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GHA frailty pathway delivers improved care and shorter hospital stays for older patients

The Minister for Health and Care, Gemma Arias Vasquez, has welcomed early results from the Gibraltar Health Authority’s new Frailty Pathway, which is delivering improved care and shorter hospital stays for older and more frail patients. The pathway, introduced earlier this year, is a coordinated model of care that brings together an expert multidisciplinary team...

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Commissioner of Police joins UK policing chiefs gathering in London

Commissioner of Police Owain Richards took part in the annual gathering of the UK National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) and the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (APCC) in London last week, joining senior policing leaders from across the United Kingdom and the wider British law-enforcement family. The event focused on current challenges and future...

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Nautilus team looks ahead after visit to Plymouth Marine Laboratory

The Nautilus Project team has reflected on its long-term ambitions after a visit to Plymouth Marine Laboratory, which it described as its “older brother” in marine science. The visit highlighted for the team what an independent marine lab can achieve and, according to the organisation, has invigorated them to work even harder towards their own...

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Lottoland backs ‘Seats of Hope’ mental health bench campaign

Lottoland has sponsored the latest instalment of the campaign ‘Seats of Hope’ at Europa Point, which aims to raise awareness of mental health issues through a series of mosaic benches around the Rock. To mark the occasion, the Minister for Environment, Dr John Cortes, and the CEO of Lottoland Nigel Birrell visited the bench alongside...

UK/Spain News

UK/Spain News

La Linea aims to export political model to Cadiz province as key to survival 

By Maria Jesus Corrales  La Línea’s Mayor, Juan Franco, has ruled himself out as a candidate for 100x100 Unidos in Cádiz, even as he marks 10 years in office by driving the party’s expansion across the province as key to his city’s growth.  Mr Franco said the new party aims to contest the next regional...

UK/Spain News

Port of Algeciras becomes main entry route for contraband tobacco into Campo 

By Maria Jesus Corrales  The Port of Algeciras now accounts for 55% of the contraband tobacco seized in the Campo de Gibraltar, according to data presented by the Guardia Civil at the tenth Congress on Combating Contraband in La Línea last week.  The figures show that only 10% of illegal tobacco enters Spain through the...

UK/Spain News

Tax online betting games to reflect the harm they cause, UK MPs say

By Josie Clarke, PA Consumer Affairs Correspondent, and Chronicle staff The UK Government should not “cave in to industry scaremongering” and tax online betting games at a rate that reflects their harm, MPs have said in a report ahead of a UK budget statement later this month.  The report was met with disappointment in Gibraltar, amid concern a hike in UK...

UK/Spain News

Spanish police arrest fugitive wanted for murder as he tried to enter Gib

A Portuguese man wanted for murder and other serious offences was arrested by Spanish police in La Linea as he tried to cross the border into Gibraltar. Spain’s Policia Nacional said the man was the subject of four arrest warrants for murder, sexual abuse and wounding in different locations in Spain. The man was arrested...