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David Knowles latest: Gibraltar police report ‘no specific concerns’ in death of Telegraph journalist, 32, after autopsy completed – Counter Terrorism detectives continue to assist

AN autopsy was completed yesterday afternoon on the Telegraph journalist David Knowles who died suddenly in Gibraltar over the weekend. The Royal Gibraltar Police said

13 Sep, 2024 @ 14:19

Gibraltar·Lead

Gibraltar police investigate sudden death of 32-year-old Telegraph journalist David Knowles

COUNTER terrorism detectives from the UK are assisting the Royal Gibraltar Police to investigate the sudden death of 32-year-old Telegraph journalist David Knowles in Gibraltar.

12 Sep, 2024 @ 14:16

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Activists in Spain slam Gibraltar’s environmental record after King Charles III ‘commends’ the territory on its nature conservation in National Day message

KING Charles III’s National Day message to Gibraltar congratulating the territory on its conservation work was met with a scathing response from Spanish ecologists. The

10 Sep, 2024 @ 18:00

Environment·Gibraltar·Lead

The Telegraph journalist David Knowles, 32, dies in Gibraltar: Tributes pour in for ‘talented and popular’ reporter

DAVID Knowles, a journalist for the Telegraph, died in Gibraltar on Sunday following a suspected cardiac arrest. The 32-year-old worked as a senior audio journalist

9 Sep, 2024 @ 18:25

Gibraltar·Lead

‘Gibraltar will not blink’: Picardo issues rallying cry ahead of National Day as a Schengen border closes in and Spain says ‘we’re in extra time’ to reach a deal

GIBRALTAR Chief Minister Fabian Picardo struck an uncompromising tone in his National Day message ahead of showdown talks with Spain. The Spanish foreign minister Jose

9 Sep, 2024 @ 13:00

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Gibraltar man, 49, awaits sentencing after pleading guilty to downloading child abuse images

A LOCAL man and DJ has been arrested in Gibraltar and charged with child abuse offences. Stuart Santos, 49, pleaded guilty to one count of

6 Sep, 2024 @ 18:00

Gibraltar·Lead

Gibraltar’s Fabian Picardo meets with new Labour government in the UK

CHIEF Minister Fabian Picardo has returned to Gibraltar following his first face-to-face meeting with the UK’s new Labour government. Picardo, accompanied by deputy chief minister

5 Sep, 2024 @ 12:37

Gibraltar·Lead·Politics

Exclusive: Fed-up Gibraltar teachers blast ‘toxic’ 1300-pupil school and threaten to strike over unruly kids who ‘think they can get away with anything’

THE start of a new academic year for 1300-plus pupils at a popular Gibraltar school is under threat as teachers complaining of ‘anarchy, chaos and

3 Sep, 2024 @ 19:00

EXCLUSIVE·Gibraltar·Lead

Spain’s foreign minister to fly to London this month in last-ditch attempt to save post-Brexit deal on Gibraltar

SPANISH Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares will make a visit to London in the coming weeks as part of a last-ditch effort to save a

2 Sep, 2024 @ 12:52

Gibraltar·Lead·Politics

Gibraltar policeman, 32, arrested on suspicion of raping colleague in the police station

A SERVING Royal Gibraltar Police officer has been arrested on suspicion of raping a colleague at New Mole House Police Station. The 32-year-old local man

30 Aug, 2024 @ 16:02

Gibraltar·Lead

Post-Brexit Gibraltar deal is back ON as Spanish FM says it should be signed ahead of the November hard border deadline

A ‘FAIR and balanced’ post-Brexit deal for Gibraltar is practically complete ahead of the looming November deadline, the Spanish foreign minister has declared. “Our hand

28 Aug, 2024 @ 12:15

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Britain is ‘mocking Spain’ with special coin and postage stamp celebrating its ‘occupation of Gibraltar’, blasts Spanish press

THE Spanish press have blasted a special coin and postage stamp showing the ‘occupation of Gibraltar’ issued in Britain, claiming it ‘mocks Spain’. August 4,

23 Aug, 2024 @ 13:39

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Gibraltar-Spain football row rages on: UEFA opens disciplinary proceedings against Morata and Rodri over controversial chants following Euro 2024 victory

Spain’s football association to appeal one match bans for Rodri and Morata after they led victorious Euro 2024 chants claiming ‘Gibraltar is Spanish’

THE Spanish FA will appeal UEFA’s one match bans for national team players Alvaro Morata and Rodri Hernandez for leading chants of Gibraltar español during

15 Aug, 2024 @ 15:00

Football·Gibraltar·Lead

British warship scrambled after Spanish navy vessel makes incursion into Gibraltar waters ‘to assert Spain’s sovereignty’ and passes by contested land reclamation project

A SPANISH warship entered British waters off the coast of Gibraltar yesterday afternoon and made a pass by the site of a controversial land reclamation

14 Aug, 2024 @ 11:35

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UEFA suspend Spain’s Alvaro Morata and Rodri for one match after ‘Gibraltar is Spanish’ chants

UEFA, European football’s governing body, have handed out one match bans to Alvaro Morata and Rodri after the pair led chants of ‘Gibraltar is Spanish’

7 Aug, 2024 @ 13:51

Gibraltar·Lead·Sport

Works begin to reclaim land off Gibraltar’s coast for new Eastside marina development – as Spanish protests claim all the waters around the Rock are theirs

LAND reclamation is set to begin on Gibraltar’s controversial 150,000 sqm Eastside marina project and will continue throughout the month of August. It will see

6 Aug, 2024 @ 14:45

Environment·Gibraltar·Lead

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Tobacco smuggler is sentenced for assaulting an off-duty customs officer in Gibraltar as illicit trade with Spain continues to thrive

A SUSPECTED tobacco smuggler who kicked a customs officer in the chest and threatened him with a rock has been sentenced to 12 weeks in

6 Aug, 2024 @ 12:45

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead

A Gibraltar football club gets unlikely backing from an England World Cup hero as it launches new strip

ONE of England’s greatest ever football players is launching the season’s new kit for a Gibraltar football club. Sir Geoff Hurst has launched a new

3 Aug, 2024 @ 15:35

Football·Gibraltar

WATCH: The UK ‘to make diplomatic protest’ to Madrid after a Spanish patrol boat harasses swimmers at a Gibraltar beach in the latest round of simmering summer tensions

THE United Kingdom is set to make a diplomatic protest to Spain after a Guardia Civil patrol boat sailed up to bathers at a Gibraltar

31 Jul, 2024 @ 11:55

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Uproar as US tanker carrying jet fuel for Israel’s war on Gaza enters the Strait after requesting to dock in Gibraltar

A US oil tanker ship transporting jet fuel for Israel has entered the Strait after reports it intends to dock in Gibraltar. The Overseas Santorini

30 Jul, 2024 @ 15:18

Gibraltar·Lead·Other News

WATCH: Vessels in the Strait of Gibraltar are being fitted with sharpened blades to the rudders to ward off critically-endangered orcas

SHIP captains in the Strait of Gibraltar are kitting their vessels out with sharpened rudders in order to harm killer whales that may approach their

29 Jul, 2024 @ 18:45

Environment·Gibraltar·Lead·Other News

Gibraltar border is forced to close while suspicious package undergoes controlled explosion at British territory’s airport

THE border between Gibraltar and Spain was temporarily closed over the weekend after officials performed a controlled explosion on unattended luggage at the tiny British

29 Jul, 2024 @ 14:44

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Earthquake alert for Gibraltar and Spain: Moderate chance of tremors between today and Thursday, warn experts, with other Mediterranean countries placed on ‘high’ risk

GIBRALTAR and the south of Spain are facing a ‘moderate’ risk of an earthquake in the coming days, an earthquake forecasting centre has warned. As

29 Jul, 2024 @ 13:33

Environment·Gibraltar·Lead·Other News

Spain sends warship to ‘deter’ Gibraltar from ‘invading Spanish sovereign waters’ with new marina development – after claims it would impose a ‘hard border’ on the British Overseas Territory

SPAIN is dispatching a warship to the Strait of Gibraltar on a mission to ‘observe and deter’ during a time of heightened tensions with the

27 Jul, 2024 @ 23:48

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EXCLUSIVE: Gibraltar’s Gambling Commissioner insists there was no conflict of interest in his decision not to investigate maligned gaming company Mansion

GIBRALTAR’S Gambling Commissioner has defended himself over his decision not to open an investigation into the now-defunct gaming company Mansion Group. Andrew Lyman denied he

27 Jul, 2024 @ 17:00

EXCLUSIVE·Gibraltar·Lead

Gibraltar is accused of dumping tonnes of potentially toxic construction waste into poor neighbouring border town in Spain

CONTAMINATED earth dug up to build the Kingsway tunnel under Gibraltar’s runway may end up in landfills in Spain, according to an environmental group. Verdemar

27 Jul, 2024 @ 12:00

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