Mar 06 - World Book Day Explores the Talents of Local Authors
World Book Day has long been a well-celebrated event in the UK with annual handouts of book tokens to schools, dress ups, book signings, book fairs, and an extensive programme of activities aimed at influencing school children to read.
The World Book Day Charity sends out an activity pack and programme to schools around the UK, outlining events and activities that can be carried out throughout the day. With sponsorship from National Book Tokens Ltd school children receive book tokens to help towards purchasing books. Children are also encouraged to dress as their favourite fictional characters and many schools invite authors to speak, read to children, and hold signings.
The Cross Frontier Group this week held a further working meeting to discuss the preparation of a second report detailing the effects of issues at the Gibraltar La Linea frontier, to be given to various representatives of the European Commission who met with the group last month in Brussels.
Following the restructure of the party, adoption of a new constitution by the party membership and election of its new executive, the GSD has announced the strengthening of an already strong executive by the inclusion of well-known and highly regarded local lawyer Chris White.
The Defenders of Gibraltar have welcomed the Chief Minister’s appearance at yesterday’s Commons Foreign Affairs Committee meeting. Somewhat echoing the Mr. Picardo’s comments, the group insists that ‘the United Kingdom has not done enough to deter the constant bullying and harassment by the Spanish Government towards Gibraltar and its people, and should bring its diplomatic pressure to bear in order to begin to see tangible results’
