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

easyJet launches Birmingham service

3rd June 2025

easyJet launched its new twice weekly service between Gibraltar and Birmingham on Sunday. Passengers on the inaugural flight included Tourism Minister Christian Santos, who was invited by easyJet to travel on the service. He was greeted on the tarmac by Mayor Carmen Gomez, the Sea Scouts band and the Re-enactment Society. Among the press contingent...

Eco Festival welcomes over 1,300 people to Europa Pool

3rd June 2025

The fourth Eco Festival brought together more than 1,300 people at Europa Pool to celebrate World Environment Day and World Bicycle Day, start the summer on a positive note with a focus on sustainability. Held last Saturday and Sunday, the festival reached full capacity as families, friends and local businesses came out to enjoy two...

Local author donates £2,000 to Women in Need from lockdown cookbook sales

3rd June 2025

A local author has turned her passion for food and compassion for others into a generous act of kindness. Judith Marsh has donated £2,000 to the charity Women in Need, raised from the sales of a cookbook she wrote during the Covid-19 lockdown. “I’d always wanted to write a cookbook, and this was the perfect...

British Forces Gibraltar attends 65th International Military Pilgrimage in Lourdes

3rd June 2025

Eleven service personnel from British Forces Gibraltar took part in the 65th International Military Pilgrimage [IMP] in Lourdes recently. The IMP is an annual event established in the aftermath of the Second World War and aimed at fostering healing and promoting peace and mutual respect among nations. This year's pilgrimage for British Forces Gibraltar was...

RGP officer raises awareness of sign language

2nd June 2025

A Royal Gibraltar Police officer recently delivered a presentation on deaf awareness to members of the Rotary Club at the Eliott Hotel. Detective Constable Paul Gache, who is one of several officers in the force trained in British Sign Language, spoke about basic deaf awareness strategies and shared anecdotes and testimonials from Gibraltar’s deaf community....

Mario Finlayson National Gallery celebrates a decade with re-curation

2nd June 2025

The Mario Finlayson National Art Gallery is celebrating its 10th anniversary tomorrow with a re-curation and a special programme of events. The team at Gibraltar Cultural Services (GCS) have worked hard to curate and revamp the Gallery, with the efforts including pieces from acclaimed artist Christian Hook, who is now the seventh artist represented at...

Gib must guard against complacency on equality rights, Santos says

2nd June 2025

Gibraltar must guard against complacency and remain “a beacon of safety, dignity, and equality” at a time when hard-won rights are being rolled back in many parts of the world, Christian Santos, the Minister for Equality, said as he marked the start of Pride Month. In an opinion piece for the Chronicle, Mr Santos celebrated...

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...