with 53 seats in the regional parliament. This figure is five fewer than the 58 members of parliament it obtained in the 2022 elections and leaves it two seats short of a majority, which is set...