After meeting Doughty, Cross Frontier Group again urges speedy resolution to treaty negotiation

Joe Gingell calls on public to help piece together Gib’s evacuation history

6th June 2025

Every Friday for the next few months Joe Gingell will be calling out to the public through this newspaper to put names to the faces of evacuees. For over 12 years Mr Gingell has researched the evacuation era, gathered more than 2,000 images, and has tried to put names to the people in the photos....

After meeting Doughty, Cross Frontier Group again urges speedy resolution to treaty negotiation

5th June 2025

The Cross Frontier Group reaffirmed the urgent need for a resolution of negotiations on Gibraltar’s post-Brexit after meeting the UK’s Minister for Europe, Stephen Doughty, at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in London on Thursday. The meeting offered an opportunity for the group, which brings together unions and business organisations from both sides of...

Protest at No.6 as Unite seeks firm timeline on health worker pay parity

5th June 2025

Unite the Union protested outside No.6 Convent Place on Thursday evening over a parity claim submitted by its Allied Health Professionals. Unite’s AHP members in the GHA and Elderly Residential Services are seeking pay parity with comparable roles in the UK; mechanisms to address pay inequality when compared to other clinical roles in the GHA;...

Joe Stilgoe and The Big Band to perform at St Michael’s Cave in October

5th June 2025

Gibraltar Cultural Services, on behalf of the Ministry of Culture, has announced that internationally acclaimed singer, pianist and songwriter Joe Stilgoe will perform with The Big Band at St Michael’s Cave on October 9, 2025. Stilgoe, who has released nine albums, five of which topped the UK Jazz chart, is recognised worldwide for his musicianship...

Gibraltar and OTs ‘a critical element’ as UK moves to 'war-fighting readiness'

2nd June 2025

Military bases in Gibraltar and other Overseas Territories “remain a critical element” in the defence of UK sovereign territory and interests, according to a long-awaited Strategic Defence Review published by the UK Government on Monday. In launching the review, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said the UK will move to “war-fighting readiness” and that all...

UK to support ‘mutually-agreed solution’ to Western Sahara, 'respecting self-determination'

2nd June 2025

The UK Government will adopt a new UK policy position towards Western Sahara, supporting a “mutually-agreed solution” that respects the principle of self-determination. The policy was announced during a visit to Morocco by Foreign Secretary David Lammy, where a series of agreements were signed to boost trade and investment between the UK and Morocco, ahead...

UK to build up to 12 new attack submarines and invest £15bn in warheads

2nd June 2025

By Helen Corbett, PA Political Correspondent The UK will build up to 12 new nuclear-powered attack submarines and invest £15 billion in its warhead programme, the Prime Minister will announce today as the UK Government unveils its strategic defence review. Significant investment in the UK nuclear warhead programme this parliament and maintaining the existing stockpile...

Starmer: Wave of investments will make military an ‘integrated fighting machine’

1st June 2025

By Helen Corbett and Will Durrant, PA Political Staff Sir Keir Starmer has pledged a wave of new investments to turn the armed forces into a “formidable, integrated fighting machine” as part of the Government’s defence review. The Prime Minister said he would invest in a military that is “more integrated, more ready, more lethal...