Gibraltar’s representation at the Labour Party Conference continued yesterday evening with the Gibraltar Reception hosted by the Chief Minister Fabian Picardo and featuring a keynote speech by the UK Minister for Europe and the Overseas Territories Stephen Doughty MP.
The UK Labour party has written to UK Ministers asking them to confirm if the average border delay between Gibraltar and Spain now stands at over 90 minutes long.
The party claims that the latest data collected on the ground in Gibraltar, and seen by Labour, suggests that the average delay in March for travellers leaving Gibraltar and crossing into Spain was 91 minutes long, whilst the longest individual delay recorded at the crossing last month was 180 minutes long.
Yesterday evening in a friendly match against Hungary, the GFA’s Under 19s National Squad drew 2 – 2 at the Victoria Stadium. Goals for the home side were scored by Aaron Barnet and Anthony Hernandez within the first half of the match.
Yesterday evening the first cadre of police trainees for 2014 completed their first year in service. The initiative was kick started by the RGP and the Ministry for Enterprise and Training and saw six youngsters aged sixteen and seventeen experience ‘serving the public and Gibraltar alongside police officers, whilst participating in a structured training and development programme.’ Five of the six trainees completed the year long course.