Jan 21 - Reduction in Incursions May Suggest Attitude Change from Spain – Says Foreign Office Minister
During a debate in the UK Parliament’s House of Lords yesterday afternoon, Conservative Minister baroness Warsi stated that Gibraltar has seen ‘a welcome reduction’ in incursions from Spanish vessels, since December 2013. The discussion saw questions on Gibraltar posed to the Senior Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, by a selection of life peers with a vested interest in Gibraltar’s on-going dispute with Spain.
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Following the success of the Rock Crafter’s inaugural craft fair in November, the group has announced that a second street fair is announced for Saturday 1st February on the Terrace of the King’s Bastion Leisure Centre. The first event was a raving success, with popular local cook, Binky’s Kitchen manning stall jam packed with her homemade preserves and cheese, along with a selection of other creative crafters offering homemade soaps, jewellery, cupcakes, fabric, wood and paper crafts, knitted items and more.
In response to questions regarding the Royal Navy’s presence in Gibraltar, Andrew Murrison (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence) has revealed that the last time there was a large warship permanently based in the Rock was in 1984 when the Tribal class destroyer HMS Gurkha left.
