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.
Overnight the situation has remained stable. Continuous monitoring has been in place throughout the night, with presence on-scene by anti-pollution assets.Additional monitoring by drone and land based thermal imaging assets have revealed no significant changes to the situation.
Following Teacher and SNLSA delays, the Government says the “delays are very much regretted, as is the stress that this has caused in the cases of those who have been unsure as to how they stood in the process.”
The GSD has said that it is “absolutely imperative” that all measures necessary are taken to prevent any environmental disaster occurring off Catalan Bay and our coastline.
The Gibraltar Contingency Council, chaired by the Chief Minister, Fabian Picardo, and the Governor, Vice Admiral Sir David Steel, has met to discuss the break of the Bulk Carrier OS 35.