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.
As part of the on-going works being done at the Commonwealth Park site, works to demolish the existing steps that lead down to the Parade from Like Wall Road will be carried out on Saturday 16th March from 8am to 8pm. During these times, there will be no pedestrian access through this location.
Following the return of another set of Horsemeat DNA results in locally sold beef products, the Environmental Agency has stated that results for Marks & Spencer Beef Lasagne, Morrisons Beef Lasagne and Rustlers Quarter Pounder Burger Ready Meals have all returned negative.
Dr Liesl Torres, Principal Secretary of the Department of the Environment, along with Dr. Keith Bensusan, head of the Strait of Gibraltar Bird Observatory is currently representing Gibraltar this week at a conference on Biodiversity Conservation in the UK Overseas Territories. The meeting is being held in London at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew.
The event is being attended by a number of NGOs, UK Government departments and representatives from most of the Overseas Territories, including Monserrat, the Cayman Islands and St. Helena, some of whom, Drs Torres and Bensusan have worked with in the past.