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UPDATED: Spanish teenager, 19, arrested in Gibraltar over apartment fire: Two adults remain in intensive care as pet dog perishes in the flames

A SPANISH teenager has been arrested in Gibraltar on suspicion of setting an apartment fire that hospitalised a family and killed their dog. Juan Francisco

11 Dec, 2024 @ 12:41

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Cross-border workers rejoice: Residents in Spain who work in Gibraltar can claim Spanish benefits for another two years

WORKERS living in Spain and commuting to their jobs in Gibraltar will continue to be able to claim benefits from the Spanish government for another

11 Dec, 2024 @ 12:30

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Narco gangs in the Strait of Gibraltar are luring in ‘younger and younger’ recruits: Spanish authorities vow to ‘eliminate’ social foundations of trafficking

MORE and more young people are being drawn into the highly-organised drug trafficking networks that operate in the Strait of Gibraltar region. The warning came

10 Dec, 2024 @ 16:30

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead

Gibraltar’s Christmas drink-driving campaign kicks off: Drivers four times over the limit, 12 vehicles ploughed into and six arrests

THE Royal Gibraltar Police have been left exasperated after the first weekend of their Christmas Drink Drive Campaign kicked off with mayhem on the roads.

10 Dec, 2024 @ 14:30

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Moroccan child with hypothermia is rescued from interior of refrigerated truck at major port in southern Spain

Horror in Gibraltar: Woman, 40, is arrested for attempted murder after late-night frenzied knife attack

A WOMAN has been arrested in Gibraltar for attempted murder after going on a late-night stabbing frenzy. Emergency services were called to a residential address

10 Dec, 2024 @ 12:45

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead

WATCH: Two children are among five rushed to hospital in mystery Gibraltar apartment fire: Two adults in ICU while pet dog perishes

A GIBRALTAR family has been rushed to hospital after a fire ripped through their apartment block and killed their pet dog in the early hours

10 Dec, 2024 @ 12:00

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Exclusive: Spanish activists fume after their complaints about Gibraltar’s Eastside marina project go unanswered by Madrid

THE Spanish government has snubbed an environmentalist complaint against Gibraltar’s Eastside land reclamation project. A denuncia filed by Verdemar Ecologistas en Accion on October 10

5 Dec, 2024 @ 18:00

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Spaniard discovers Gibraltar is not Spanish: World traveller from Spain visits the Rock and marvels at its Britishness

A SPANIARD took a trip to Gibraltar and was amazed at the differences between the British territory and Spain. TikTok user Didac, who posts travel

2 Dec, 2024 @ 10:46

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‘No police in Gibraltar will ever investigate anyone powerful ever again’: Upcoming McGrail Report will have ‘chilling’ effect on new police chief

THE new Gibraltar Commissioner of Police will start the role in the shadow of the upcoming McGrail report. The current top police officer, Richard Ullger

29 Nov, 2024 @ 18:30

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Chief Minister visits British nuclear submarine docked in Gibraltar: US aircraft carrier and Russian spy ship transit the Strait during heightened tensions over subsea sabotage

GIBRALTAR’S Chief Minister has visited the UK’s leading nuclear-powered attack submarine while it is laid up in dock during a time of heightened naval tensions

29 Nov, 2024 @ 16:08

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Conservation alarm raised in Gibraltar after four rare red foxes killed on the Rock’s roads this year – as a seldom-seen otter is also hit by a car

TWO rare red foxes have been killed by drivers in Gibraltar near Sandy Bay and Catalan Bay in the last two weeks – the most

29 Nov, 2024 @ 13:30

Environment·Gibraltar·Lead

Gibraltar sets up maritime exclusion zone around contested Eastside land reclamation project after daring Spain to sue

GIBRALTAR’S Port Authority has established a maritime exclusion zone around its controversial Eastside land reclamation project. The authority has deployed four special yellow-flash marker buoys

29 Nov, 2024 @ 12:30

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Gibraltar vows to uphold fresh UK sanctions on Russia’s ‘shadow oil transport fleet’

GIBRALTAR has vowed it will support the British government in its latest sanctions package against the ‘shadow fleet’ transporting Russian oil. The move hits 30

28 Nov, 2024 @ 09:00

Business & Finance·Gibraltar

Exclusive: Endangered sperm whales are dying in the Strait of Gibraltar – as experts reveal ‘biggest culprit’

THE Strait of Gibraltar is becoming a deadly kill zone for the Mediterranean’s endangered whale populations. Experts estimate that two sperm whales die each year

27 Nov, 2024 @ 18:00

Andalucia·Environment·Gibraltar·Lead

Watch: Spanish YouTubers ‘are threatened with a huge fine’ in Gibraltar while trying to ‘conquer the Rock’

SPANISH YouTubers claim they were ‘threatened with a huge fine’ in Gibraltar after attempting to unfurl their country’s flag. As Britain and Spain try to

27 Nov, 2024 @ 16:26

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Spain’s ‘rogue police chief’ makes formal complaint against his own bosses to force Schengen controls on Gibraltar border

SPAIN’S ‘rogue officer’ overseeing the border with Gibraltar has erupted into open revolt over the ‘lack of a legal basis’ for waiving Schengen rules. The

27 Nov, 2024 @ 08:15

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Spain’s ‘rogue border officer’ starts stamping Gibraltar passports again: Friday afternoon timing spares Spanish workers crossing the frontier

A ‘ROGUE’ Spanish border officer started stamping the passports of Gibraltarians entering Spain again for an hour on Friday afternoon. According to residents who crossed

22 Nov, 2024 @ 17:17

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Drug Traffickers Steal Boat But Owner's Friend Spots It Docked Up On Spain's Costa Blanca

Warning for boat owners on Spain’s Costa del Sol following string of thefts by migrant smugglers

BOAT owners along the Costa del Sol and Campo de Gibraltar are being urged to step up security after a surge in thefts linked to

21 Nov, 2024 @ 13:00

Costa del Sol·Gibraltar·Lead

Gibraltar floating body update: Autopsy carried out as Interpol and Spanish police contacted

AN autopsy has been carried out on a body that was discovered floating off the coast of Gibraltar on Sunday morning. The investigation is being

20 Nov, 2024 @ 16:43

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Gibraltar relaunches bid to compete under its own flag at the Olympics after overcoming historic Spanish protests in international football

GIBRALTAR is once again bidding for recognition from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to compete under its own flag. All Gibraltarian national sporting associations voted

20 Nov, 2024 @ 14:45

Gibraltar·Lead·Sport

Help find Rhianna: 16-year-old disappeared in Gibraltar on Monday night

THE Royal Gibraltar Police are appealing for the public’s help to find a missing teenager. Rhianna Broadfoot, 16, was last seen at 11.10pm on Monday

19 Nov, 2024 @ 19:22

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The UK reassures Gibraltar of its ‘unwavering commitment’ to defending the Rock’s self-determination after it ceded the Chagos Islands to Mauritius

GIBRALTAR has ‘very much welcomed’ the United Kingdom’s reiteration of its ‘unwavering commitment’ to the self-determination of British Overseas Territories at the start of a

19 Nov, 2024 @ 15:00

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Flight chaos as British Airways grounds flights across Europe after suffering major IT outage

BRITISH Airways has suffered a major IT outage that has left countless flights in Europe grounded. The issue is causing delays and cancellations for potentially

18 Nov, 2024 @ 20:42

Gibraltar·Lead·National News·Travel News

Spanish football fans turn up en masse to troll Gibraltar men’s team in their draw with San Marino

SPANISH football fans were delighted when over 100 Spaniards descended on a lowly-ranked UEFA Nations League match to troll the Gibraltar men’s team. The Spanish

18 Nov, 2024 @ 12:30

Gibraltar·Lead·Sport

Body is discovered floating in the sea off Gibraltar after being passed by a private yacht

A BODY has been discovered floating off the coast of Gibraltar near Europa Point early this morning, the RGP have announced. The discovery was reported

17 Nov, 2024 @ 16:25

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Botched burglary in Gibraltar’s swanky Ocean Village lands hapless local man jail time

A HAPLESS burglar who broke into a restaurant in Ocean Village has been jailed for two months. Riyen Lea, 37, of the Varyl Begg Estate,

15 Nov, 2024 @ 10:59

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