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.
Sir Jonathan Parker, QC, the chairman of the Dr Giraldi Home Inquiry, opened the second preliminary hearing this morning by saying that a “great deal of hard work” had already been undertaken in the collection and preparation of witness statements.
As the world ‘oohs’ and ‘aahs’ over the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s newly born son. Online betting companies are placing odds on the child’s name, which will not be formally announced for at least a week.
William Hill places odds of 5/2 on George and then 4/1 on James, with odds for Charles at 33/1. The Daily Mail notes that the royal couple could choose to honour Prince William’s late mother, Princess Diana, by giving their son her middle name, ‘Francis’.
Gibraltar is in a longlist of so-called “crap towns” for inclusion in the second edition of the Crap Towns book. The list of 100 towns will be cut down to a 50 town shortlist to be featured in the book which is described as a guide to the UK’s “worst places to live.”