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Gibraltar government secures limited use of airport crossing as tunnel opens under the runway

WITH the motor vehicle tunnel under the runway due to open later this week, the Gibraltar Government signed a deal with the MoD to continue limited use of the runway. Pedestrians, cyclists,

27 Mar, 2023 @ 14:51

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Teenagers collect 80 kilos of rubbish from Gibraltar’s secret beach beside the runway

VOLUNTEERS from the Nautilus Project collected 80kg of rubbish during a clean-up of the fenced-off beach on the eastern end of Gibraltar’s runway recently. The Ministry of Defence invited the NGO so

8 Feb, 2023 @ 14:31

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Gibraltar blames UK military for two day airport shutdown that forced flights to go to Malaga

GIBRALTAR’S government will ‘withhold payment’ to the Ministry of Defence (MoD) after its Air Traffic Control Tower shut down for 48 hours. The MoD said the problem was caused by a communications

31 Dec, 2022 @ 09:00

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Military and civilian fire crews train for plane crash at Gibraltar’s famously short runway

EMERGENCY services took part in a successful live plane crash exercise on Gibraltar’s runway, one of the most challenging airports in the world. A strategic coordinating group put fire crews, police and

24 Nov, 2022 @ 11:00

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Armistice Day marked by politicians, military and police on Friday in Gibraltar

GIBRALTAR remembered the 20 million people who died during World War One this Friday with a number of ceremonies to mark Armistice Day across the British territory. Government ministers held a two

11 Nov, 2022 @ 17:54

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Alarms that sound across Gibraltar Thursday will be part of a radiation exercise, government says

RESIDENTS of Gibraltar who hear evacuation alarms on Thursday will NOT have to ‘take any action’, a government spokesperson said. Alarms could go off around the Naval Base during a joint exercise

9 Nov, 2022 @ 09:00

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Hundreds gather for laying of poppy wreaths at British War Memorial on Remembrance Sunday

A large crowd has joined local dignitaries to remember those who died in the First World War.

10 Nov, 2019 @ 15:42

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