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.
A contract has been placed for a new sewage treatment plant. The tender was awarded to Northumbrian Services Limited and Modern Water Services Limited as a joint venture.
The Opposition has said that the Government “has once more chosen to play the man and not the ball” in the latest exchange regarding the change to the legal aid rules.
Two local men who robbed an elderly tourist as he walked up a path in the Upper Rock by threatening him with knives and a stick were this morning sentenced to lengthy prison terms at the Supreme Court.