European Commission Executive Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič, Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation José Manuel Albares and UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy, together with the Chief Minister of Gibraltar Fabian Picardo, met in Brussels earlier today.
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.”