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.
Three Spanish nationals have been arrested following a chase at sea early on Friday morning.
An RGP interceptor, acting on specific information, located a 10 metre RHIB powered by twin Yamaha 300 horse power outboard engines, with three occupants onboard, off Europa Point travelling at a high speed towards the Bay of Gibraltar within BGTW.
This afternoon members of the Royal Navy Gibraltar Squadron joined outgoing CBF, Commodore Clink and His Excellency the Governor Sir James Dutton to Splice the Mainbrace, a longstanding Naval tradition that issues the crew with a tot of rum, by order of the Queen.
The Royal Gibraltar Police in conjunction with the Department of Consumer Affairs are advising persons booking holiday rental properties via internet websites to carry out checks to ascertain the validity of their proposed holiday rental.