Jury acquits police sergeant accused of attempted rape 

Jury acquits police sergeant accused of attempted rape 

22nd September 2026

A Supreme Court jury has acquitted a police sergeant accused of attempted rape and sexual assault.  Elliot Brooke, 34, had faced one count of attempted rape and three counts of sexual assault, one of which was an alternative to the attempted rape charge.  The police sergeant had been accused of sexually assaulting and attempting to...

Gibraltar Air Cadets take part in RAF Odiham camp

22nd September 2026

Ten cadets and three staff members from No. 2 Overseas (Gibraltar) Squadron Air Training Corps took part in a week-long multi-activity camp at RAF Odiham in August, including a flight aboard a Chinook helicopter. The Central and East Region Annual Multi-Activity Camp, held from August 21 to 28, brought together cadets for a programme of...

GFSB summer party brings together around 100 members and guests

22nd September 2026

Around 100 members, guests and friends of the Gibraltar Federation of Small Businesses attended the organisation’s annual Summer Party at Gauchos Steakhouse last Thursday. The event brought together members of Gibraltar’s business community for an evening of networking and socialising. The GFSB said the gathering provided an opportunity for members to reconnect outside the workplace...

Kusuma Trust opens applications for 2026 Professional Development Awards

22nd September 2026

Applications have opened for the Kusuma Trust Gibraltar Professional Development Awards, which provide funding for people working in Gibraltar to undertake professional training where financial support is not available from the Government or their employer. The awards are available to individuals working in areas that directly benefit people living and working in Gibraltar. Applications may...

Cross-border worker Seila Pavón to stand as PSOE candidate for La Línea

21st September 2026

Cross-border worker Seila Pavón Guerrero will be the PSOE candidate for La Línea in the municipal elections due to be held in May 2027. The PSOE Provincial Executive Committee in Cádiz approved her nomination on Monday morning. Ms Pavón is a law graduate from the University of Cádiz and is living in La Línea since...

La Linea museum launches third edition of previously unseen Cruz Herrera paintings

21st September 2026

The Museo Cruz Herrera is exhibiting 23 paintings by the prolific portraitist that have never had a public showing as part of the third edition of its Ineditos initiative which aims to bring his little-known works to greater prominence.  The museum has previously displayed collections of its prolific namesake’s work, such as an exhibition in January featuring portraits exclusively of blonde women.  Director Mercedes Corbacho said that around 40% of the museum’s Cruz Herrera paintings have never been exhibited publicly and...

Drugs-related offenders increasingly using military-grade weapons, Spanish prosecutors say

21st September 2026

The representatives of Fiscalía de Andalucía, Andalucía’s prosecution service, have all expressed “alarm” at the increasing number of military-grade firearms being discovered by police officers when raiding drugs caches.  The service’s latest report, Memoria de la Fiscalía del Estado which was published last week and covers the year 2025, also highlights a rise in the numbers of people arrested...

Interest rates held at 3.75% but Bank warns Iran war could mean future hike

17th September 2026

By Anna Wise, Press Association Business Reporter The Bank of England held interest rates at 3.75% on Thursday, but policymakers warned that pressure to raise rates is building as the Iran war goes on. The Bank’s monetary policy committee (MPC) said global energy prices were volatile and likely to push inflation higher by the end of the year than...