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 Government is compiling a further dossier of incidents that Gibraltarians and other residents have suffered in Spain since the end of July and is appealing to the public to send in the details of such incidents.
This should include actual instances or threats of violence and aggression towards persons or property including vehicles.
The public has been asked to note that the quality of the bathing waters at Western Beach could deteriorate at any time and without warning. This is due to the discharges from the storm drain constructed by the Spanish authorities in La Linea, Spain. Discharges and the contamination they cause are often erratic and can be heavily influenced by the quantity and duration of any rainfall.
Though the official bathing season has ended, the quality of the bathing waters at Western Beach will continue to be monitored three times a week and the results displayed on the Environmental Agency website:-
The dispute with Gibraltar generated by the Spanish Government has made the front page of ‘INTERLIB,’ which is the journal of the Liberal International British Group. The cover depicts a photograph of the historical re-enactment society with the headline ‘Falling in Behind the People of Gibraltar’.
This edition includes several contributions on international affairs, among them an article from the Deputy Chief Minister Dr Joseph Garcia entitled ‘Spain has turned its back on Gibraltar dialogue’.